Is the pharmacy still at the shops behind tender dock

[mydreamvacation]

When we were in Belize years ago there was a pharmacy in the back area of the shops is it still there? I want to stock up on things like zpaks ,pink eye drops etc. our doctor copayment has doubled. Plus if I recall some meds were less expensive than our copays at home. Do I need to bring my old bottles or is it still if you know the name and dosing you are all set?

[Will in sunny FL]

 

The pharmacy in the "back area" is still there, but there has been a new jewelery store built in the courtyard that was in front of the pharmacy, that you can just walk around & there it is in the same old place.No need to bring your old bottles as long as you know the item & dosage they will fix you right up. We shop there every time we are there & on most items, their pricing would be tough to beat here at home.

It sounds like Obama Care is working against your family. No surprise there.

Enjoy Belize.

Bill in FL

[cruisegal58]

I bought Z-pak and what was supposed to be 500mg Ampicillin at Belize last year. I got off the tender and walked left past several shops, they were working on some of them, there was a small pharmacy, back by the public bathrooms, pharmacy on the right.

The Z-pak was $12 for 3, I asked about the 5 I had several yrs ago, nope, take 3. They were 500mg, in fact, I just took them a few weeks ago. I had asked for 500 mg Ampicillin, they were not in bottles like i get in Mexico, but were in sheets, the kind you push the pill out of the back, ad so many wrapped in tape. I don't remember how much I paid, I took these a few weeks ago too, 7 days, before I realized with glasses and lighted magnifiying glass they are actuall 500mg Amoxicillin.:eek: I remember questiong the pharmacist, oh yes, this is Ampicillin, I am a medical asst, should have known better but didnt have the magnifiying glass at port! I didnt open them until a few weeks ago.

Remember to double check what you purchase, and yes, I told her what I wanted and she filled my order. Glad I did not have a reaction like I did a few yrs ago from 875mg of it!

Hope to get more in a few weeks, I like the bottles from Mexico, but a hurricane changed our route, had to grab some in Belize.

Good luck, read the fine tiny print!

Cindy