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We see some confusion here. Thailand has everything one would ever want or need for natural health rejuvenation. There's a big difference in "supplements vs. naturals".

Perhaps foreigners don't know the names of the Thai herbal health products to purchase here. Thai sellers think foreign people want factory produced 'brand name' supplements from overseas.

They are generally worthless in terms of nutriment value after being heat and chemical processed by factories. I suspect that most vitamins are purchased in bulk from China and re-labeled by foreign sellers for Europer and America.

Siam Natural Products of Thailand has a complete line of natural nutirment products for health ejuvenation and disease prevention that are cultivated here locally. see siamnatural.com exports

You can get the steroids over the counter here.

Be careful. You need to technically go to a hospital for those. If

You get caught you might need to pay a big cash 'fine'. If you have the money it's worth going to the hospital. At least you can have a little better chance a good quality.

You can buy them at most any pharmacy no problem. We buy them for our dog as the steroid helps to control the itching/scratching. The steroids are for humans, but most animal medicines are really human medicines...only a few come in packaging which implies they are for animals.

In fact, the same dog which has a skin allergy also has a urinary track infection right now...after using the first 7 days of antibiotic meds given by the Vet he said we can come back and get more from him or get them at the pharmacy...we got another week's worth at the pharmacy...once again...same meds used to fight certain bacteria infections humans can also get. And our Chihuahua which had spine surgery a few months ago is on human meds as prescribed by the Vet...we just go to the pharmacy to get them. Yes, sir, you can get most any (not all) medications are your local pharmacy with no prescription required.

Seems contrary to the earlier statistics in the recent article about Americans dieing in Thailand - but, OK - this is not exactly Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan or those other middle eastern countries that are experiencing rountine daily bombings, but it is somewhat alarming that these deaths in Thailand seem to be self inflicted in many cases here. I don't understand (especially) the young people coming here to Thailand to jump off buildings and/or hang themselves. Unfortunate and a sad day for society in general.

Wishing each of you good health, positive thoughts, and longevity.

I think the figure may be low - just based on all the deaths we read about in this publication alone. I also suspect that many of the motorbike accidents are alcohol related -> but we all know how people drive in Thailand (like fish swim). We're all going to die someday. I do wish each of you good health, positive thoughts, & longevity. The one thing we all have in common is we're here in Thailand and it is in fact a better life than where we came from considering all the circumstances. It is sad to see those individuals who choose to end their life early (depression?).

This could also be in part due to drug and alcohol abuse. Conversely, there are numerous healthy foods to eat and herbal health supplements that aren't available elsewhere. Upward & Onward!

well, I think the TAT is just brimming with amazing Thailand ideas for the tourism business. 'Let's protect them by giving them a good western potty place to relieve themselves' (and a free wipe with real tissue too) Thank you Thailand!

The local bank teller mentioned that her customers/friends who own tourism related businesses are seeing much less actual spending compared to previous years. With the inflated baht against other currencies one can see why.

A Thai lady friend paid 2,400 TB at a Hua Hin salon yesterday and was totally shocked/amazed/perplexed with what they charged for a 900baht cut & perm. Maybe the bubble is about to burst again . . . inflation translates to greed.

Would seem tourists need life insurance better than health with the rise in crimes against foreigners in Phuket & Pattaya. More Aussies die in Thailand than in any other country according to their [AU] statistics. Conversely, Cambodia has very low crime statistics comparitively.

A very sad occurance. My prayers to the grieving husband and famlily for their loss of the deceased lady. People are killed in auto accidents everyday, but we don't ban cars or gas stations. One should always be aware.that animals are unpredictable - be it your neighbor's pet dog, or these so-called tamed wild beasts.

With medical tourism being the new buzz word - just think, you can catch a sexually transmitted disease in Nana and walk around the corner 5 min to Bumrungrad International hospital and get it fixed all in a days excursion cheaper than most places that offer similar services. That's why it's called the Land Of Smiles. It's just business and Thailand gleans billions in annual "tourism" income

I recall reading about an American rock star (Jerry Lee Lewis) who married his 14 y/o first cousin 50+ years ago. I seriously doubt if this type of behavior is limited to Thailand although circumstances vary.

accomadate? hmmm I see. Well, there are in fact tourist destination in the region like Malaysia and even Myanmar that have very little crime in comparison to what we've seen growing in leaps and bounds in the former LOS