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Home » Reader question » Reader Question: Buying Temazepam or other sleeping tablets in Thailand
Dear readers,
I occasionally use a sleeping pill to fall asleep. These are not reimbursed by my health insurer. I now sometimes order them on the internet, but that is expensive and I don't know if I will get good tablets.
Now I'm going to Thailand and I want to buy a stash there. I heard from someone that many pharmacies are difficult about sleeping tablets, also because people who are depressed can use those tablets to put an end to it.
Who knows if I can easily buy Temazepam in Bangkok, Pattaya or Hua Hin and where?
Regards,
Ludo
Dormirax 25 can be bought without a prescription in almost every pharmacy. 10 tablets for 50 baht
Sleeping pills are available in almost every pharmacy, under different names than is customary in the Netherlands. I have not come across Temazepam yet, I sometimes use them to fall asleep, not that they are very good because after half an hour or an hour I am awake again. I get them in the Netherlands on prescription through my GP, usually for three months and they are not that expensive at the pharmacy. An accompanying letter from the doctor or pharmacy (medicine passport) ensures that I will not have any problems if I take them to Thailand.
Dear Rob,
Temazepam is a tablet to fall asleep, a so-called sleeper. It is therefore best that you wake up after an hour. For a long sleep it is better to use another drug such as Nitrazepam.
Regards, Bart.
Not being bothered with a letter from the doctor or medicine passport could be very disappointing. They are listed on the Opium Act, see https://www.belastingdienst.nl/bibliotheek/handboeken/html/boeken/HVGEM/bijlage_2_lijst_ii_opiumwetmiddelen.html: For many countries you have an apostille statement
required by the court. Thailand does not even participate in that treaty, so you have to
Request at the embassy. You may have done that and your story is therefore simply correct. Certainly not for the majority of countries in the world. Control in Thailand is almost non-existent, but the penalties when found are high and a prison sentence cannot always be avoided with some money. So it is and will continue to be careful.
All benzodiazepine-based sleep aids should be taken with caution. Dependence, increasing the dose to achieve the same effect, and the necessary tapering schedule, doctor's advice is necessary. Didn't we have a doctor on board on thailandblog?
Real sleep aids are officially for sale only by prescription (hospital). Free sale is prohibited by law.
Dormirax (Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride) is an antihistamine (against allergy) with the side effect that it can make you sleepy.
Has no relationship whatsoever with "real" sleeping pills, which are only available with a prescription in Thailand.
Dr. Maarten
Completely correct when it comes to sleeping pills. Only available on doctor's prescription. In the past, about 40 years ago, I bought these freely over the counter, but the then government put an end to that. Only on doctor's prescription. Being Thailand there are other ways to get it but I don't want to elaborate on that on this blog.
Lorazepam has been under a special regime in Thailand for some time now. I don't think it's available in regular pharmacies.
Sorry my dictionary gets in the way and keeps changing clonazepam to lorazepam
I use temezapam through the doctor, had taken it to Thailand but since we unexpectedly stayed a week longer I ran out (a note of it in my medicine passport but no prescription or something) I was fortunately able to get some there through the doctor but was not the same .
A friend bought in the pharmacy in hua hin sometimes keep asking because they don't just sell freely they were purple small oval tablets the name has escaped me but they can't be compared to temezapam either
I would buy 1 strip first and see if it works for you
Just go to a doctor or small clinic. I use them regularly, blue, yellow orange. Now have orange diazepam, 60 pieces for 1800 baht.
Bought last January. Not easy because large modern pharmacies are no longer allowed to sell them. But the small, somewhat simple pharmacies sell them "under the counter". This year they were no longer as cheap as they used to be. Because they can only be dispensed with a prescription. I think I paid 500 Bath for a strip.
These drugs are often called 'pammjes' because the names of the drugs in this corner all end in 'pam'. They are not sleeping pills, nor are they antidepressants. They calm you down and are therefore a blessing for people who suffer from serious anxiety/panic attacks. And yes, someone who is calm falls asleep more easily, but that does not make a 'pam' a sleeping aid.
There are short-acting 'pammets' and 'pammets' that have a much longer effect. All 'pammjes' have one thing in common: they are really addictive. And the process of getting rid of that addiction is certainly not an easy one.
I've never heard of a doctor prescribing "pammies" for someone who was depressed. In fact, my doctor did just the opposite. As a result of a drug (Lariam) I had massive panic attacks (non-stop). For a short period of time I had to take 'pammets' and an antidepressant and then only an antidepressant (while I was definitely not depressed). The reason for doing it this way had everything to do with the addictive nature of the 'pammies' (and the fact that it takes a while for an antidepressant to actually work…if it does).
One reason why the 'pammjes' are not freely available is that they are often used for recreational use (together with alcohol). That is the last thing that the health care and the government want to cooperate with.
Diazepam is not a sleeping aid. Sleeping better is a side effect. The drug is dangerous and regularly causes heart attacks. Works great as a pain reliever, but watch out when using it. You can buy it freely in the pharmacy. Temazepam contains motfine and is not over the counter and is addictive. A doctor will only prescribe this remedy in extreme cases, if nothing else helps. I have unused stock. From 1 pill I already became very sick and had to vomit all day. I live in Roi Et so if anyone wants them. You do have to kick the habit when you stop.
Melatonin may be a solution, a body's own hormone that helps with falling asleep.
Is normally produced in your brain, but many people have a shortage of it.
can be ordered cheaply from Aliexpress.
And as chemical as hell.
If you still want to use melatonin, make sure it is made from natural products and they do not come from China. Only the US and Europe
In addition, the dose of the freely available melatonin is so low that it is questionable whether it helps.
dear people, quite a few inaccuracies are reported in the various comments when it comes to the so-called pammen, or benzodiazepines. Oa temazepam, lorazepam, diazepam (Valium) There are short-term and long-term. They are addictive and have therefore been brought under the regime of the Opium Act. Has nothing to do with the fact that it contains opium/morphine. Is not the case. But in all countries there is a system of dispensing, prescribing, registration, etc. that was originally written for opiates/morphines. Subsequently, all sorts of other substances were gradually brought under this regime. Also in Thailand. For the layman it is then said "falls under the Opium Act" is correct, falls under the law originally written for opium / morphine etc.
If you really want to know what each of those substances means, just google more or less official websites. In particular, the doctors' association or pharmacists' associations and, for example, in the Netherlands, the standard work “phamacotherapeutic compass” provide real information. Would you like to hang out for a while. I am a pharmacist and have practiced this profession for several decades.
Thank you John,
Totally agree
Sometimes I get tired of all those "experts".
Maarten