Pill Popping

[kurgen]

If my g.f so much as sneezes she runs round to the pharmacy to buy some pills.

I recently found a carrier bag with about 40 packets of pills in every colour and shape you can think of.

I went through all the packs, asking what they were for. She didn't know what half of them were for but still took some occasionaly so she didn't get ill again !

Worryingly, about 10 of the packs were for 'diet'.

Is this normal for Thais or am I living with a rattling hypercondriac .

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Sorry to say Kurgen, it is all too common in Thailand. They ruin the ability to ward of serious disease because they over use, and the diet drugs are usually very dangerous too.

[Goat Roper]

If my g.f so much as sneezes she runs round to the pharmacy to buy some pills.

I recently found a carrier bag with about 40 packets of pills in every colour and shape you can think of.

I went through all the packs, asking what they were for. She didn't know what half of them were for but still took some occasionaly so she didn't get ill again !

Worryingly, about 10 of the packs were for 'diet'.

Is this normal for Thais or am I living with a rattling hypercondriac .

The Doc is correct, the Thai doctors have a reputation for being very aggressive in treatment of most medical deals. A good friend of mine was a MASH doctor in Vietnam and he has told me many times that the Thai doctors were the most aggressive in medical treatments he ever witnessed. Good or bad, the Thai doctors do dole out the pills, not only that but you can buy most meds OTC here in the LOS.

[davethailand]

she's still a nutcase though

(but a lovely one)