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mysterious700
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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 Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject: pharmacuticals and toiletries...what is available in s korea |
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| what is available in s korea? cold medicine? anti histamines for allergies? q-tips? sensitive toothpaste for tooth enamel. toilet paper? shampoo? |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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I bring my cold mediciine from home.
Q-tips yes, paper yes, shampoo yes. (you were kidding, right?) |
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Alexandra
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Location: Ilsan
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Q-tips yes, paper yes, shampoo yes. (you were kidding, right?) |
2 in 1 shampoo is almost impossible to find, and wet toilet tissues are not available. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd bring the cold medicine- Korean stuff just doesn't seem as effective, and the toothpaste for sensitive teeth. Everything else- unless you're extremely fussy, you'll find reasonable substitutions here |
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cypher
Joined: 08 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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korean cold medicine are worthless, it really is a waste of packaging, effort, ingredients....but you can get western stuff at the black market stores, at least if you're in seoul, though it doesn't hurt to bring it with you, since it is expensive. I have seen sensodyne somewhere but if you're teeth are really sensitive, maybe that's something you should bring. There is an equivalent to ambesol, however.
You can get allegra, or allegraD. Apparently, there is also sudafed and actifed, though the Korean sounds more like active pig. However, it's also something that is light and wouldn't hurt to bring with you.
Alexandra, by wet toilet tissue, you mean something other than Wet Ones, right? |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: |
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| Alexandra wrote: |
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Q-tips yes, paper yes, shampoo yes. (you were kidding, right?) |
2 in 1 shampoo is almost impossible to find, and wet toilet tissues are not available. |
You must be in a pretty remote area. |
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Alexandra
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Location: Ilsan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| Alexandra wrote: |
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Q-tips yes, paper yes, shampoo yes. (you were kidding, right?) |
2 in 1 shampoo is almost impossible to find, and wet toilet tissues are not available. |
You must be in a pretty remote area. |
What brands can you find and where? |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Bring lots of deodorant. It's hard to find around here, atleast in my city. And diddo on the cold medicine. I've got a huge bottle of Nyquil, Dayquil and Excedrin inbound from the states as I type. Basically bring whatever you can fit in your case. Shampoo is no problem, I've heard mixed reviews on the toothpaste, but I brought my own. The way I figure, it's better to bring it and not need it than to need it and not have it. But definately the cold medicine. You will most certainly get sick more than once and the Koreans idea of medicine is a cocktail of pills that may or may not have anything to do with making you feel better.
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kitekid
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: usually at http://www.expatkorea.com/
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| Alexandra wrote: |
| Newbie wrote: |
| Alexandra wrote: |
| Newbie wrote: |
Q-tips yes, paper yes, shampoo yes. (you were kidding, right?) |
2 in 1 shampoo is almost impossible to find, and wet toilet tissues are not available. |
You must be in a pretty remote area. |
What brands can you find and where? |
You mean the wet tissues? As a parent, I can assure you they are everywhere. Brands? Huggies, Bosomi, Boryung, Benetton, you name it. Just ask for "'�� (mul)' tissue" if you can't find the aisle with the diapers. |
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Alexandra
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Location: Ilsan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| Alexandra wrote: |
| Newbie wrote: |
| Alexandra wrote: |
| Newbie wrote: |
Q-tips yes, paper yes, shampoo yes. (you were kidding, right?) |
2 in 1 shampoo is almost impossible to find, and wet toilet tissues are not available. |
You must be in a pretty remote area. |
What brands can you find and where? |
You mean the wet tissues? As a parent, I can assure you they are everywhere. Brands? Huggies, Bosomi, Boryung, Benetton, you name it. Just ask for "'�� (mul)' tissue" if you can't find the aisle with the diapers. |
Thank you, but that's not what I'm looking for. I can get wet tissues very easily. What I cannot get is wet toilet paper, something that is very common in Europe, but not available in Korea, according to the people I asked so far. |
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Alexandra
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Location: Ilsan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:07 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for helping me out with the 2 in 1 shampoo. I'll pass on the information to my desperate friend.
About the wet tissues, that's not what I'm looking for. I can get wet tissues very easily. What I cannot get is wet toilet paper, something that is very common in Europe, but not available in Korea, according to the people I asked so far. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| Alexandra wrote: |
| Thank you, but that's not what I'm looking for. I can get wet tissues very easily. What I cannot get is wet toilet paper, something that is very common in Europe, but not available in Korea, according to the people I asked so far. |
I've never heard of wet toilet paper in Canada either. |
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Pandora
Joined: 25 Jan 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Is cleaning solution for soft contact lenses easy to find? |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, very. |
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