TL;DR: The veterinarians in Cuzco told me that due to people CTBing with N they don't sell it anymore and their providers also stopped supplying it.
So, I recently just was in Cuzco, not because of my immediate wish to CTB but regular travels. Nonetheless, since I eventually want to use N at some point I still tried acquiring it. I am pretty white but fluent in Spanish.
I went to about 10 veterinarians from the street in the PPEH, and none of them sold me N. In fact, one time I went in, asked the lady at the counter and someone else from across the store heard the H-word (the local N brand) and immediately just shouted "NO". So, I asked a few of the more casual seeming shopkeepers. One told me that their suppliers don't ship it anymore. Someone else said that foreign people used it to CTB, and this was noticed in a nearby hospital. He continued that some drama happened and a store was even closed. This happened half a year ago. Perhaps some stores would still have it, but if I wasn't rejected immediately they would ask for a prescription, so it seems difficult. I even put 200 USD on the table at a few after they told me no initially and they seemed unfazed.
I didn't try all the stores because some were closed already and since I wasn't desperate to find it. However, somebody else here said they recently found it in Cuzco, just for multiple hundred dollars, so it is not impossible.
As depressing as it is for me to have my plans distorted, and the best source of N according to the handbook apparently closed down, it is not surprising to me since the shopkeepers seem to know that foreigners buy it to CTB and they probably do not think it's worth losing their shop over a little bit of money.
On a side note, I also tried acquiring it in La Paz, Bolivia, and they also insisted on a prescription, even when directly offered a bribe. In fact, I even went to El Alto, which seems extremely poor and sketchy, and no luck there either. The situation is dire. Why does the world have to make it so painful for us?
So, I recently just was in Cuzco, not because of my immediate wish to CTB but regular travels. Nonetheless, since I eventually want to use N at some point I still tried acquiring it. I am pretty white but fluent in Spanish.
I went to about 10 veterinarians from the street in the PPEH, and none of them sold me N. In fact, one time I went in, asked the lady at the counter and someone else from across the store heard the H-word (the local N brand) and immediately just shouted "NO". So, I asked a few of the more casual seeming shopkeepers. One told me that their suppliers don't ship it anymore. Someone else said that foreign people used it to CTB, and this was noticed in a nearby hospital. He continued that some drama happened and a store was even closed. This happened half a year ago. Perhaps some stores would still have it, but if I wasn't rejected immediately they would ask for a prescription, so it seems difficult. I even put 200 USD on the table at a few after they told me no initially and they seemed unfazed.
I didn't try all the stores because some were closed already and since I wasn't desperate to find it. However, somebody else here said they recently found it in Cuzco, just for multiple hundred dollars, so it is not impossible.
As depressing as it is for me to have my plans distorted, and the best source of N according to the handbook apparently closed down, it is not surprising to me since the shopkeepers seem to know that foreigners buy it to CTB and they probably do not think it's worth losing their shop over a little bit of money.
On a side note, I also tried acquiring it in La Paz, Bolivia, and they also insisted on a prescription, even when directly offered a bribe. In fact, I even went to El Alto, which seems extremely poor and sketchy, and no luck there either. The situation is dire. Why does the world have to make it so painful for us?
