Advice Please For Citalopram

[Online]

Hi there folks, :jap:

I am wondering if anyone can please advise as to where or how I would be able to top up my supply of Citalopram 40mg tablets?

I have the Citalopram packaging prescription with my name from the UK and wondered if I would be able to get this from a pharmacy in Bangkok?

I read somewhere a while back that Chulalongkorn University Pharmacy may be able to help or would I need to see a doctor and have them prescribed here in Thailand?

Any help is most appreciated as I am far from my doctor (in the UK) and really would need to find this medicine in the next few weeks to keep taking them.

Thank you kindly in advance for any help or pointers here in Bangkok.

Best regards

[Sheryl]

This is difficult, as there does not appear to be any brand licensed for import into Thailand nor is it made here. The drug generically is approved for use, though, so it is possible that some of the larger international hospitals have brought it in (if so will be quite costly). I doubt a government hospital would have it.

However escitapralom (Lexapro) is here, and does not require a prescription. (expensive though). While not totally identicval, the two are closely related chemically and there is a good chance that if one works well for you so would the other.

if you really need exactly citaprloam, and are uop for some short trips in the region, there are some options as follows:

It's available in Singapore (brand name Cipram) but prescription only, although I doubt you'd have any trouble getting a script if you show your UK one. So depending on your plans, might consider a short trip there.

You can probably (I would say 80-85% sure) find it in Cambodia, if it is there it will be OTC and no prescription needed. I suggest you invest in a few phone calls to these pharmacies, speak slowly and be patient and you'll get an English speaker, best to spell out the name of the drug and try asking both as Cipram and as the generic Citalopram:

1. Pharmacie Le Gare (855) 23-430-205 or (855) 12-805-908 (mobile) or (855) 16-805-908

2. U Care Pharmacy (855) 23-222-399/ (855) 23-222-099 / (855) 23-222-299 / (855) - 23 - 222-499

(these are all different branches of the same chain)

3. PharmLink (855) 23 215 727 / (855) 23 214 126 / (855) 23 214 727 / Tel: (855) 23 726 186

(likewise, branches of the same chain)

The above are all reliable pharmacies with "real" pharmacists on staff (not always the case in Cambodia!).

you can also try emailing Pharmacie de la Gare, not sure how good they are at answering:

[email protected]

Or email Pharmlink, the head office email is [email protected]

Cheap airfares to Cambodia but not during the New year, if you don't have enough supply to last you through to the end of next week then Singapore is a better idea.

[sinbin]

I was on anti depressants when I first came here, Venlafaxine, as I remember. I could only acquire them from a private hospital on prescription. The cost was excessive. Anyway when I told the doctor what I wanted, he just turned to my wife and said 'why don't you just take him to a temple ? ' and then started laughing. The reason I later found out was that people here who have that kind of illness are thought to be possessed by spirits. Therefore a trip to the temple is essential, so the monks can physically beat it out of the person. I used that final prescription to wean myself off the medication and haven't taken any in over 4 years. Just my experience of getting anti depressants here in Thailand.

[Online]

Thanks ever so much for your time giving such detailed information and contact details / resources Sheryl, thats more than fantastic and I really appreciate your help.

I will have to organise something for next week I think, in the meantime thanks again for such a comprehensive reply you are an Angel indeed! :jap:

Many thanks

This is difficult, as there does not appear to be any brand licensed for import into Thailand nor is it made here. The drug generically is approved for use, though, so it is possible that some of the larger international hospitals have brought it in (if so will be quite costly). I doubt a government hospital would have it.

However escitapralom (Lexapro) is here, and does not require a prescription. (expensive though). While not totally identicval, the two are closely related chemically and there is a good chance that if one works well for you so would the other.

if you really need exactly citaprloam, and are uop for some short trips in the region, there are some options as follows:

It's available in Singapore (brand name Cipram) but prescription only, although I doubt you'd have any trouble getting a script if you show your UK one. So depending on your plans, might consider a short trip there.

You can probably (I would say 80-85% sure) find it in Cambodia, if it is there it will be OTC and no prescription needed. I suggest you invest in a few phone calls to these pharmacies, speak slowly and be patient and you'll get an English speaker, best to spell out the name of the drug and try asking both as Cipram and as the generic Citalopram:

1. Pharmacie Le Gare (855) 23-430-205 or (855) 12-805-908 (mobile) or (855) 16-805-908

2. U Care Pharmacy (855) 23-222-399/ (855) 23-222-099 / (855) 23-222-299 / (855) - 23 - 222-499

(these are all different branches of the same chain)

3. PharmLink (855) 23 215 727 / (855) 23 214 126 / (855) 23 214 727 / Tel: (855) 23 726 186

(likewise, branches of the same chain)

The above are all reliable pharmacies with "real" pharmacists on staff (not always the case in Cambodia!).

you can also try emailing Pharmacie de la Gare, not sure how good they are at answering:

[email protected]

Or email Pharmlink, the head office email is [email protected]

Cheap airfares to Cambodia but not during the New year, if you don't have enough supply to last you through to the end of next week then Singapore is a better idea.

[TCA]

Did anyone manage to source any Citalopram in Thailand?

[Xonax]

Did anyone manage to source any Citalopram in Thailand?

Citalopram is not available in Thailand! You can buy Escitalopram (Lexapro) over the counter here, but it is extremely expensive. Escitalopram is a small development of citalopram, just in order for the factory to extend the patent rights. It works exactly the same way, and I bet that you won´t feel the difference.