Medications are cheap in Nepal

@JudyEv (382147)
Rockingham, Australia
February 13, 2020 8:36am CST
We caught colds while we were in Nepal. Vince got one first then gave it to me. At least, that’s my story. We had taken quite a lot of antihistamine and paracetamol with us but the former was getting down as our noses were running like taps. Vince remembered from previous trips that medications in Nepal were incredibly cheap. We stocked up on both antihistamine and paracetamol then Vince bought a few sleeping pills as well. We bought 75 of the former and about 25 paracetamol for about $A3. When we bordered the plane at midnight we each took half a sleeping pill. It was a five hour flight but when we disembarked at Kuala Lumpur, I was quite wobbly. If I bent over, I thought my head was going to come off. I rarely take sleeping pills but at least I did sleep on the plane. The photo is of a local bus. Maybe others are used to seeing these three wheelers but I’m not. I was forever worrying that they were going to tip on their sides.
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Aw I'm sorry! I hope you feel better soon
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
We're fine again now thanks. But we stocked up with cheap medications while we were there.
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
14 Feb 20
@JudyEv Oh good. Happy you feel better - I've heard the same about Mexican medicines.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208964)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Hmmm, it looks moe like a van. paraemectol is the same as aspirin? Tylenol..or diphendyramine?
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Stanko
@st4nko (171)
• Serbia
13 Feb 20
yes that's right, their base is the same acetalic acid
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
They would cram at least a dozen people into this van.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Feb 20
It is good that the Medications are cheap in Nepal, so the local people can afford it more. Here the common medications are OK but as to the serious disease like cancer treatment, surgery etc. are not cheap at all. Some can be rather expensive and it is always sad to see that people can't afford it and suffer to die at last.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Feb 20
@JudyEv I understand. So it is lucky for the people who have a government to provide them good health care.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
That happens in Australia too. Some procedures are really expensive and people nearly go bankrupt trying to afford them.
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Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
13 Feb 20
It was a smart thing to stock up your meds.
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Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Feb 20
@JudyEv I've heard its that way in Mexico.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
I couldn't believe how cheap they were.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Meds are also cheap in Canada. We stock up on aspirin with Codeine when there, but never use it. I’m fortunate to fall asleep easily on flights. I never took a sleeping pill in my life. All I need is a pillow and I’m out! Those buses look very unstable to me.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
14 Feb 20
@JudyEv My husband dozes before take off, and remains awake until landing, no matter how long of a flight.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
@DianneN Vince mostly sleeps right through. I've discovered watching a movie helps get rid of a couple of hours.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
I rarely take a sleeping pill but I don't sleep as easily as I once did. It's good you sleep easily on flights. It helps pass the time.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
13 Feb 20
hopefully the pills wore off and you didn't feel woozy any more!!!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
I don't like taking sleeping pills but I'd had an awful 5 hours from KL to Kathmandu so I thought a pill might help. It was a very funny sensation. I nearly went head first in the toilet!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 20
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
14 Feb 20
@JudyEv well there are worse places to go head first, oh wait, no there aren't! glad you didn't!
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153530)
• India
14 Feb 20
Oh no!! Not another post on Nepal Have you counted how many posts those will be. Surely you can enter the Guinness Book of World Records. Coming back to the topic glad you finally reached home safe and sound.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
I don't think I'm halfway through yet.
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louievill
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
13 Feb 20
Probably the reason why medicine is cheap is because it's near India which is one of the producers of the cheapest medicines in the world. I had never tried taking sleeping pills, I would probably be afraid I won't wake up. We have lots of three wheelers in the Philippines but perhaps not that size.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
Yes, the medications we got were from India. I'm glad I didn't have a whole pill or I might not have woken up.
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aubrey
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
14 Feb 20
Three wheeler bus are not common here. Thanks to the cheap medicine
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
Hopefully we have enough of these things for a few years.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135791)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Feb 20
I dont take sleeping pills so they would hit me hard.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
I'm just glad I didn't take a whole one.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (91116)
• United States
13 Feb 20
I don't take any kind of sleeping aid as I probably would feel all sorts of woozy if I did. That bus does look like it could tip over.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
I suppose there is a reason why it doesn't have four wheels.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Feb 20
I wonder why meds are so cheap.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
They come from India which makes cheap medications.
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Thelma
@thelme55 (79324)
• Germany
13 Feb 20
The van reminds me of the 3 wheeler car of my hubbys uncle in England.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
I don't think there would be too many in England. They look strange, don't they?
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Thelma
@thelme55 (79324)
• Germany
14 Feb 20
@JudyEv I wonder if there are still 3 wheelers car in England. I saw that in the 80s when we visited my hubbys uncle and his family there.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Feb 20
Glad the meds were cheap and hope they helped you.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
Hopefully we'll have enough for a good few winters' worth of colds.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117240)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Feb 20
I'm surprised they don't have the type with the 2 wheels up front.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 20
They had them as well but I'm not used to seeing these.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Meds are extremely cheap for me where I reside, but to get them though..that is another issue.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
We can get most things easily enough. Some, of course, you need a prescription for but that seems to be pretty lax in Nepal too.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
@st4nko That's very useful - knowing the owner.
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Stanko
@st4nko (171)
• Serbia
13 Feb 20
i know the pharmacy owner so i always get what i need without a prescription
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
13 Feb 20
Good morning here.That is great there.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
Thanks, Alfredo. Do you see many three-wheelers there?
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
24 Feb 20
@JudyEv That is no fun. What does $A3 mean? I take it the half a pill got to you. To me that looks more like a truck than a bus.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Feb 20
$A3 means 3 Australian dollars. Yes, we had half a pill each. They used to use these vehicles as buses and cram them full of people.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
24 Feb 20
@JudyEv I know about how buses cram people on them. When I used to take the bus that is what the bus driver did and it was horrible. Thanks for explaining what they meant.
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Kokil agarwal
@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
13 Feb 20
But why did you take a sleeping pill?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
We had a 5 hour plane trip ahead of us and, if I didn't get at least some sleep, it would be a very, very long day.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 20
@amitkokiladitya Fair enough.
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Kokil agarwal
@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
14 Feb 20
@JudyEv ohk....but still I feel having a sleeping pill whole traveling is risky
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Daniel James
@Ajy78613 (2001)
• Australia
14 Feb 20
Almost everything is on cheap cost there in Nepal, compare to other countries
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 20
That's true. Food and accommodation were cheap too.
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Daniel James
@Ajy78613 (2001)
• Australia
16 Feb 20
@JudyEv yes i know