has Ecuador Government removed penalties for buying opioids and taken away the sigma of buying because of chronic pain? It would be nice to live somewhere that I could retire too and be treated properly. thanks
Hello my name is Maggy Ibarra i am from Ecuador. i dont know so much what do you need about medicine, But ,I offer you I have a beautiful place in Cumbaya, it is a center for adults. A club where you have everything you need, you live comfortably with everything. They include medical specialists, we get your medicines, walks, activities, nurses. It is not the same as a hospital. It is a residence. A beautiful, warm and safe valley. ****
has Ecuador Government removed penalties for buying opioids
It would be nice to live somewhere that I could retire too and be treated properly.
@user159So if you have prescriptions when you expat in your country be they opioids or say, biological for autoimmune conditions. Will you face difficulty in obtaining your meds? . If one has a chronic illness and takes medication- then it sounds like some planning needs to be done to insure access to complete healthcare, which includes easy access to required medication. Before you even think about living your best life there. I'm just saying…- @bumpierswank0e
I have occasional need for prescription medications to help with occasional insomnia.My experience in Guayaquil has been simple.I walk down to our neighborhood doctor. His office is attached to his home. My first visit, i explained that my doc in the US prescribed me the medicine for the same reason. He asked me a few questions about my general health and then wrote my a prescription. Consult was 10 minutes and $10.I took my prescription to the pharmacy around the corner. They had it in stock and i got a 30 day supply (which lasts me about 6 months) for $8.- @lebowski888
Getting special meds the easy way.
Part 1.
When my sleep meds ran out this week,
I was expecting to take advantage of my
location in El Centro, Quito, one short
block from a dental practice I use. There
is signage for a doctor there named Larco
although I'm not sure he has an office
of his own. He's not there frequently.
I called up Dr. Larco at his office
in the suburb of Tumbaco .. and we
arranged for me to email my information
to him so I could pick up the document
known as the 'receta especial' at the
dental office near me. Then I could
theoretically pick up the meds at
a Fybeca pharmacy.
My special meds had run out on
Monday night. I was supposed to
pick up the 'receta' on Tuesday afternoon
after its delivery to the dental office
by a Larco relative. This multi-step
plan would require Dr. Larco receiving
my info-email and properly filling out
the 'receta'.
Then I got a 'bounceback' email stating
that the infamous Mailer Daemon could
not do delivery of my information email
to the doctor. I had left the letter 'm' off
of the dot-com part of the doctor's
email address. Holy cow! This time
it was my mistake!
So there I was, with no more sleep
medicine for that evening .. and the
logistical impossibility of getting a
suburban Tumbaco doctor to
assist me in time.
Fortunately it was only 2 p.m.
Getting meds the easy way.
Part 2.
I then went online and Googled
a couple of phrases that included
the words 'a domicilio', meaning
home delivery. I saw one of the
early listings was for Devita Medical,
a service that advertised it could
send a doctor to your home
24 hours a day.
As it turned out later, this was
the sane service that had ended my
June 2022 search for meds
with an ultimately successful
delivery to my condo.
Dr. Martín of Devita answered
the phone .. took some information
.. and a few minutes later, I
received a call that he would be
at my condo in 35 minutes.
Sure enough, the doctor appeared,
did a brief examination, asked me
about my medical history, and
then produced a flawless
'receta especial'. I know it was
perfect becauseI inspected the
completed form closely, having
caught errors by other doctors
in the past.
I called Fybeca. They told me
the location of their nearest
'sucursal' -- at Plaza del Teatro.
I walked the several blocks
over to there, and the prescription
was promptly refilled.
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Notes:
Devita Medical is easily Googled.
I do not receive compensation
for discussing Devita Medical or
any other person or entity
mentioned on this thread.
cccmedia in Quito
The doctor I go to for my stupifying med receta on special blue paper is about a mile walk for me. He caters to gringos since he speaks perfect English. His office is adjacent to a Farmacia Económico owned by his parents. I imagine his parents own the building he works in as well, but never asked. When, I need a refill, I send him an email to schedule an appointment for the next day.
That was an apparent reference to 'estupefacientes',
which is a Spanish word for 'narcotics'. It can be a
noun or a 'verbo'.
Source... wordreference.com
When a 'receta especial' is required.
Most pharmaceuticals needed by Expats can be
purchased over-the-counter in Ecuador's larger
cities, provided you know the Ecuadorian name
for the medicine.
Psicotrópicos and estupefacientes normally
require a 'receta especial' filled out by a specialist
doctor, whose fee may be higher than a
general practitioner's.
cccmedia in Quito
Recent pricing.
I paid the doctor from Devita Medical $30 for
his service 'a domicilio' that produced
the receta especial.
Fybeca charged me about eight dollars for
the medicine itself, a Benzo.
Fybeca sold me 30 tablets at my request, but
the pharmacist said I could obtain a total of
90 tables or three months' supply in a
single purchase. I have emailed Dr. Lorca
to upgrade me to 60 additional tablets in
the still-to-be-produced 'receta' for which I
paid earlier at the dental office ($35).
cccmedia in Quito
That was an apparent reference to 'estupefacientes',
which is a Spanish word for 'narcotics'. It can be a noun or a 'verbo'.
Source... wordreference.com
-@cccmedia
My Oxford Spanish dictionary app indicates a noun or adjective. I misspelled it, but stupefying is an adjective as well.
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