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OTC drugs may be available at supermarkets from August
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nathanrutledge



Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh

PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why bother asking questions if you aren't going to read the thread or the news articles posted?
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kraggy



Joined: 06 Mar 2011

PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eh, I did.

You're point is completely irrelevant.

What has being able or not able to buy aspirin in a supermarket got to do with whether or not you can guy other drugs OTC in a pharmacy?

I didn't ask about what you can buy in a supermarket.

Not getting into a tit for tat discussion with you. Have a nice day.
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Chet Wautlands



Joined: 11 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can buy sleeping pills over the counter from any pharmacy, but the names will be different from those back home.

Check the ingredients. Some knock me out (and leave me groggy for the next 24 hours) while others have little affect...
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Ramen



Joined: 15 Apr 2008

PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you don't need prescription for xanax/valium in korea. Razz
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Triban



Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station

PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ramen wrote:
you don't need prescription for xanax/valium in korea. Razz


Are you serious? I can go to a pharmacy and ask for xanax?
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Ramen



Joined: 15 Apr 2008

PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Triban wrote:

Are you serious? I can go to a pharmacy and ask for xanax?


of course not. i know my local pharmacist and she can give me up to 5 pills without a prescription. Razz
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Triban



Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station

PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ramen wrote:
Triban wrote:

Are you serious? I can go to a pharmacy and ask for xanax?


of course not. i know my local pharmacist and she can give me up to 5 pills without a prescription. Razz


Didn't think so but I had to make sure. Stranger things have happened.

I did hear that it was easy to obtain a prescription for xanax though, which I might try to do. It will help on my quest to become enlightened.
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khanitta



Joined: 27 Aug 2011
Location: Ulsan

PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Chet Wautlands"]You can buy sleeping pills over the counter from any pharmacy, but the names will be different from those back home.

Check the ingredients. Some knock me out (and leave me groggy for the next 24 hours) while others have little affect...[/quote]


Sound good... Very Happy
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isisaredead



Joined: 18 May 2010

PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Triban wrote:
Ramen wrote:
Triban wrote:

Are you serious? I can go to a pharmacy and ask for xanax?


of course not. i know my local pharmacist and she can give me up to 5 pills without a prescription. Razz


Didn't think so but I had to make sure. Stranger things have happened.

I did hear that it was easy to obtain a prescription for xanax though, which I might try to do. It will help on my quest to become enlightened.


i like you.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sadguy wrote:
yeah it bothered me. i had a killer headache a few weeks ago and wanted some aspirin but the pharmacies were closed because it was korean memorial day. ugh.


Any of the supermarkets that are likely to stock OTC drugs (e-mart, lotte-mart, home-plus.etc) probably have an in-store pharmacy that is open the same hours that they are already.

For the most part, the ONLY difference is that you will be able to help yourself off the shelf instead of asking a clerk for it.

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DanseurVertical



Joined: 24 Nov 2010

PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nathanrutledge wrote:
Yeah, there IS a law against it, and the changes WON'T allow ibuprofen/acetaminophen to be sold at stores. They have leeway in somethings but any drug that affects the central nervous system cannot be sold outside of a pharmacy.

For example, soju! Wait...

Sometimes I think about dissonance in the policies here. Then I consider policies back in the USA, and there are so many inconsistencies there as well. And then considering the whole host of human ideas, this species is simply nature's laughing stock.
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