We walked to Farmacia Guadalajara, the biggest and best pharmacy in the area, to pick up Symbicort inhalers for Kack’s husband, Aaron. Symbicort costs $280 in the US for a 120 dose inhaler. In Mexico, it retails for 1099 pesos ($55 US) for a 60 dose inhaler. That would be equivalent to $110 US for 120 doses. However, Farmacia Guadalajara discounts their inhalers down to 746 pesos ($37.50 US), making 120 doses less than $80 US. That’s a savings of $200 US.
Today, Mo and Grace had dentist appointments at Dentoamerica. Mo had a tiny chip in a tooth that needed to be smoothed. Grace wanted cleaning and whitening. Again, back in the US, Mo was quoted $200 for her chip repair. Dentoamerica charged $40 US. Grace was charged $110 US for her whitening. Mo stated that she heard from a friend that cleaning and whitening cost $400 US back home. We couldn’t confirm that but I wouldn’t doubt it.
It was 1:45 pm when we left the dentist office. We decided to run into Puerto Vallarta to kill the rest of the afternoon. This time, we took the Centro bus from the Zona Hotelera to Zona Romantica. The Centro bus dropped us off at the beginning of the pleasant ocean walk.
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