ivor bigun

50 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

The law is 30 days only and you can"t import by mail without an import license from the FDA.

 

In practice they don't quibble over amount coming in as long as it looks at a glance cobsistent with petsonal use. And in practice small quantities sent by regular mail (not a courier) usually get through.

 

But just the postage will likely cost more than the price of these drugs in Thailand.

yes ,do not use a courier ,just ordinary mail.

7 minutes ago, ivor bigun said:

much cheaper at a govt hospital just back from Chonburi heart hospital Ommeparosal is one of my drugs 158 baht for 105 tabs . 3 months supply

sorry about my spooling of the drug????

18 hours ago, landtrout said:

 Omeprazole is available at all pharmacies that I'm familiar with under several different brand names. The one that I purchase is called "Miracid", and a two week course of 20 mg capsules will run you around 75 baht on average.

 

 I'm not familiar with atorvastatin, but simvastatin (branded as "Bestatin") is also available everywhere (without prescription) in 5, 10 or 20 mg tablets. As Tmoney says: less than 5 baht/tablet.

 

 I've never priced lisinopril, but amlodipine (a calcium channel blocker, also used to control blood pressure) is available without prescription and similarly priced.

 

 In my experience, hospital pharmacies are FAR more expensive than retail pharmacies!

only private hospitals are ,govt ones far far far cheaper than anywhere else ,i get eyedrops for pressure in the eyes from Queen Sirakit at Satahip ,795 baht for one month ,at farcino 1580 baht ,at Samitivit over 2500 baht . just got 3 months of meds 6 different types  from Chonburi just under 1500 baht including omeprazol go to a govt hospital

much cheaper at a govt hospital just back from Chonburi heart hospital Ommeparosal is one of my drugs 158 baht for 105 tabs . 3 months supply

32 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Some offices will accept them that are as much as 30 days old.

just did mine in Jomtien it was about 2 months old ,we were married in the UK 23 years ago ,but after your advice about 20 months ago got it registered here via The UK , have not had a problem with anything at Jomtien.

Just the lack of traffic on the roads  and all the Chinese tour buses blocking everything here in Pattaya.

59 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I know that ivor, I got mine because of your recommendation. But the three channels you mention are not the most exciting viewing for me, which is why I use a VPN and can watch any UK channel. You can get CNN & Bloomberg on ustvgo.tv for free. I want to install other apps on this 3BB Android box.

well if you manage it ,please let me know how ,i will get my son to do it for me????

we got it as well ,only 107 baht extra on our wi fi ,great value for the money ,neither the wife or i watch much tv ,i just download what i want ,but it has bloomberg and cnn ,and as said BBC nature which the wife really likes , true has gone down so much ,we left once bloomberg was ditched

12 hours ago, jaiyenyen said:

Thanks for your answers everyone.

@Ivor,  Do you remember how much the agent charged?

about 5k if i remember rightly or a bit less

here in Pattaya i had to do it ,i used an agent ,to be honest it would have cost as much to do it myself paying for the petrol having to go twice to the Embassy 

3 hours ago, MyThaiYou said:

Thank you.  Do you have the name of the doctor ? 

His name was Dr Ponchai,he was the one i had the appointment with ,but he was not the one who operated ,you have to go to the hospital a become a patient ,you then get an appointment ,i was transfered there from Samitivit in Sri Racha ,paid more for a room for one night and a few tests than everything i had done at chonburi ,including the angiogram .

I had this done at Chonburi govt hospital ,very good doctor ,if you can go there ,not expensive ,its a govt teaching hospital ,you get the same docs as in private hospital at a fraction of the cost.

All the supermarkets here in Pattaya are half empty when we shop ,so many British and Japanese stuff being sold cheap as it goes out of date ,wonder if they will restock ,?

On 1/19/2021 at 7:09 PM, KhunBENQ said:

That's warp speed

Best I remember was 6 days from Thailand to Germany.

Just recieved my parcel posted 7 days ago in the UK ,it came a few days after the xmas card from the UK posted nearly 2 months ag , i cant understand the postal service any longer.

I followed UbonJoes advice ,last year when i changed ,luckily i went over to the UK at the time ,sent my papers to Milton Keynes , they were returned to my UK address quickly ,i had been warned that the Thai embassy were not very good ,but luckily i spoke to the actual guy and sent a slightly higher fee ,got the paperwork back in about a week or so ,then had it translated and verified here ,got a solicitor in Pattaya to arrange it ,better than the bother of back and for to BKK.

i was lucky it all went smoothly ,but there are stories on here where it was a pain in the bum ,so much easier and cheaper if your in the UK. 

getting a kor ror 22 is a doddle ,if you live near the ampour,

3 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

no that arrived last week ,this one was only posted 5 days ago in the UK.

footnote to that ,just recieved a christmas card posted 27/11/2020 what is going on?

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

The one from the 15th of ? December. In Laksi now?

 

My experience with a letter from Germany posted Dec 17.

Lounging around in Germany until Jan 8.

Arrived at my gate at Jan 11.

no that arrived last week ,this one was only posted 5 days ago in the UK.

its arrived in Thailand already its at Laski.whoopie

5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Immigration was full 20 minutes ago, a mad rush for some reason, glad covid is only a low risk here

Got there about 10 am ,had to q about 3  people in front all of a sudden about 4/5 mins later the q was about 30 people ,God knows where they all came from ,anyway went in ,picked up my yearly extension after 5 mins ,then got another ticket and did 90 day 2 mins ,when i went outside the q was really long . i must have been very lucky to arrive when i did .

Just had another posted 15 jan ,lets see how long that takes 

Forgot to say ,now i also get u  tube on our tv plus some music channels as well now . far far better than true which we have had for 15 yrs.

1 hour ago, Martin71 said:

Hello Ivor,

Could you give a few more details ...is it the 3bb giga tv....are there plenty of English speaking channels...did you have to sign a new 12/15/18 month contract...any info much appreciated..

Cheers fella....

Yes its the 3bb giga tv ,there are loads of English speaking chanells we have just been watching BBC earth  a prog with David Attenbourgh, and there is Nikeleodian  plus more but to be honest i am just checking it at the moment .apart from that there are the movie and series channels ,all in English ,so much plus sport 

we already have a contract for 3BB wifi so all the wife had to do was sign a contract for one year for the tv ,and to be honest as its only an extra 107 baht a month if you have wi fi even if it was rubbish you only lose 1300 baht ,we rarely watch tv as i download everything ,but i must say at this price its a bargain ,also the wife loves natural history progs ,which BBC earth gives you.

24 minutes ago, Kan Win said:

Yes, Bloomberg off and that is the end for me with True (no) Visions TV, I get Blooming berg on my mobile live now. 

 

The nail in the coffin for me was taking Bloomberg off.

 

Been on cable TV since the begin of it in Thailand, started around 1991-1992 before True by the way, and now on internet and saving a few baht each month as well.

 

Win ????

3bb have bloomberg and cnn, plus the Thai news channels ,