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[uberscheisse]

hey

i got really sick yesterday, probably some food poisoning or something.

i'm not going to get into particulars of my symptoms because they're too disgusting to post... but it was a long, dreary night.

but is there a korean kaopectate or any other sort of anti-diahrrea med? also, i'd like to buy rehydration salts if this happens to me in summer...

any info?

[wylde]

yea.. there is something here to stop the mul ddong but it is weak.

find a foreign quack or fain an illness and go into hospital and get drugged up on pethidine or morphine.. i promise that'll do it

[Mr. Pink]

Some precautions to getting food poisoning:

Don't eat street meat. (Street vendor stuff) - a lesson learned from massive experience

Don't trust Pizza Hut...the grease will give ya the "excuse me I need to use the restroom, where is it?" syndrome faster than you expect.


If you go to a pharmacy ask for meds for food poisoning.

[JackSarang]

I have several tablets of Immodium I brought with me. I will sell them to you for 100,000 won each.

I also have a bottle of Tums. I will sell Tums tablets at the price of 25,000 per half-tablet. These are fruit flavoured.

[komtengi]

[Toby]

I was really sick after TGI in Jongro. 4 hours in the foetal position. DON'T EAT THEIR PASTA.

[Grotto]

one word CORK stuff it in and suck it up
if u have that much pain you should make sure you eat all your kimchi! Also eat plenty of corn! Where else in the world have you ever had a pizza with corn on it?

wheeeee!

[the_beaver]

Hell man, I've been squirting all weekend.

Just go with it.

[JackSarang]

Also, Korean draft beer (Saeng Mekju) will give it to you something rotten the next day. Worse than beer normally does.

[Ghostinthemachine]

Lomotil, 4 tabs to start with and then 2 every 4 hours till symptoms disappear. I think you can but them over the counter (i.e. without a prescription) here.

[jaebea]

I'm a big fan of Kaomagma for a big case of the squirts, but it tastes like liquid chalk!

Still, it does the job, pretty quick. :)

jae.

[the eye]

while you are recovering, you should also watch your diet
some foods will solidify your shit and others will make your problem worse-

good foods:
banana, rice, applesauce, toast(no butter)

bad foods:
fats and oils, dairy products, chocolate, orange juice

[The Man known as The Man]

[aussie col]

I just took a phrase book into a chemist and pointed to the word.... much easier then trying to pronounce diarrhoea at the top of your voice in korean.

Be careful with the instruction though. I thought I was taking the correct amount but 2 days later I was blocked up like you wouldn't believe. At least the guy behind the counter had a good laugh when I went back into the chemist this time needing laxatives.

[uberscheisse]

kaomagma?

i'm sure that it's probably the same thing as kaopectate... that garbage tastes like chalk but it fixes you up as if someone crammed a dozen sticks of chalk in your lil' squirter. i'll check it out, thanks.