Question to GP Maarten: Are these medicines for sale here in Thailand or is there a replacement product available?
Maarten Vasbinder is a retired general practitioner (still a BIG registration), a profession he previously practiced largely in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers who live in Thailand.
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Dear Martin,
I would like to know if I can buy these medicines here in Thailand and if there is a substitute product. I myself am 176 and weigh 80 kg, non-smoker and unsportsmanlike drinker. I always fluctuate around 7 gmi of medicines. I always take:
1. Apidra and lantus
2. lyrical 300
3. Suvezen 20 mg / 10 mg
4. Tritace 10mg
5. Asaflow 80 mg and sometimes if I can't sleep due to missing toes loremetzapam 2 mg or diazepam 10 mg
Thanks in advance
Regards,
M.
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Dear M,
According to my information you cannot buy Suvezen in Thailand, but you can buy it in parts: Ezetimibe 20, Rosuvastatin 10, Calcium.
Ask the pharmacy.
Lyrica (Pregabalin), Asaflow (Aspent 81), Apidra and Lantus and tritace (ramipril) are available.
You need a prescription for Lorazepam and Diazepam.
Since not everything is always available, I recommend that you contact a doctor if this is the case.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Maarten
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