Pattaya Pharmacies – Variety and Price of Drugs

No one of us is safe from the risk of catching an infection, getting poisoned, and in addition to this we get a fever…generally speaking – to get sick. Especially it may appear with weakened immunity in the first days of acclimatization in Thailand, all this can thoroughly undermine your vacation. And you can use an ordinary first aid kit, which you should have taken with you in Thailand. But if you forget about this important luggage, do not get upset, because almost everything you need can be found in pharmacies in Pattaya.

Tip! Read also our article about the royal pharmacies of Thailand. In the article you will learn what drugs are sold there and their prices. And also whether it is worth spending your free time looking for the necessary medicines in such places.

Where to look?

Thai pharmacies in Pattaya, so many that it is very difficult to count them on the fingers, you can even meet a Russian one, located on North Road, not far from Tesco Lotus. Some are in the form of supermarkets (like Watsons and Boots), others are small kiosks. You can find them in almost any area of the city and even on Ko Lan Island, but most often you’ll find them in Thai hypermarkets like Big C and Tesco Lotus, Central Festival malls, kiosks, inconspicuous and touristy streets (especially on Walkin Street and Beach Road). You can also find some of the right drugs at Seven-Eleven grocery stores, from condoms to cough drops and paracetamol.

As you may have noticed, a pharmacy in Pattaya is not difficult to find, but some of them will have a very sparse assortment. Look for them by looking for signs like Pharmacy, Drugstore or Apotheke.

How to communicate and in what language?

The hardest part is letting the pharmacist know what your symptoms are and what drug you want to buy. It is quite another matter if you are fluent in English, because almost all pharmacists speak it. In this case, he will not only understand you, but perhaps give you some valuable advice.

Pharmacies in Pattaya

But if it so happens that you do not speak English, you can use gestures or Thai phrasebook, which incidentally can be downloaded on your smartphone. However, the best option when communicating with a pharmacist will be to study or mark in your notebook certain words from the medical field, so that you do not get into a situation in which you will take unnecessary medications.

What-can-meet?

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The bigger the pharmacy, the richer the assortment of medicines in it, characterized by good quality and affordable prices. Generally speaking, if you have a minor illness that doesn’t require hospital treatment, it’s easy to find an effective medication. Moreover, many remedies will be familiar to you. This is especially true for international brands, which can be found in the networks of pharmacies in most countries. For example, it is safe to say that you can find Panadol, Strepsils, Otrivin, Nurofen and many others in Pattaya pharmacies.
Pharmacies in Pattaya

Before choosing a medication in Thai pharmacies in Pattaya, it is worth considering that in the Russian Federation it may have one name, but in Thailand it has another. Fortunately, identical packaging with the same design and color scheme will help to identify it. However, not only the familiar label of the medicine, but also the matching name does not mean it is worth buying. For example, Vaseline is not our familiar lubricant, it is the name of a shampoo in Thailand. If you have a good command of the English language, it is better to ask the pharmacist, perhaps he will choose for you something more effective. Sometimes foreign medicines are inferior in quality and price to their Thai counterparts.

Pharmacies in Pattaya

To understand what kind of medicine you need, it is better to study its composition before buying it. However, do not get hung up on it, if you do not understand anything about it, it is better to rely on the knowledge of the pharmacist or to buy a familiar medicine. As for antibiotics, then in Thailand you can not buy them without a doctor’s prescription. For this you will have to take your Thai insurance and go with it to a medical facility.

How much do medications cost?

Don’t think that the prices of medicines in pharmacies in Pattaya are much higher than in Russia, this is another myth. It even happens that the same general medicine will cost much less there. Or an ordinary remedy, which helps people with problematic skin, will cost two or three times cheaper.

As for the creams and gels, in the central pharmacies of Pattaya, they can cost you more than in the kiosks. For example, the gel Aloe Vera Gel in Tesco Lotus costs 150-220 baht, and in the kiosks – 60 baht, it all depends on the manufacturer. However, regardless of the price of the gels, their composition is not particularly different from each other.

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