Diazepam (valium) over the counter in Bangkok

[Kitano298]

Hello,

 

I am hoping to buy valium 2mg over the counter. I have a prescription back home in the UK and need it for my work. I am here for 60 days. Please could someone recommend a pharmacy, pm me with the details if need be.

 

Much appreciated

 

James

[bbko]

Buying valium over the counter is a grey area in Thailand, some pharmacies will sell it and some won't, it may come down to you visiting several places and asking.

Or you can visit a doctor in any hospital/clinic and ask for a prescription.

 

Note; BKK is huge, unless you're willing to travel from one side of town to the other, you'll get better answers if you give your area in BKK.

[Sheryl]

It is not a "grey area".

 

It is clearly illegal to buy or sell valium over the counter.

 

It is a controlled drug in Thailand.

 

OP, you need to get this at a hospital.  Your prescription from UK has no validity here but showing it to a Thai doctor should make it easy to get it prescribed here. You will have to purchase from hospital pharmacy.

[The Hammer2021]

They come 10 mgs. They are illegal. Your prescription  means nothing but you need to go to a hospital to get them legitimately. Or just ask around at pharmacies until you find a bent one. The 'street' ones are ersatz and don't work. Just cos you can buy them  in pharmacies does not mean they are legal

Edited January 10, 2022 by The Hammer2021

[Ohyesuare]

14 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

They come 10 mgs. They are illegal. Your prescription  means nothing but you need to go to a hospital to get them legitimately. Or just ask around at pharmacies until you find a bent one. The 'street' ones are ersatz and don't work. Just cos you can buy them  in pharmacies does not mean they are legal

I agree, best to go to a hospital. Showing your prescription and describing your symptoms, should be no problem to get the same. You can find some pharmacies who will sell it to you but it could be fake so who knows what you are actually ingesting and how much of it. In normal times, it wouldn't make sense to sell fake valium but with COVID, who knows as they'd usually get it from border crossers which there is much less of these days obviously.

[Kitano298]

Can anyone recommend a hospital or dr? Thanks

[Sheryl]

2 hours ago, Kitano298 said:

Can anyone recommend a hospital or dr? Thanks

Where are you in Thailand?

 

And what is the type of undelying problem? Musculo-skeletal, psychiatric, etc?

[cyril sneer]

if you can find a good mental health clinic (not hospital) they will dish them out the same way pharmacies used to

[stigar]

On 1/10/2022 at 5:58 AM, Sheryl said:

It is not a "grey area".

 

It is clearly illegal to buy or sell valium over the counter.

 

It is a controlled drug in Thailand.

 

OP, you need to get this at a hospital.  Your prescription from UK has no validity here but showing it to a Thai doctor should make it easy to get it prescribed here. You will have to purchase from hospital pharmacy.

Ur totally rigth.I tried many pharmacys 2 year ago.Get rejected everywhere.Even the people selling viagra etc on the streets at nigthtime said it was impossible to get.I had to go to a doctor and even there it wasnt easy.He gave me 10 valium 2 mg.Told me that i have to wait a month for one more.Couldnt even find sleepingpills in BKK.

Edited January 12, 2022 by stigar

[The Hammer2021]

3 hours ago, Kitano298 said:

Can anyone recommend a hospital or dr? Thanks

Bumrungrad in Bangkok

BPH in Pattaya

[The Hammer2021]

18 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

if you can find a good mental health clinic (not hospital) they will dish them out the same way pharmacies used to

There has been no 'dishing out' of Valium for decades.

[The Hammer2021]

17 minutes ago, stigar said:

Ur totally rigth.I tried many pharmacys 2 year ago.Get rejected everywhere.Even the people selling viagra etc on the streets at nigthtime said it was impossible to get.I had to go to a doctor and even there it wasnt easy.He gave me 10 valium 2 mg.Told me that i have to wait a month for one more.Couldnt even find sleepingpills in BKK.

They are readily available  if you know where  to go as is Xanax and codeine but it is illegal and despite what people think V and X are pretty horrible. I hate tranq heads

[cyril sneer]

17 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

There has been no 'dishing out' of Valium for decades.

they do at my private clinic, even offer delivery

[The Hammer2021]

1 hour ago, cyril sneer said:

they do at my private clinic, even offer delivery

We all realise you are special.With you own special clinic...lol..

Try using the Valium sometime..555

[bkk6060]

1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said:

They are readily available  if you know where  to go as is Xanax and codeine but it is illegal and despite what people think V and X are pretty horrible. I hate tranq heads

Well, lots of people use them for anxiety or to help them sleep.  There are legit reasons to take this type of medication does not always apply to "tranq heads".

