canadiangirl

Hi everyone,

moving back home to Canada (from Bangkok). Would like to post some of my stuff home as it's probably cheaper/easier than lugging it all on the plane. Don't mind if it takes a while to get there, but I'd like to find something not too expensive (EMS everything is not really a possibility) and above all, reliable. How reliable is sending stuff via surface mail from Thailand post? Is there a big chance my stuff will get lost/stolen in the mail? More emotionally valuable things, not $$, like souvenirs and clothes, but things I would miss if they were lost. My guess is I might have about 2-3 5kg boxes or so.

Thanks a lot for any info.

Hi everyone,

I take clonazepam for chronic insomnia and fibromyalgia. Normally I go to my doctor at the hospital here to get it, but my insurance outpatient coverage has run out for this year...so if I'd rather not pay for a doctor's visit if I can buy the medication over the counter. Is this possible in Thailand? Boots doesn't carry it, but I know sometimes a proper big pharmacy will carry medicines that Boots doesn't.

Thank you for any information!

Hi everyone,

hoping someone might have some info on this forum. I've been taking Lyrica (pregablin) for fibryomyalgia for a year now. It's really expensive! My insurance used to pay for it, but it's so expensive I've exceeded the maximum amount they'll pay for. So now I have to pay for it myself. :-(

Since insurance isn't paying, I can buy it anywhere in Bangkok, but I haven't seen it at Boots or Watson. I've seen it at a Chinese pharmacy close to Nana on Suk, but I was a bit worried it might be counterfeit. I wouldn't trust the Viagra on Nana, but are counterfeit drugs a big problem with something like Lyrica in Thailand?

In hospital the prices I've found are:

around 140B/150mg at Bumrungrad
around 103B/150mg at Bangkok Christian

+ the cost of talking to the doctor to get them to prescribe the drug in the first place.

(My regular doctor is at Bumrungrad, but I've already discussed with her that it's really too expensive for me to keep buying it there :-(

Does anyone know a cheaper place to buy Lyrica in Bangkok? Thanks for any info!