Antibiotikum (Antibiotiks) for bad cough etc.

[daviddunham]

What is the equivalent here in Thailand? (This is a Screenshot from Swiss products which are sold all over W-Europe)

 

(yes I am aware, a doctors notice is needed ...where I also get a chest scan, get my weight checked etc. for maximazing their profit)

 

[metisdead]

Moved to the Health and Medicine forum. 

[Hummin]

You do not tell the reasons why you think you need antibiotics. Coughing can be many reasons for. Take antibiotics just in case is kind of reckless. 

[HauptmannUK]

You can get antibiotics such as Amoxicillin, Augmentin etc from almost every pharmacy in Thailand!

[steven100]

one shouldn't take antibiotics just because they have an ongoing cough ....  you could be doing more harm than good to your body .....  you need to determine what's causing the cough.

 

 

[nigelforbes]

It would be stupid to take amoxicillin just because one has a cough, completely reckless in fact. The cough could be cause by any number of things that antibiotics wont help cure, things such as allergies, seasonal disorder, chronic bronchitis, cancer, covid, pollution, etc, go see a doctor and get checked is the correct answer. 

[Mickeymaus]

The product name is not important. Important is the kind of antibiotic like Amoxicillin, Azithromyzin. You get them under different brand names but also often produced from local pharma companies - always ask for a local product since they are much cheaper. Normally you get them here without a prescription. If not ask a different pharmacy - one of the smaller ones. In the bigger ones you might not even get Aspirin (anymore) without prescription. 

 

But anyway - if you are not a medical expert go to a doctor. Could be a simple cough but also a complicated tuberculosis ????. Also some medication can cause cough as side effect. 

[2ndhomepattaya]

I agree with the previous posters. To take antibiotics for a bad coughs is at best reckless and worse dangerous.

Go to any medical info site and look up the possible reasons for coughs if you cant be bothered to go to a medical clinic to have it checked out.

Just taking antibiotics is completely without investigating properly is totally nuts.

Or are you trying to save a few baht and risking your health in the process???

[Denim]

Couches don't need medicine. Just fluff up the cushions a bit and it will be ok.

[internationalism]

sulfametoxazol is not for cough.

First do atk test

[Sheryl]

You have shown pictures of multiple, completely  different antibiotics. All are available in Thailand under multiple different brand names. But:

 

1 - many (in fact, most) coughs do not require an antibiotic and taking them needlessly is unwise

2 - when antibiotic is needed, the choice of antibiotic depends on several factors, chief of which is the causative organism.

 

By "chest scan" I assume you mean an X-ray. Indeed, if pneumonia is suspected, a chest Xray is indicated. Necessary, not just "for maximizing their profit".

 

 

[garrya]

Good infos above.

When I was young, I was given antibiotics by my GP all the time and I had developed resistance to most.

At some point only the antibiotics jabs worked. Scary indeed.

Since that time I have not taken much of it but I seemed to have lost the antibiotic resistance.

You'd better figure out what causes your persistent cough.

[partington]

2 hours ago, garrya said:

Good infos above.

When I was young, I was given antibiotics by my GP all the time and I had developed resistance to most.

At some point only the antibiotics jabs worked. Scary indeed.

Since that time I have not taken much of it but I seemed to have lost the antibiotic resistance.

You'd better figure out what causes your persistent cough.

Unfortunately you have completely misunderstood what "antibiotic resistance" means.

 

 People do not become resistant to antibiotics  - you can neither gain or lose antibiotic resistance as an individual- and this did not happen to you.

 

When physicians and scientists talk about "antibiotic resistance" they mean that the disease causing pathogens -the bacteria- become antibiotic resistant through mutants that survive an antibiotic course. It is the disease pathogen you get infected by that is resistant, not you!

 

Explained simply here:

 https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/antibiotic-resistance.html

 

 

[garrya]

49 minutes ago, partington said:

Unfortunately you have completely misunderstood what "antibiotic resistance" means.

 

 People do not become resistant to antibiotics  - you can neither gain or lose antibiotic resistance as an individual- and this did not happen to you.

 

When physicians and scientists talk about "antibiotic resistance" they mean that the disease causing pathogens -the bacteria- become antibiotic resistant through mutants that survive an antibiotic course. It is the disease pathogen you get infected by that is resistant, not you!

 

Explained simply here:

 https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/antibiotic-resistance.html

 

 

Ok, let me rephrase. Bacteria, possibly, became resistant to the antibiotics that I was fed with. 

[gargamon]

3 hours ago, garrya said:

When I was young, I was given antibiotics by my GP all the time and I had developed resistance to most.

You don't develop resistance to antibiotics. The bacteria develops resistance to antibiotics. 

[Hummin]

3 minutes ago, gargamon said:

You don't develop resistance to antibiotics. The bacteria develops resistance to antibiotics. 

You can have or develop sensitivity to antibiotics, and thats a different thing. 

[garrya]

22 minutes ago, Hummin said:

You can have or develop sensitivity to antibiotics, and thats a different thing. 

Eventually, the same thing when it comes to using antibiotics. They didn't work after a while. Interstingly, after not using anibiotics for over a decade, the same stuff worked again.

[tgw]

@daviddunham

 

the thread title is a clear indication that you should visit a doctor instead of self-medicating.

[Lorry]

23 minutes ago, garrya said:

Eventually, the same thing when it comes to using antibiotics. They didn't work after a while. Interstingly, after not using anibiotics for over a decade, the same stuff worked again.

The resistant ones have been overgrown by the more common not-resistant ones. 

Not unusual.

[garrya]

12 minutes ago, Lorry said:

The resistant ones have been overgrown by the more common not-resistant ones. 

Not unusual.

 That must have happened.