Imodium or its functional near-equivalents are often not the recommended course if Delhi belly comes with loose bowel motions. Then it may be rehydration and electrolyte supplements that are recommended, but even that isn't always the recommendation.
Originally Posted by
Keyser
no one cares about a prescription here....i don't recall any pharmacy ever asking me for one....
I've seen people turned away for a lack of prescription at pharmacies in Delhi, more frequently at one of the pharmacies near my former Lodhi Estate residence and another closer to one at Jor Bagh. To me it seems like the demand for a prescription only applied sometimes and was too often applied (or not) based on (socio-economic) classism of sorts. [These situations arose independent of language communication issues or payment issues, neither of those issues being in play when I or my local rep was present.]
... of course you and I are highly unlikely to be required to present a prescription, especially relative to say the person sweeping our houses in India -- even as many of them won't be asked either.
All this said, it's possible to visit and never get Delhi belly.