You make a very good point - when traveling to Cuba (or anywhere else) it's a good idea to take a prescription - and the name(s) of the medication one wants in generic form. In the pharmacies / chemists' there I saw as many as five or six proprietary names for one medication, Doxycycline* (as well as the generic, of course).
*Wiki shows Vibramycin as well as Monodox, Microdox, Periostat, Vibra-Tabs, Oracea, Doryx,[2] Vibrox, Adoxa, Doxyhexal, Doxylin, Doxoral, Doxy-1 and Atridox as some of the available proprietary or brand names for doxycycline.
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carpetbagger
You are totally right and of course there are some medications which cannot be obtained in Cuba. Thank you for putting it correct. But most of the otc medication can be obtained in Cuba sometimes under another brand or as a generic.
Each country has different preferences when it comes to medications. I just learned that many of my US friends are using Oxycodone in high doses and they are surprised and upset that doctors in Germany are not giving them prescriptions.