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woods
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Seoul 2009-2011 / (Ireland)
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 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: Prerscriptions - Getting a Doc's presc. from home filled out |
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Hi everyone.
If i get my doctor at home to write out my prescription for me to cover my year in Korea....can i get it filled out when i get to Korea??
Is the fact it is written in English a problem?
Is it hard to find pharmacies that will fill the prescription? etc.
Also does the 50% medical insurance you pay out of your wages cover stuff like prescriptions or doctors visits....i don't know much about medical insurance!
Thanx...any help much appreciated  |
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justaguy
Joined: 01 Jan 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| Not a chance. |
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woods
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Seoul 2009-2011 / (Ireland)
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Not a chance on what??
Anybody know if i'd be able to? |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| woods wrote: |
Not a chance on what??
Anybody know if i'd be able to? |
No you will not be able to get an overseas prescription filled at a pharamacy here. BUT having it or probably better still a letter from your own doctor outlining your medical history (ie why you are on the medication) and what your current dosage is should make it easy for you to get a doctor here to do the same prescription for you (as long as the medication is available here ... most are). I have been in a similar situation and I brought as much as I was allowed to take out of the country (Australia) of most of my medications which was 6 months worth through a special prescriptions designed to cover overseas travel (6 months was the maximum allowed) and have just had the medication filled by a doctor here. Bringing as much as you can with you will give you time to find a doctor here. [/url] |
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sarbonn
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Michigan
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Yeah, like was previously said, you'll have trouble getting a pharmacy to fill that prescription. One further problem is that what you are taking as medication from another country may not be available in Korea, meaning you may have to be prescribed an alternative medication by a doctor here.
I was rushed here to Korea at the last second, not realizing that was going to happen, so I was way low on medication when I got here. I went to a doctor at the Severan Hospital foreigner clinic, and I ended up in one of those situations where this new doctor didn't agree with anything my previous doctor had prescribed. She straight out started eliminating medications from my regular regimen (without even a blood test to determine if this was wise). Part of the problem of being here is that there can be an attitude of a doctor deciding unilaterally what should and should not be taken, and you might end up having to argue with a doctor who is convinced that he or she is far more knowledgeable than some foreigner, and that might cause problems.
One alternative you can look into is to have someone back home fill that prescription for you and then send you the medications. I was trying to do that, but the person who I relied on turned out to be really slow at doing so, so now I've had to rely on Korean doctors here. |
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