8 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

 

I honestly never connected the dots per se but I have wondered if I was becoming a hemophiliac as I age.

 

Yes,  sometimes the bleeding from a simple cut is truly surprising.

 

 

 

 

 

All these people on thai visa encouraging others to take aspirin everyday without a doctor's recommendation is just downright dangerous.in fact even with heart problems doctors most often do not prescribe aspirin. It causes a thinning of the blood. Stomach bleeds are common and you are more likely to die from the stomach bleed than having the heart attack. If it has not been recommended by a doctor, you should not take it. Something they have recommended recently is a glass of water before bed and a glass of water when you wake up 100 percent prevents strokes. 

Water is your hearts best friend. 

1 hour ago, greenchair said:

All these people on thai visa encouraging others to take aspirin everyday without a doctor's recommendation is just downright dangerous.in fact even with heart problems doctors most often do not prescribe aspirin. It causes a thinning of the blood. Stomach bleeds are common and you are more likely to die from the stomach bleed than having the heart attack. If it has not been recommended by a doctor, you should not take it. Something they have recommended recently is a glass of water before bed and a glass of water when you wake up 100 percent prevents strokes. 

Water is your hearts best friend. 

This is simply not true.

On December 27, 2560 BE at 2:08 PM, Bill Miller said:

Thanks for that info. I will have to try going further afield perhaps, but for now the hospital keeps me supplied. I do not know what price, as they generally do not itemize, at least in English.
I had asked in just a couple of pharmacies and was told no.

Try writing it down and showing the pharmacist - it is pretty much a staple stock item in every pharmacy that I have been to... and very inexpensive... 

On December 27, 2560 BE at 2:08 PM, Bill Miller said:

Thanks for that info. I will have to try going further afield perhaps, but for now the hospital keeps me supplied. I do not know what price, as they generally do not itemize, at least in English.
I had asked in just a couple of pharmacies and was told no.

Try writing it down and showing the pharmacist - it is pretty much a staple stock item in every pharmacy that I have been to... and very inexpensive... 

2 hours ago, faraday said:

This is simply not true.

I looked it up. There is mixed information. 

But the American medical journal apparently supports it. 

Still a layman's recommendation to drink 2 glasses of water has got to be less harmful than layman recommendations to start taking aspirin everyday without doctors advice ??

On 12/28/2017 at 3:41 PM, atyclb said:

  bumrungrad . LOL.  they will do their best to charge you many times the normal price.

 

check at a government hospital.   chula at silom.    the big pharmacies opposite chula hospital may stock them

My Insurance will reimburse 80% of the cost  -  so I don't give a hoot how much it cost - I only care where it is produced and the expiration date.   I will check out Chula Pharmacy for an Epipen.  But do you want to bet your life on something from a largely Thai Pharmacy which might or might not contain the life saving drug to stop an Anaphylactic Shock allergic reaction???  Not I, said the Tunnelrat.

On 12/29/2017 at 11:20 AM, greenchair said:

I looked it up. There is mixed information. 

But the American medical journal apparently supports it. 

Still a layman's recommendation to drink 2 glasses of water has got to be less harmful than layman recommendations to start taking aspirin everyday without doctors advice ??

Drinking water in excess can cause hypertension, at least thats what my Country Doctor told me    or was he my Vetranarian??  

On 12/28/2017 at 1:03 PM, TunnelRat69 said:

I have these and take one 81mg a day..............no episodes of nose bleeds, that bleed like hell, as a friend of mine had. He was taking a 325mg aspirin a day, showed him these and he now takes the 81mg.

 

13 minutes ago, TunnelRat69 said:

My Insurance will reimburse 80% of the cost  -  so I don't give a hoot how much it cost - I only care where it is produced and the expiration date.   I will check out Chula Pharmacy for an Epipen.  But do you want to bet your life on something from a largely Thai Pharmacy which might or might not contain the life saving drug to stop an Anaphylactic Shock allergic reaction???  Not I, said the Tunnelrat.

 

opposite chula hospital are several large well stocked pharmacies that chula patients use. i have purchased medicines there and no problem.