Hey, everyone. Hope everybody is having good days/week/months/life!
I'm a Type 2 Diabetic, previously only on Metformin, which I know is available in the DR. However, I've just been prescribed the add-on Ozempic drug. I did a search on the Forum here, and could find no mentions...
So, anyone have any knowledge/experience in whether Ozempic is available in the DR? Costs?
- I also did a search for it on Carol Farmacia (DR), and no luck.
- Anyone else getting it from another farmacia or having it shipped in?
Ozempic has helped me enough that it "might" be the one medication that I wouldn't be able to do without. Anyone else have experience with getting specific/unique meds shipped into the DR? Any tips?
- I'm guessing the normal advice of "ship it to a mail forwarder in Miami with a street address, they'll forward it to you in the DR," isn't going to work for Ozempic -- as it is a temperature-sensitive drug. They ship it with a couple of cold packs in a well-insulated box, and the hope is that it arrives before the meds go bad (and they will go bad, without consistent cool temps).
- I'm confident the insulated package will arrive to Miami (or wherever) just fine. \
- But how fast will it ship from there to the DR? How many days in transit? What are the odds it will get exposed to high temps enroute, especially April thru October?
As always, comments/advice/suggestions would be very much appreciated!!
Thanks,
Jim
ExpatRusher