From: excitable
Newsgroups: alt.drugs.hard
Subject: Pharming/scripting in foreign countries
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 17:02:25 GMT

Hi folks. As you are all aware (see interminable threads on
scoring in Mexico), different countries have different laws and
customs regarding controlled substances. When traveling to a new
country, I always stop in at a pharmacy and ask if they have
anything for this terrible pain I have. Of course, it would be
better if I knew beforehand what drugs are freely available and
which are verboten. Somehow the travel books never go into detail
on this point.

So I thought I would start this thread to help other travelers
when they need something that they can't get OTC in their home
countries. Most of my traveling in recent years has been in SE
Asia, so I'll comment on a few countries there.

MALAYSIA - In Malaysia (as in many countries), the pharmacist has
the power to "prescribe" many controlled substances. I have
scored Paralgin Forte (a brand of Tylenol #3 - 30 mg codeine, 400
mg APAP), DF-118 (hydrocodeine bitartrate and 0 APAP), and
Tramadol (Ultram in the US - a waste of money). The DF-118's were
the best. Some pharmacies don't carry them, others do but the
pharmacist won't give them to you (or to me, anyway). I found
some good pharmacies in KL's chinatown, and a few out in Subang
Jaya (USJ 10).

I also tried scripting (via doctors) in Malaysia, and came up
empty handed (or with a handful of NSAIDs) every time. I was
shooting for something along the lines of oxy- or hydrocodone,
but the docs just wouldn't give me anything (not even DF-118's or
anything that I could get straight from a pharmacy!).

THAILAND - The best place to score in Bangkok is Patpong (famous
as the sex capital of Asia). There is one pharmacy deep in the
main street of Patpong where they will sell you anything they
have - temgesic, codeine, whatever. I would also imagine that
Phuket would be a good place to find some pk's etc.

VIETNAM - The problem here is that the pharmacies are not
well-stocked. There seems to be a general shortage of
Western-style medicine in Vietnam (at least when I was there,
about 1.5 years ago). I did score some 30 mg codeine, but only
after visiting about 10 pharmacies.

INDONESIA - Same deal as Vietnam. I was only in these two
countries for about 10 days each, so I didn't have much chance to
really explore the scene.

I hope someone will someday find this information useful, and I
hope others will give us their experiences as well.

Thank you for reading my little posting.


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