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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject: Are these prescription meds available in Korea? |
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1. Zafirlukast (brand name: Accolate) pills
2. Albuterol aerosol inhaler (not the nebulizer)
3. Tramadol (brand name: Ultram) pills
I'll be bringing a three-month supply with me but I'd like to know if they're available there or I'm going to have to have them sent from the U.S. |
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trinity24651
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been wondering abou the prescription med thing myself.... |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Koreans have the same afflictions as foreigners with respect to health, so yes, they have the same drugs over here. You might find the odd time that the drug has a different brand name than the West, but for the most part, the brand names are the same.
Accolate=아콜레이트
Albuterol inhaler=알부테롤 흡입기
Tramadol=트라마돌 Ultram=울트람 |
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heydelores
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| They definitely have albuterol. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| Great, thanks! |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| chronicpride wrote: |
Koreans have the same afflictions as foreigners with respect to health, so yes, they have the same drugs over here. You might find the odd time that the drug has a different brand name than the West, but for the most part, the brand names are the same.
Accolate=아콜레이트
Albuterol inhaler=알부테롤 흡입기
Tramadol=트라마돌 Ultram=울트람 |
Korean people will tell you that their superior kimchi cures all, so whatever you waegooks have isn't the same thing! Or else they will tell you, we Koreans have no need for meds, we eat kimchi.  |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Can you write the Korean for the drug:
"wellbutrin" is the brand name
generic is "buproprion"
and can I just walk into the pharmacy with my old prescription bottle, or do I need a script? |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
Can you write the Korean for the drug:
"wellbutrin" is the brand name
generic is "buproprion"
and can I just walk into the pharmacy with my old prescription bottle, or do I need a script? |
Wellbutrin=웰부트린
To get your prescriptions, you can go to any 내과 clinic (although it translates to Internal Medicine, they are essentially walk-in clinics), like this one:
Look at the advertisements on the side of buildings and you'll often see 내과s on the 2nd or 3rd floor with pharmacies on the 1st.
The 내과 doctor will write prescriptions for most things. If he/she feels that your health issue is out of his area, such as gynecology, ENT, etc...he'll refer you to a nearby clinic that handles those things. But a 내과 is probably the best place to go first. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:59 am Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
Can you write the Korean for the drug:
"wellbutrin" is the brand name
generic is "buproprion"
and can I just walk into the pharmacy with my old prescription bottle, or do I need a script? |
You would need a prescription from a Korean doctor for this one. Bring it (the med) with you if you can. |
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trinity24651
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| Do the Korean pharmacies fill American prescriptions? |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| trinity24651 wrote: |
| Do the Korean pharmacies fill American prescriptions? |
You mean if you brought an American doctors prescription to a Korean pharmacy? I doubt it. Besides, they wouldn't be able to make head nor tail of the English on the form. Korean meds, despite them using the same brands as the US, are always written in Korean.
Getting prescriptions in Korea is ridiculously easy, even with the language barrier. If you're not going along with a Korean, just in case the doctor can't speak English well, then just bring the Korean word for your meds and you'll be ok. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| Or else they will tell you, we Koreans have no need for meds, we eat kimchi. |
Yet very few of the many many pharmacies here sell kimchi. |
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kotakji
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| What about real pain killers? I had surgery here a few years back, and what I got as an IV painkiller afterwards coulda amounted to crushed up asprin in water for all the effectiveness of it. Same goes for when I messed up a hammy a year back and the doctor prescribed me ibuprofen. Im not a pain killer junkie or anything, but it woulda been nice in those situations to had a hyrdocodone or similar subscription to make it through the nights. |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Hydrocodone=히드로코돈 |
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happygirl
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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There are some medicines you cannot get here. If it is a brand name, check if there is a generic form. Sometimes brand only meds have not been approved for sale in Korea. ex. Cymbalta
Fortunately my dr at home keeps calling in my scrip and mom gets it to me.
As for the pain reliever question.
I have massive migraines. Even in the ER with an IV I can't get anythng that works. Only once in the time I've been here has the dr been willing to give me any type of narcotic. And that was only because my blood pressure was going thru the roof due to the pain. Good luck. |
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