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[Robert101]

I guess this must have been asked before - but does anyone have current info regarding where to buy legitimate Viagra in Bangkok, rather than the (possibly) fake stuff that is sold on stalls in Sukhumvit  Rd?

[FBN]

You would require a prescription and can then buy it from most Boots pharmacies.
Many pharmacies may sell without a prescription but this is not the legitimate option and you will again risk being given "fake" medication.

[Robert101]

FBN, on 2012-01-27 12:42:06, said:

You would require a prescription and can then buy it from most Boots pharmacies.
Many pharmacies may sell without a prescription but this is not the legitimate option and you will again risk being given "fake" medication.

Thanks for this..Apart from Hospitals are there any doctors clinics in the Sukhumvit area where such a prescription might be easily and inexpensively obtained?

[Sheryl]

It is not customary in Thailand, as  it is in the West, for doctors to write scripts for prescription-only drugs which are then filled at a pharmacy.

Usually prescription-only drugs are obtained at a hospital pharmacy, the same hospital where you consult the doctor.

Suggest you go to a medium sized private hospital - someplace like Phayathai 2 (near Victory monument) would be fine, see any doctor, and get the med there. You can also do this at Bumrungrad on Sukhumvit but would cost more both for the doc and the drug.

there are some exceptions especially among pharmacies located close to major hospitals but this is the norm.
In terms of cost, there is a locally made generic equivalent to Viagra called Elonza. When you see th doctor specifically ask for it.

[dsfbrit]

I thought you might find it useful to know the price I have paid for Viagra from the hospital pharmacy . I have to take Viagra to 'compensate' for the side effects of the daily medication I must take to control atrial fibrilation - an irregular heart beat.

My medication is Betaloc (metaprolol) and I take two 25mg tablets per day. Two heart specialists in separate hospitals have agreed this is the correct medication for me - so I have to take it.  They have willingly provided prescriptions for Viagra to compensate for the known side effect.

Price for 4 tablets when I last bought them at the hospital pharmacy was 3200 baht. Yes a mere 800 baht a tablet

If you think I am making this up - hey I could not believe it myself - i will willingly show you the receipt that I still have.

Needless to say, I have found other sources to acquire my medication.

As an aside, could someone please tell me if I can simply get a prescription from the doctor at the hospital, in this case it would be the International Hospital in Pattaya Soi 4 that I have never used before, and just walk out of the hospital with the prescription and use the prescription at a pharmacy outside. This would make it all completely legal if I were stopped by the police.

By the way I always keep a copy of the original receipt with me, in the same place as the Viagra tablets so I can show it to the police if asked, even though I have since (reluctantly) bought my Viagra from other sources - so maybe it was 3600 baht well spent after all???

Edited by dsfbrit, 9 minutes ago.