Is it only in Isaan or do other areas in Thailand also have people going around door to door selling medicines and wonder cures?

It makes me cringe to see what they have in their baskets and are openly selling without any medical knowledge and who knows if the pills and tonics are not snide copies.

Last year one relative and a lady that lived on our Soi passed away,both of them were sick but instead of going to the doctors/hospital they took advice and medicine from the sellers.

It turns out that they had slowly poisoned themselves with the medicine they were taking.

Anyone else know of similar cases? and where?

What medicine were they taking that people think killed them?

I haven't seen it yet. But I do see that taking a lot of rip-off supplements. I go to wikipedia for a quick summary when I see someone taking some random supplement, and most of them say 'no evidence for the claimed health benefits'.

I do take supplements, but only ones that there is good research behind it. The best solution for my girlfriend is not to tell her that she's buying rip-off supplements (since it's often from her friends) but to instead buy her lots of good supplements, a year's supply should do it!

What medicine were they taking that people think killed them?

I haven't seen it yet. But I do see that taking a lot of rip-off supplements. I go to wikipedia for a quick summary when I see someone taking some random supplement, and most of them say 'no evidence for the claimed health benefits'.

I do take supplements, but only ones that there is good research behind it. The best solution for my girlfriend is not to tell her that she's buying rip-off supplements (since it's often from her friends) but to instead buy her lots of good supplements, a year's supply should do it!

I would say it was more a case of ignorance that poisoned them and taking too many or the wrong medicine.

The sellers (mostly old ladies) will have painkillers,antibiotics,penicillin, and other random medicine.Not to mention the Dr Feelgood one-bottle-cures-all.

Only to be expected within a large body of people who run many aspects of their life based on credulity.

May be of interest to some

What makes a counterfeit product "snide"?

Yes, people come around my door selling all kinds of stuff, don't even know what it is half the time, a smiling and polite-as-possible "mai son jai" and "mai mee dang" sends them on their way pretty sharpish.