Are common prescription medications available in Thailand?
When we asked expats in Thailand if common prescription medications are available in Thailand, they wrote...
"Meds available locally at drug store - over the counter pain meds... No - not expensive..," explained one expat living in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
"So far all the meds I have needed are available locally; if not in drug stores then at the hospitals. Some are available without prescription while others are not; not sure why? Non generics are just as expensive as in the US," said another in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Are common prescription medications available in Thailand?
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Betsy Burlingame is one of the founders of Digital Nomad Exchange and the Founder and President of Expat Exchange. She launched Expat Exchange in 1997 as her Master's thesis project at NYU. Prior to Expat Exchange and Digital Nomad Exchange, Betsy worked at AT&T in International
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