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fresca
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 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:34 pm Post subject: Medications while in Russia |
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How readily available are mental illness medications in Russia, say St. Petersburg or Moscow?
Are generic versions easily purchasable? If brand name is only available how difficult would it be to obtain?
I've read to take any medications with you for the duration of your stay. But I do not believe insurance in the United States will allow for a year supply of prescriptions. |
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kazachka
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know about stuff for mental illness or psych disorders, but basically unless it's a poison or narcotic, it's very likely OTC here and at a fraction of the price. If you know the Russian name for your med you can search for it here
http://www.poisklekarstva.ru/
and you will get a list of Moscow pharmacies where you can get your med and prices on your med. Samson Farma has pretty much everything under the sun (except LOWESTRIN of course....) but seriously they do have just about everything else. |
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ancient_dweller
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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ye, except you can't buy analgin OTC anymore.
bring clothes and shoes if you are an average size. Businesses haven't clocked on to the 'have the most popular products in stock and you will make money'. Instead they have the 'make everything f***ing expensive and so the occasional person who buys the shoe for midgets will make up for the business incompetence'.
ye, shoe and clothes shopping is frustrating - especially shoe shopping! For women and men! |
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kazachka
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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ye, except you can't buy analgin OTC anymore.
bring clothes and shoes if you are an average size. Businesses haven't clocked on to the 'have the most popular products in stock and you will make money'. Instead they have the 'make everything f***ing expensive and so the occasional person who buys the shoe for midgets will make up for the business incompetence'.
ye, shoe and clothes shopping is frustrating - especially shoe shopping! For women and men! |
Shop in the US or abroad and haul it in once or twice a yr. I haul an entire bag of shoes back each yr-mostly running stuff like summer/winter training shoes,racing flats,track spikes, lightweight trainers(shoes just a tad heavier than flats for use in ultra events like the 100k). I'm a US guy's 9 (42.5 Euro) and if I'm buying shoes for ultra events I size a half size UP (feet swell after 30 40 miles or so). Street shoes- about the only thing I can find here in my size not overpriced and comfy are DMs. If you are a woman and you wear anywhere near my size- FORGET FINDING IT HERE! Women's sizes quit at about a US 7! (midget sizing)If you need dress shoes in a larger size- bring them in! Prices are so effing ridiculous here that it is CHEAPER to eat the airfare to the US, shop, and return!
Clothes- finding my size is not too hard (US 2 sometimes a 4 for layering under in the winter) but still better to buy abroad because clothes are outrageously overpriced. If you are overweight, I would guess you are screwed for finding nice clothes here. I had a friend here a few yrs ago US size 10 and that was already "too fat" to find in most of the shops though I would not say she was too fat nor too thin- just normal. |
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JimJam
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Try asking here: expat.ru.
It's the most common forum for expats in Russia and will probably have someone who can give you advice with the medication. |
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coledavis
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| I don't know how accurate this is, but a colleague in Russia told me it was against the law to employ teachers with mental illnesses. |
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ancient_dweller
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| So every expat works in Russia illegally then... |
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JimJam
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| coledavis wrote: |
| I don't know how accurate this is, but a colleague in Russia told me it was against the law to employ teachers with mental illnesses. |
When you apply for a visa you have to tick a box which says you don't have any mental illness but it's not something they check up on.
The system they use is very out of date; they still check people for leprosy in visa medicals. When you ask the doctor what that test involves (s)he says it involves looking at you to make sure everything is still there. I'm not joking. |
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| ancient_dweller wrote: |
| So every expat works in Russia illegally then... |
Speak for yourself! After my plans for world domination come true you'll be held accountable for those words.... |
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Sashadroogie
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| My roommate, Napoleon, thinks so too... |
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ancient_dweller
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| my attempt at humour - guess i should have ticked the box! |
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VladJR87
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| JimJam wrote: |
| coledavis wrote: |
| I don't know how accurate this is, but a colleague in Russia told me it was against the law to employ teachers with mental illnesses. |
When you apply for a visa you have to tick a box which says you don't have any mental illness but it's not something they check up on.
The system they use is very out of date; they still check people for leprosy in visa medicals. When you ask the doctor what that test involves (s)he says it involves looking at you to make sure everything is still there. I'm not joking. |
You cant make any general statement like that about getting a Russian visa. I have never heard of someone having the same requirements twice. 
Both my visas were different, and I think on opposite ends of legal changes. The first visa every other person in my group had to get HIV tests except for me  . |
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ancient_dweller
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| with all these tests in mind, have you heard of temporary residence, you can work legally after you do the tests? I read about it another forum. There was a lot of talk of the medical tests. But I also read it is possible to buy these certificates for HIV etc. Apparently, you will need to buy a place in the quota though. |
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kazachka
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| ancient_dweller wrote: |
| with all these tests in mind, have you heard of temporary residence, you can work legally after you do the tests? I read about it another forum. There was a lot of talk of the medical tests. But I also read it is possible to buy these certificates for HIV etc. Apparently, you will need to buy a place in the quota though. |
Last I heard it was upwards of 20keuro for a spot inside Moscow-the "fee"is less in the oblast for quota. I do know someone who did it in Podolsk without paying the bribe -took forver but he did it. It's a huge PITA. Often your medical certificates get out of date while you are waiting for your FBI background check to slowly be sent back to you. The whole process is a major major PITA. If you are married to a Russian citizen, you get to bypass the quota. |
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ancient_dweller
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| wow! 20keuro! ouch! I was thinking it was more in the region of 2K/3K!! Good to know it's possible though. |
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