The pharmacist in Boots this evening informed me that from 18/12/11 the sale of OTC pseudoephedrine will be prohibited in Thailand.

Although this is long overdue to reduce ya ba production it is a very useful medicine to clear the sinuses during and after a cold.

Although your friendly neighbourhood pharmacy is unlikely to enforce the ban immediately, I'm going to get a few packs for the medicine cupboard.

as far as know it has always been this way

the only way to get it otc

is in a mix with another drug

man oh man

you want a good nights sleep

and clear sinuses

oh and they are super cheap

the thai ones

so what exactly have you been buying at boots

could you kindly list the active ingredients and dosages here

thanks for the heads up

The ones I always get are pseudoephedrine 60mg , triprolidine HCl 2.5mg (an antihistamine).

They replaced the pseudoephedrine with phenylephrine in Australia (but you can still get it at some pharmacies as long as you show ID and they record it) and I notice that in pharmacies here in Thailand they sometimes only stock the latter though a lot of the smaller shops stock both. I noticed when in Australia that the cold and flu meds with phenylephrine did next to nothing for sinus pain and talked to the pharmacist who agreed that it didn't really do much and that I should get the product with pseudoephedrine as it was the only one that was effective.

I hope they don't completely ban it here or that at least it can be bought from a doctor's clinic because it is the only thing that works for me when I get a flu with sinus problems.

The ones I always get are pseudoephedrine 60mg , triprolidine HCl 2.5mg (an antihistamine).

thanks

makes perfect sense

60mg now isn't that quite a high dose?

try some thai pharmacies or clinics

they have their own version

super cheap!!!

might stay available in the mix

not sure

alone you get at the hospitals as they are 'speedy' i believe

i wouldn't mind finding triprolidine alone, as it is great for sleep, maybe hospital

AFAIK there are no brands of tripolidine alone available in Thailand, only combinations containing pseudoephedrine.

60 of pseudoephedrine + 2.5 tripolidine not at all unusual, in fact it's what Actifed contains. The tripol helps offset the stimulant effects of the pseudoE.

it is indeed going to be a major nbuisance to have all of these OTC cold remedies become prescription only but that's life....

AFAIK there are no brands of tripolidine alone available in Thailand, only combinations containing pseudoephedrine.

60 of pseudoephedrine + 2.5 tripolidine not at all unusual, in fact it's what Actifed contains. The tripol helps offset the stimulant effects of the pseudoE.

it is indeed going to be a major nbuisance to have all of these OTC cold remedies become prescription only but that's life....

actually

for colds and flu

there is the old cheap

stand by you can get anywhere even at 7 or family

it might help with allergies, never tried, it has para

tiffy!!!

it does have 3 meds so use it only when needed

take tiffy dey at night (i know TIT) or to sleep

and tiffy <deleted> for daytime or work

take one for mild

or two for strong

they are the old stand by and work like a charm

cpm is very cheap but maybe not so effective

oh and diamen

feel free to add or clarify

Would just like to add that Pseudoephedrine should only be given to adults!

Our daughter was given pseudoephidrine when she had an ear infection. I did some research and found several kids has died from it! I confronted the doctor who just shrugged and said something about annoying farangs. Well I'd much rather be an annoying farang than a mother who's child died because of an ignorant doctor!