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chungbukdo
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
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 Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:33 pm Post subject: Allowed to bring cold medicine to Korea? |
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Hey, Im coming to Korea a few months as a tourist. last time I was there I got a cold, and you have to go to the doctor to get medicine usually, and its pretty expensive (they give you these little packets for a high price compared to if you bought the whole package).
So Im bringing some cough syrup. Jail? |
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Missihippi
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| you're fine. And if youre a resident here the cold meds that the dr's give you isn't expensive. My last visit was a total of 7,000 won (including drug cocktails). |
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chungbukdo
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah unfortunately though I will just be in Korea visiting my partner on a tourist visa |
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mmstyle
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: wherever
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Have regularly brought back cold and flu tabs when I returned to Korea from trips home. Have never had an issue. |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:22 am Post subject: |
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Maybe I just bought the wrong stuff at the store a couple of times. but I found OTC meds here to be pretty much sugar pills. Bring Nyquil or tabs if you can
Last edited by tideout on Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:11 am; edited 1 time in total |
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bnrockin
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:41 am Post subject: |
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Maybe I just had bad experiences here, but the medicine in Korea has NEVER helped me when I was sick. As such, I have always brought a years supply of my own medication which usually included: 2-3 packs of nyquel/dayquel capsuls, 2 packs of 12 hour sudaphed, and some pills that help with food poisoning.* Never had any problems.
I will make a note that as of 2008, Sudaphed was illegal to bring into Japan, according to the Lonely Planet, Japan. Just thought I'd mention that if you planned to make a jump over there.
*I tend to get sick a lot during the winter time. |
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| i brought 3 big bottles of nyquil but never used them HOWEVER my gf (who was born and raised here) took less than the recommended dose and it still knocked her out lol it works mUCH better than the drugs they give u here. and you wont get in trouble either lol |
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| i brought 3 big bottles of nyquil but never used them HOWEVER my gf (who was born and raised here) took less than the recommended dose and it still knocked her out lol it works mUCH better than the drugs they give u here. and you wont get in trouble either lol |
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| They will ignore you upon entry if you're from an English-speaking country. Laws are made for the unsavory types. |
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Wildbore
Joined: 17 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| How about cough medicine with codeine? |
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