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I think the OP meant Red?;-)

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They do blood test, viral load, genotype(drug resistance). I don't think they dispense meds though. You can get generic ones at government hospital for a very good price. Most of the private hospital dispense them at very high cost.

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Any hospital with ENT doctor to check eat drum, Valsava maneuver , asthma risk and so on. I guess Ram is a place as English is necessary.

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As I mentioned I just had it within the last 12 months. Will the vaccine still be useful for those who have had shingles recently?

It will prevent further episodes so yes it still benefits you

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You can get test as early as Day 1 on dengue. It's antigen test, the antibody test, which has been using for decades can only be tested around day ~4 onwards so if you have all classic symptoms you may get tested at any hospital like Ram Lanna Sriphat they typically offer this rapid test, a CBC would as well be a good idea as it will show your platelets level which is an important indicator of how severe the disease could progress. Eventually dengue or not, hydration with electrolyte/ Gatorade and immune booster with high dose vitamin C is an early &wise step to take care of yourself.

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If you do have chickenpox as a child the chance of having shingle is high as this is the same viruses , if you do have chickenpox vaccine the chane of having it is much lower, however the vaccine is worth getting in both case as the post herpetic neuralgia (nerve pain after the shingles infection) is horrible. The CDC recommends for people over 60 years as in general this group of people have many chronic disease and basically lower immunity compared to younger folks.

It is not available now but will be soon so keep checking with your health care provider.

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Still not available in thailand, was told they are working with thai FDA approval and research market demand.

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Is it the Brit visa? If so you have to put lots of stupid personal stories, private emails, photos emails, her empleyer's letter or business's owner ship, money source. To certify documents is as simple as the other poster said.

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Look for the CDC/ ACP vaccination guideline for the recommendation. Thai pediatric infectious disease association follow that except for the exotic disease like Japanese encephalitis which is off course is an extra to the American standard schedule.

There is no real local thai vaccines. there are only cheaper ones which made from Taiwan, China, India, Indonesia. The different between the original/ western vaccine and the regional/local ones are the whole cell vaccine, give a strong reaction to children, and acellular vaccine which seems to have very little side effect. The original ones come in a combination of 4-6 different vaccines in one, means one shot to to child compared to the local of 3 separate jabs for the same required vaccines.

The good vaccination come from GSK,Sanofi Pasteur, Norvatis.

I do not think the Hospital force the non essential vaccination, I think the thai government provide substandard compulsory vaccination to the Thais due to limited budget. For example they do not provide PCV as it is too expensive, so the local kids, whom PCV was not given, have otitis media much more than the vaccinated children.

The choice is yours.

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be careful with insurance brokers. I know a guy that made his annual medical premium payment to a broker and discovered a month later when he was in the hospital that the broker had kept the money and not paid the insurance company. Company refused to cover him for the stay. I think it is best to deal with the insurance companies directly when in Thailand. Like many things here, there is no regulation and you can

find out the hard way.

Broker aren't cheaper, get a good broker is a luck while most of them are just a middle man cutting their piece of cake like many others. Slightly off topic, once I tried to get car insurance from the broker as I was too busy contact the company directly myself, was told the price was the same and their so keen on trying to change the insurrance company which I never heard of,for the cheaper premium. I smell something dodgy and decided to contact the company I normally use, got email back within day and 3000 baht cheaper than quoted by broker! It's not 3000 bath I care, but the fact that they lied to my face make me feel betrayed, I don't mind if they say the price is slightly different but the services they provide and so on .. To lie and think people would not find out??? Not a good way to do business is it.

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Just to distract from the OP.. Whenever I see the name of this place, it makes me wonder that I always understood that to be a euphemism no ??

Galee tong = golden flower = bar girls.

A Thai once said to me that its a word play on golden flowers being lovely and that the golden flower is what they sit on, opening petals and all that..

Makes for an odd apartment name ??

Poor information/ not knowing thai very well. As the other poster said. Galare thong means a golden Galare. Galare is the crafted wood, like buffalo's horn, decorated at the building roof top, especially thai roof.

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Side note ; there has been a global shortage on reliable varicella vaccine (by GSK and Sanofi Pasteur)for over 6 months now, or at least 6 month in thailand that's why there is quite a mini out break of the chickenpox going around these days. The one that is used in thailand right now is Chinese made and I do believe one from Japan.

Working in medical field and been seeing many HZV infected patients the past two months made me think the vaccine has been helping most people from the nasty disease, well this is not an RCT and I am not an Internet researcher so it is just an experienced observation.

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Beware of local made ones as they are not so reliable and the ampules break easily, you could have a piece of glass draw into the syringe with the injection itself!if you plan to DIY the Japanese made one is by far easier and better.

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Chiangmai RIA lab is another option, Lanna lab is reliable in certain lab tests, many of their labs though are old version and a bit off figure for the 2014 medical technologies!

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* DTaP HIB IPV hep B

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If you were,legally, father of the child, You can simply tell the staff you willing not to do so, the hep B will be part of the combination shot when the child turns 2,4 and 6 months anyway (DTaP HIB IPV HepB). Unless the mother has Hep B, they would not force your child to do the injection on the first day of life. According to new recommendation( thai follows american's recommendation) the early vaccination for hep B the better and it use to be 3 shot now it's 4 shots series in infant.

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It is no longer OTC in 2014 thanks to the youngsters who shake the Thai FDA head and get them to put Tramadol under control. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand

Please post the source of your information .

I had to use my substance controlled license, which was not required previously,to refill Tramadol stock early this year and order was restricted to 1000 tab/ order, surely certain pharmacy who carry the same license might be able to buy and sell them OTC, or selling them under the counter as they do with Viagra and benzo drugs, but legally it is now controlled meds do you should normally need a prescription.

Unfortunately I can not provide you with online/google source of information. As said, direct experience.

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As far as I recall they have changed the molecules attached to the active meds from something else to arginine which give them the equivalent of the previous 4 mg equal to the new 5 coversyl arginine. Your local chemist should be able to tell you this though.

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And thank you,I indeed spelt pseudoephedrine wrong, always hate the auto-spelling

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No link to prove any of this information for all dr google here, fact and direct experience I am sharing . Thank you. :-)

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Perhaps mims has not launched their 2014 edition Sheryl, for all Tramadol order now, being pharmacy clinic or hospital, ones have to prove they have license for substance controlled as same as pseudorphridrine. I can not be any happier, hopefully they will come to antibiotics soon to stop this nonsense antibiotics overused.

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Tramadol is now a Controlled drug, it must be the old batch they sold you or it is truely the UNDER the counter as same as many other benzodiazepines they illegally sale.

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Post exposure cost approximately 650-750THB*5 plus a few hundreds doctor fee, from what you described I don't think you need HRIC/ERIC at all

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It is no longer OTC in 2014 thanks to the youngsters who shake the Thai FDA head and get them to put Tramadol under control.

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Telling people to discontinue their medication without a professional advise is so very dangerous. Like many other said it could lead to a cardiovascular event! You off course can do diet and exercise and perhaps can reduce the meds dosage to the point where you might be able to stop them but must be under professional monitor and tapering the dosage gradually.

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