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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:37 am Post subject: alpha lipoic acid in Korea |
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| Anyone ever seen it? |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: alpha lipoic acid in Korea |
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| Anyone ever seen it? |
So apparently it has to be prescribe here. Ridiculous. It's a completely harmless supplement. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Same for other things like melatonin and omeprazole or Prilosec OTC. Korea has a very strict drug and controlled substance system in place. They clamped down on everything several years back when the doctors used to directly over deal powerful drugs. Now, you can't even get over the counter anything, except very weak and I mean very weak, ibuprofen and a few supplements like crazy over priced Omega 3 capsules. Anything medical or health related is extremely scaled back as compared to what you see in America. Apparently American over the counter things are not illegal in Korea, but the Red Door is the only store I know of that sells them. While America is over medicated, Korea is under medicated.
Funny thing is, if you're taking a trip to Thailand, you can get supplements and almost any thing over the counter. Thai products are practically identical to American products as they are fairly accurate copy cats and there are more things from the West readily available. |
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MrRogers
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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sojourner,
PM me with your email address, as I am unable to answer your PM for some reason - I can only open them |
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