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newintown
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: non drowsy anti-histamines? |
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are they available in this country?
i am dying from allergies & have run out of my supply from home. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup. You can buy it OTC as well. Go to a pharmacy and ask for all-er-gee yak and tell them no sleeping.. with hand gestures.. haha... that's what I do because I don't really know what no sleeping is in Korean... that usually works. |
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newintown
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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great, thanks  |
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capebretoncanadian
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| Yup. You can buy it OTC as well. Go to a pharmacy and ask for all-er-gee yak and tell them no sleeping.. with hand gestures.. haha... that's what I do because I don't really know what no sleeping is in Korean... that usually works. |
sleeping pills = 수면제
anti-histamine = 항히스타민제
To get the anti-histamine you need to see a dermatologist.
Go to 피부(derm-) 병원(clinic) |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| capebretoncanadian wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
| Yup. You can buy it OTC as well. Go to a pharmacy and ask for all-er-gee yak and tell them no sleeping.. with hand gestures.. haha... that's what I do because I don't really know what no sleeping is in Korean... that usually works. |
sleeping pills = 수면제
anti-histamine = 항히스타민제
To get the anti-histamine you need to see a dermatologist.
Go to 피부(derm-) 병원(clinic) |
Huh? The "sleeping pills" they sell here are an antihistamine. Doxysomething succinate, can't be bothered to look it up right now. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| capebretoncanadian wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
| Yup. You can buy it OTC as well. Go to a pharmacy and ask for all-er-gee yak and tell them no sleeping.. with hand gestures.. haha... that's what I do because I don't really know what no sleeping is in Korean... that usually works. |
sleeping pills = 수면제
anti-histamine = 항히스타민제
To get the anti-histamine you need to see a dermatologist.
Go to 피부(derm-) 병원(clinic) |
But an allergy is not strictly a skin-only problem. My doctor prescribes loratadine for me and apparently that needs a prescription and anyway it makes you sleepy... but you can actually buy anti-histamine here otc. I tried it before. |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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I never had any luck finding non-drowsy anti-histamine in Korea. The smiling dude behind the counter would always assure me that they were non-drowsy, then I'd spend the next day feeling like I had chronic fatigue.
Don't trust those morons, find yourself a good online pharmacy based in your home country and get them delivered to you. Alternatively, get a relative to ship some to you. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Loratadine never made me sleepy. I never needed a prescription.
Print off whatever drugs you want from wikipedia and show it to your
pharmacist. Be careful that some marketing names vary in different
countries. Drug name X might be an antihistamine in one country
and birth control pills in another. Make sure you also have the generic
name to be safe. |
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