Does anyone have the address or name of a chemist in Delhi near our FDX hotel? If you have the number of a driver, I would appreciate it too. thanks in advance. F

 

Looking for little blue pills eh??? haha.

 

Have one that is very good, but the card is back in the States. I can PM it to you when I return on Saturday. Option #2 is to ask the concierge for a phone number to a local pharmacy....
Be aware of the following:
1. The price for the meds is fixed and printed on each box, the pharmacies sell them for the printed price.
2. The names of some meds are slightly different to avoid patent infringement issues. If the original med is out of it's patent protection period, then the name will probably be the same. The pharmacists know what the "local" name of the commonly purchased meds are.
3. They will deliver to your room.
4. Most require payment in Indian rupees. Some will take USD, but they will take a cut on the conversion.
5. Customs does not like "off shore meds." Forewarned is forearmed....
Let me know if you still need my pharmacy guy's name and number on Saturday....

 

Dehli Belly?

 

When you arrive, you can ask the concierge. He will take your order, call it in and deliver to your room. You pay him up front and a modest tip. Very simple! normally only takes a few hours at most. If you need to sleep, you can set a time for it to be delivered. Hope this helps.
Pakage

 

Good advice. If you want to shop by yourself, Apollo Pharmacy is a good operation. As noted above, the brand name may be different here, so know the actual name of the drug (enalapril instead of Vasotec, for example). The attendants (at least at Apollo) English may be a bit weak, but they generally know what they're doing. If you send out a bellman, make sure he knows exactly what you want. Personally I'd pick up my own stuff if I could.

I've not had a problem with customs, but I take only what I need for myself. I assume getting caught with a 36 month supply of the "patent protected - slightly different name" products mentioned above would bring some scrutiny.

 

Perhaps I didn't make my point well....

It is always best to do the dealing personally. Ask the concierge for the name and phone number of a local establishment, then call them yourself. They will quote prices over the phone. Have the conversion rate ready along with a calculator, so that you can compute the price back from Rupees to USD if you want.

As Rotorhead pointed out, it isn't such a good idea to try to buy an excess supply of any med, patent protected or otherwise, and sneak it into the country. A reasonable personal supply, especially if the med is out of the patent protection timeframe, is easily explainable to a Customs agent, from experience.

 

I do appreciate everybody's help on short notice. Except for kc10/c130. If your going to throw in a crack attempting to be amusing , put some effort into it man. I mean that's just weak. Try something like "yea I'm looking for little blue pills, your wife wanted some after the NBA Grizzlie's disappointing performance in your bedroom." C'mon bring your "a" game, not like the Grizzlies did and just show up. I kid, I kid, I kid
Just going to the head bellman worked out great.