Many expats in Kuwait complain about the sky high prices of medicine in Kuwait. The majority of prescription drugs are more than double or triple the price of that in neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan...
In saudi Arabia for example Expat get the same free medicine as citizen with no discrimination. In Kuwait on the other hand, Discrimination in providing medicine is a reality, many drugs are provided free of charge for Kuwaiti only,while expats have to buy them from the pharmacies for a very high price. to give you an example the price of Proscar (A medicine to treat BPH) in Kuwait is more than 18 KD compared to less than 10 KD in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and even Lebanon.
Many expats are buying medicines from other countries and used to get them through parcel post free of taxes, just the delivery charges, but now Kuwait is taxing everything comes to Kuwait through FedEx, Aramex... and sometimes confiscating medicine if in large quantity.
My advice to all expats living in Kuwait: bring your medicine from abroad with you when come to Kuwait, have enough medicine to last until your next travel, otherwise you will be paying double and triple the price.