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If you want to add something to the first post - I have found the most useful medication to have in Asia is actually Norfloxacin. This is an antibiotic related to Cipro (which doesn't work very well here due to being overprescribed) which will solve any digestive issues you will inevitably encounter from food poisoning and can mean the difference between feeling a little off for three days and violently making GBS threads yourself for a week. It works pretty quickly - the diarrhea will go away in an hour or so, and can be used in combination with antidiarrhea medicines (though you won't need them). It is an antibiotic, so if you are allergic to fluoroquinolone don't take it. The general wisdom with antibiotics is to use them sparingly for the good of humanity, but when you are on vacation, you really don't have time to wait and get over that horrible summer cold or inevitable food poisoning. My advice is if you have a stomach infection take Norfloxacin, and if you have a respiratory infection take Azithromycin. Both of these can be bought over-the-counter in most Asian countries, are extremely cheap here, and even if you don't speak the language, the chemical name is almost always on the box. The person at the pharmacy might claim they don't have what you're looking for, but just look around the shelf with antibiotics and you will probably find them. Oh, and don't bother buying this stuff at home, unless you want to pay $50 for something that costs about 50 cents.
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