moisheh wrote:
This post is in response to Mex's post. I can vouch for some of what he posted. In many IMSS facilities they do not have many of the modern drugs. Patients have to go to a farmacia and buy them. Ordinary md,s cannot write prescriptions for T3's or Oxycodone. Pharmacies do not carry them. Some hospital pharmacies will fill prescription from Dr. that has a special license. The care in IMSS hospitals varies from State to state. We have had operations in private hospitals and the care was equal or better than in the Mayo! I have been in IMSS clinics where the care was lacking. Much like Mex,s post.
Moisheh
This individual (Moishe) has walked-the-walk.
Oxycodone and for that matter any opioid is a SSA class I(a) restricted medication. About five years ago I chased the opioid trail down to the bone. One doctor was willing to use her special license for a ONE TIME dispensing of oxycodone. Twenty 5mg pills no refills. SHE HERSELF had to get and dispense the medication. No pharmacies involved. A hundred thirty dollar doctor visit and the medication was a few pennies less than six dollars a dose. That was in 2013. And no it was not black market. She issued a regulation SSA Rx clearly stating name and passport number. She remarked the federal paperwork was a nightmare. She had to have a) A valid immigration permit number b) A valid photo ID c) A valid passport number. All were xeroxed.
I don't care if 99 manufacturers near DF stamp out a thousand tons of opioid pills a year. You cannot get your hands on them. Period. End of subject.
And Moishe that IMSS facility in Hermosillo is one of the jewels in the IMSS chain. It does heart and lung transplants. It is classified as a number one facility.
But when an IMSS hospital says NO to new admittance, it does not mean "maybe".
