First aid suplies and general antibiotics?

edwardseco · Feb 26th, 2005, 13:12

Monk, I think your insights are wasted where people take an antibacterial agent (Cipro) for a virus not knowing the difference. Google is also wasted..

vistet · Feb 26th, 2005, 15:57

[quote=monkgonemad]

i go for norofloxin (2x a day, 3 day)
if problem does not go away, move to cipro as regimented.
/QUOTE]

A bit puzzled here : norofloxin and cipro both come from the same group of antibiotics (quinolones) and have similar indications.. maybe you`ve used different strengths ?

Nick-H · Feb 28th, 2005, 18:08

In one way it is great to be able to take responsibilty for oneself and just buy the meds you believe you need without officialdom telling you can't have it...

But India has doctors as well and pharmacists! Nobody is going to force you to take their advice, but it will be cheap, and you can go straight from there to the pharmacist.

It is nice to have some reassurance too... I cut my head on a billboard the other day (after negotiating a great elctrical structure with lots of sharp edges I go and walk into something one inch wide!). I was pretty sure It did not need stitching, that it looked worse than it was and that I should just leave it alone aprt from keeping clean. Popped along to the doctor who agreed entirely and didn't charge me anything for agreeing!

Bytheway · Mar 6th, 2005, 22:09

Unfortunaly I hat to visit a doctor twice when I was in India. Due to an alleric
reaction.

Those guys helped me out a lot, for free! What took more then two months to
diagnose in the Netherlands, they did in 5 minutes! And they solved the problem!!!

The hospitals are very clean, they have disposable needles everywhere. It is NOT
a third world country.

Just relax, you be better of in an Indian hospital then an European hospital.

monkgonemad · Mar 23rd, 2005, 16:27

per the norofloxin/cipro argument. you dont want to just reach for the strongest meds. cipro is really broad spectrum and powerful -you may encounter something else you need it for but have built up immunity.

yeah edward - if its virus, nothing will really help you -but if you have some sort of infection with that virus then you MAY need meds.

i lacerated my foot way out in pulau weh years ago. it was so thrashed i felt so sorry for myself and my poor footie. i stopped doctoring it an dwent to town and to hospital. it was a little blue i was so worried. the nurses and doctor were astonished as to where i had been and how long and how well it was healing and no infection. after the nurses left the doctor said the nurses may not have cared as well for it :-)

i see so many people on the road with SERIOUS problems people. they dont have th etime or the care or too drunk or drugged - the infection, cough, fever, etc...gets worse and worse. i used to feel sorry and try to help but too many slagged me off -so i just laugh now.

if you are sick, you must stop or slow down and take care -even if it ruins your holiday, perpetual pub crawl, drug fest or chances of getting laid.

Nick-H · Mar 23rd, 2005, 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkgonemad

... ... ...
if you are sick, you must stop or slow down and take care -even if it ruins your holiday, perpetual pub crawl, drug fest or chances of getting laid.

Ah... words of Sanity from MonkGoneMad

smida02 · Mar 23rd, 2005, 20:50

Last time I was India a friend arrived already sick from the plane. I took him to a little pharmacy in Hyderabad and they gave him a 5 days dose of antibiotics for about 2 dollars US. As for travel insurance, you will have to pay cash anyway and get reimbursed when you get back. I never bother, as medical treatment is very cheap in India and I'm not sure how you claim lost or stolen goods anyway. So, I never bother with it. Good karma always helps.

Feb 28th, 2005, 18:08	#18
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,692	In one way it is great to be able to take responsibilty for oneself and just buy the meds you believe you need without officialdom telling you can't have it... But India has doctors as well and pharmacists! Nobody is going to force you to take their advice, but it will be cheap, and you can go straight from there to the pharmacist. It is nice to have some reassurance too... I cut my head on a billboard the other day (after negotiating a great elctrical structure with lots of sharp edges I go and walk into something one inch wide!). I was pretty sure It did not need stitching, that it looked worse than it was and that I should just leave it alone aprt from keeping clean. Popped along to the doctor who agreed entirely and didn't charge me anything for agreeing! __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

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Feb 26th, 2005, 13:12	#16
edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 4,142	Monk, I think your insights are wasted where people take an antibacterial agent (Cipro) for a virus not knowing the difference. Google is also wasted..

Feb 26th, 2005, 15:57	#17
vistet Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Umeå , Sweden Posts: 1,765	[quote=monkgonemad] i go for norofloxin (2x a day, 3 day) if problem does not go away, move to cipro as regimented. /QUOTE] A bit puzzled here : norofloxin and cipro both come from the same group of antibiotics (quinolones) and have similar indications.. maybe you`ve used different strengths ?

Mar 6th, 2005, 22:09	#19
Bytheway Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 8	Unfortunaly I hat to visit a doctor twice when I was in India. Due to an alleric reaction. Those guys helped me out a lot, for free! What took more then two months to diagnose in the Netherlands, they did in 5 minutes! And they solved the problem!!! The hospitals are very clean, they have disposable needles everywhere. It is NOT a third world country. Just relax, you be better of in an Indian hospital then an European hospital.

Mar 23rd, 2005, 16:27	#20
monkgonemad Aimless Drifter, Shiftless Idler, Useless Waster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: SoEastAsia/AsiaSubCont Posts: 416	per the norofloxin/cipro argument. you dont want to just reach for the strongest meds. cipro is really broad spectrum and powerful -you may encounter something else you need it for but have built up immunity. yeah edward - if its virus, nothing will really help you -but if you have some sort of infection with that virus then you MAY need meds. i lacerated my foot way out in pulau weh years ago. it was so thrashed i felt so sorry for myself and my poor footie. i stopped doctoring it an dwent to town and to hospital. it was a little blue i was so worried. the nurses and doctor were astonished as to where i had been and how long and how well it was healing and no infection. after the nurses left the doctor said the nurses may not have cared as well for it :-) i see so many people on the road with SERIOUS problems people. they dont have th etime or the care or too drunk or drugged - the infection, cough, fever, etc...gets worse and worse. i used to feel sorry and try to help but too many slagged me off -so i just laugh now. if you are sick, you must stop or slow down and take care -even if it ruins your holiday, perpetual pub crawl, drug fest or chances of getting laid.

Mar 23rd, 2005, 20:50	#22
smida02 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 78	Last time I was India a friend arrived already sick from the plane. I took him to a little pharmacy in Hyderabad and they gave him a 5 days dose of antibiotics for about 2 dollars US. As for travel insurance, you will have to pay cash anyway and get reimbursed when you get back. I never bother, as medical treatment is very cheap in India and I'm not sure how you claim lost or stolen goods anyway. So, I never bother with it. Good karma always helps.

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