Help with medication please.....................

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 12:40

Hi all dose anyone know if I am able to purchase ''Tramadol Hydrochloride'' over the counter at the chemist all help much appreciated.





Thanks.





Spider,X

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 14:39

one way to find out go in and ask! taking a box of the ones you already have

spider


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Message Posted:
04/08/2011 16:16

Thanks for the great sound advice Andrew but I am back in the UK at the moment and will do on my return. I was hoping that someone on the forum might be taking them and would know ! Anyone ???







Spider,X

ronnie1940


Joined: 13/10/2008
Posts: 26

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 17:19

Hello Spider

I am going to chemist tomorrow will ask and let you know

spider


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Message Posted:
04/08/2011 19:52

Thank you so much ronnie I will keep an eye out for you post.









Spider.X

daisy dukes


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Message Posted:
04/08/2011 21:59

Tramadol here has nother name, i think it is Contramal, and you definitely need a prescription for it.



DD

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 22:20

spider..be careful with those pills,you need a prescription in the UK for them,but there are some dodgy doctors on the internet selling them...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 22:23

Good advice from Coachie. Thats a powerful drug and you won't want to get it wrong.

Lilli



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Message Posted:
04/08/2011 22:24

spider be very careful here I took my equivalent back to UK and showed my GP , they were fake. I had purchased these for years and Brins did bring me the correct ones from Turkey at a third of the price. Now Im back I dont know what I will have.

daisy dukes


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Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 22:32

For those that don't know, Tramadol is a serious pain killer and used correctly do the job just fine, however...you may find yourself wanting to throw up, serious itching and an irritable nose...



But these drugs are apt to give you a rather nice fuzzy feeling of being high...hence why they are controlled. If you are able to buy them over the counter then the pharmacst who sells them should be locked up.



DD

daisy dukes


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Message Posted:
04/08/2011 22:33

For more info on Tramadol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramadol



DD

daisy dukes


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Message Posted:
04/08/2011 22:38

This is the version that you can get in Cyprus. http://med-blog.org/content/contramal



DD

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 23:03

http://www.tramadolinfo.com/photos.html



Chris

ronnie1940


Joined: 13/10/2008
Posts: 26

Message Posted:
05/08/2011 10:44

Hello Spider

Went to chemist opposite Karsiyaka Starling and they will only sell them to you with a prescription.

Good Luck

ronnie

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
05/08/2011 15:46

Thanks for all the above help and yes I did google it straight away,and I never buy any medication on line !



DD thanks for the info on the other name used.And thanks ronnie for talking with the chemist.



Guess I will have to get the family to post the over for me.But its always a trip here and there GP.,Chemist Post Office etc and I was just trying to save them all that ! I might even start to use a Doctor over North Cyprus Please could anyone recommend someone.



Spider,X

valarius


Joined: 04/11/2008
Posts: 356

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 13:22

Hi Maria. dr Cenkler Used him since arriving here 10 years ago. speak good english. Please think about Tramadol. If you have Asthma they cause drowsiness, Unset Tumy's Dizziness, Breathing difficulty, High or low BP, Vertigo, Mood Changes. Confusion just to name a few. As you are in the UK why not go to A&e and let them check you out. It has to be sorted. you can not live your life taking Opiates. I will give you Dr Cenklers number when you get back .

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 13:40

Maybe, Maria has been prescribed this drug by a Doctor in the UK, and is now wondering where she can get them whilst in NC?

Hope you are enjoying your holiday Maria.



Vicki

me-style


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Posts: 150

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 14:28

This is not Europe so you cannot count on you can get the European medicine here, there is a rather big production of generic medicine in Turkey, and this is what you mainly get here and you cannot be sure its the same.



Someone used the word fake, I do not agree to that as there is not any fake medicine on the market, the important thing is what is the active ingredients in there.



If there is any doubts see your KKTC doctor

spider


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Message Posted:
06/08/2011 17:57

Thanks for all your help.

Vicki I am enjoying my stay thanks

These tablets seem to be working other than now giving me quite a fear ! The other alternative is to go back and get a Cortisone Injection AHhhh....:( NOT sure if I want that either ! Oh dear...



Arthritis of the spine is very very painful :( http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/paindrugs/a/cortisone.htm



Thanks again Spider

Tango1


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Message Posted:
06/08/2011 18:20

There was a documentary on BBC World (last year I think it was) when inspectors from US Drug Administration and EU went "underground" for 2 years or more tracking down fake drugs. China, Parkistan and Turkey were by far and away the largest producers of fake drugs. The isolated factories in Turkey were way out on the Kurdistan border. Even the packaging was virtually impossible to detect, right down to bar coding, bubble packing, printing etc etc.

spider


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Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 19:37

Message 16 Val thanks so much and when I get back I will be in touch asp I have spent the day visiting a friend and she has one of these ''below link'' and wondered if anyone in North Cyprus has anything like it they no longer use or need ?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTR2gYl9LtE



I would love to get one please email if you do,thanks



Spider,X

tomsteel


Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 482

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 20:14

Ref msg 15. There was recently a case here of drugs being confiscated via mailing. Apparently, here in the TRNC, only registered pharmacologists can import drugs, including vitamins, diet pills etc. I guess, therefore, getting relatives to mail them is a 'no no' and especially so if they are powerful. Far better to get a prescription in UK and ask a local registered chemist here to prescribe it, or its local version. We have no problem getting our UK-prescription filled here.

Teresa


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Posts: 1018

Message Posted:
06/08/2011 20:16

Maria i just checked and there are loads for sale on Ebay and very cheap.

valarius


Joined: 04/11/2008
Posts: 356

Message Posted:
07/08/2011 21:25

Hi Maria. tramadol. There is a Pharmacy here that will actually import the drug you want. but you have to pay for at least a years worth to make it worth his while. you have to give him a photocopy of you prescription. i can tell you about it when you get back. The other thing is. I also have Three things wrong with me. you would probably say more. Ha Ha. I have Osteoperosis, degenerative bone desease. And Arthritis in various places. My spine is shot. But all i take is Glucosamine, 1,500mg a day. and one cap of Ephynol 300mg And i am practically Pain free considering my age. You do not need to take Chondrotin. What little of that is in the joint tablets turns to glucosomine anyway. Will have a chat when you get back. Take care.