Hospital Take Home Medication

[bikerbri]

Took my wife yesterday to see the Ear, Nose and throat doctor at Asia's #1 hospital in Bangkok. To cut a long story short. The doctor indicated that my wife's allergy had cleared up,but he recommended a further month on medication,and prescribed a nose spray and allergy tablets. She paid the bill,which I thought was over the top. We then went to the pharmacy at the Emporium shopping centre and I was amazed to find the same medication at half the price.The moral of this story is don't buy your medication at hospitals.

[Sheryl]

Yes, this is very well known.

[h90]

yes......known.....and often they prescribe unnecessary things to make some extra Baht

[Robby nz]

My experience has been that hospitals and doctors here overprescribe, I have refused many times, for instance paracetamol and antibiotics when I already have some left from the last time and know they are not needed.