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crazy tigger
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: antibiotics |
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| Can you buy antibiotics over the counter here? Or do yu need a script from the doc? |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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I think doctor.
Also many types of anti which are more effective for different ailments; try and get the best you can. |
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colonel sanders
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: the middle of the middle of nowhere
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| not to mention it will only cost 5k to see a doc and get your meds. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| colonel sanders wrote: |
| not to mention it will only cost 5k to see a doc and get your meds. |
3500won, actually. |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Just be prepared to
A) go back to the doctor every three days to get more meds (since antibiotics typically take at least 10 days to kill an infectio completley)
B) Get a bit bitchhy and demand 10 days now. You may have to pay 3 fees worth of doctors visits, which will still amount to under 12,000 won. |
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crazy tigger
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| Brand new here, don' have my medical insurance yet (I assume I get that when I get paid the first time), not found an English speaking doctor,the onI went to with my director gave mesometablets but he only soke inKorean and I no ideawhat they are! |
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MarionG
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| Also, please be aware that most antibiotics used in Korea are penicillin derivatives...so if you're allergic, make REALLY sure they don't give you something that will cause you problems. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| kat2 wrote: |
Just be prepared to
A) go back to the doctor every three days to get more meds (since antibiotics typically take at least 10 days to kill an infectio completley)
B) Get a bit *beep* and demand 10 days now. You may have to pay 3 fees worth of doctors visits, which will still amount to under 12,000 won. |
Yeah, and they'll give you three days of the 'cheap stuff' so it will take ten days to clear up, no matter what. People here are incredibly cheap when it comes to medicine. They'd rather return to the doctor 3 times in a week than pay a couple thousand won more for a sufficient quantity of the good meds (and they are available). I have a friend who is a doctor here. He prescribes me some of the newer more expensive antibiotics (something like 500 won a dose instead of the usual 200 (big deal)) whenever I see him. It's much more effective, so in the end it turns out to be much cheaper. |
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