[Sheryl]

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[RedArmy]

I was having problems sleeping a few months ago - Walked into a random pharmacy in Phuket & asked for some Valium.

 

She gave me a strip of 10 tablets - 10mg Blue - 300 baht, no questions asked.

 

I had no idea that they were illegal here in Thailand.

[Hummin]

11 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

I was having problems sleeping a few months ago - Walked into a random pharmacy in Phuket & asked for some Valium.

 

She gave me a strip of 10 tablets - 10mg Blue - 300 baht, no questions asked.

 

I had no idea that they were illegal here in Thailand.

And most likely did not contain any Diazepam. I have used both, the 10 mg from any pharmacy and from 5mg from hospital, and can not compare. I dropped two 5mg right after serving after take off, and wake up 10 hours later in Europe. Never happened when I did 2 10mg from pharmacy. Maximum 4-5 hours at the most

[TorquayFan]

10 mg is a whopping dose of Valium.

 

Better look around for 2 mg.

 

 

[The Hammer2021]

41 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Well, lots of people use them for anxiety or to help them sleep.  There are legit reasons to take this type of medication does not always apply to "tranq heads".

Doesn't really matter if you take Valium or Xanax  via a doctor or otherwise. They still have a negative  impact when used long term. We have known this since the 1960s when many girls and women became addicted  to Valium. Anxiety  is a valid reaction to  reality. Once you suppress Anxiety  especially  with Xanax you lose other aspects of your  humanity especially  the ability  to 'care' inparticular care about other  people or the effect your behaviour  has on them. Xanax  and Valium  are a crude tools,  the latter over 60 years is old  primitive  pharmacology. They numb people. It's very sad but the biggest  drug dealers in the world wear white coats  and work for shareholders...

[RedArmy]

18 minutes ago, TorquayFan said:

10 mg is a whopping dose of Valium.

 

Better look around for 2 mg.

 

 

Can break 1 in half to make 5mg each if need be.

[TorquayFan]

Red Army - or break into 1/4 for 2.5 mg !

 

Hammer - I use Xanax 2mg or Valium 2 mg maybe once a month on average - it helps to break a pattern when my sleep gets too broken, (obtained at the Hospital).

 

IMO you are spot on about NOT taking either on a regular basis but limited use can be OK.

[Sheryl]

17 hours ago, RedArmy said:

I was having problems sleeping a few months ago - Walked into a random pharmacy in Phuket & asked for some Valium.

 

She gave me a strip of 10 tablets - 10mg Blue - 300 baht, no questions asked.

 

I had no idea that they were illegal here in Thailand.

They are illegal per se.

 

Just illegal to buy over the counter.

 

And indeed 10 mg is too high a dose.

[KhunLA]

7 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Just illegal to buy over the counter.

 

And indeed 10 mg is too high a dose.

Yes, you're suppose to have a script. 

 

High dose ???  10 mg, starting dose for myself @ 80ish kgs.  20 - 30 & up, and I'm just starting to loosen up.  Doc script was 10 mg / 4hr or as needed.  Follow his advice and I'd be zombie most days.   But when I really needed, rare, 10-20-30 was starting point for me.

 

Wife (45 kgs), yes, 10 mg & sleep like a baby and wake up hungover ????

[Sheryl]

2 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Yes, you're suppose to have a script. 

 

High dose ???  10 mg, starting dose for myself @ 80ish kgs.  20 - 30 & up, and I'm just starting to loosen up.  Doc script was 10 mg / 4hr or as needed.  Follow his advice and I'd be zombie most days.   But when I really needed, rare, 10-20-30 was starting point for me.

 

Wife (45 kgs), yes, 10 mg & sleep like a baby and wake up hungover ????

I was referring to a post about dose for sleep, in someone with no indication of an anxiety disorder.

 

Obviously dosage depends on the condition being treated.

 

OP was looking for just 2mg (possibly for a musculoskeletal problem i.e. used as a muscle relaxant not tranquilizer).

 

For a severe anxiety disorder, 10 mg dose is not unusual but should certainly not exceed that. If 10 mg does not work you need to try something else, not increase dose like that. Note that a tolerance (and addiction) does develop at which point it stops working, and you also suffer withdrawal on stopping - a double whammy. People taking above 10mg are often people with prior use who have developed tolerance. The solution to that is NOT it increase above maximum recommended dosage but rather to wean off benzos and use an alternative drug, as needed, for the anxiety.

 

There are non-addictive medications for anxiety.

 

 

 

 

[KhunLA]

16 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

I was referring to a post about dose for sleep, in someone with no indication of an anxiety disorder.

oops, my bad ... ????

[suzannegoh]

Some pharmacies sell it over the counter illegally but often they are fakes.  If you have a legitimate medical need for it, get it from a hospital.