Bringing Prescription Medicine into China
Mar 28, 2018, 4:33 pm
#31
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast USA
Programs: various
Posts: 6,710
Is there a website that lists what medications are not allowed into Mainland China? There are a few prescription medications that my parents need to bring for personal use.
Also, would over-the-counter container of acetaminophen (pain & fever relief) cause any problems if the container is all in English?
Also, would over-the-counter container of acetaminophen (pain & fever relief) cause any problems if the container is all in English?
OTC medications like acetaminophen, lomotil, Pepto-Bismol, etc. are not an issue; bring all you want to China.
Apr 5, 2018, 7:43 am
#32
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2
Asthma?
Thank you, I was going to call out the craziness. It amazes me how people write these things with such authority, when it is clear they have no idea what they’re talking about.
Last edited by Adam Wyble; Apr 5, 2018 at 7:50 am Reason: Quote added
Apr 5, 2018, 8:01 am
#33
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2
Since various medical/medicine issues have been raised on this thread, I will relate a story about my attempt to find Benadryl about 4 years ago in Beijing. I was visiting my then fiance who was a doctor in the third largest hospital in Beijing. I had a minor cough that would never quit. (Turned out to be gastric reflux) Because it never quit, I went 3 days with absolutely no sleep. In the US, Benadryl had acted to make me go to sleep before. So, I figured I would try to get Benadryl well into the first day.
I was amazed that there wasn't any Benadryl in Beijing notwithstanding my fiance's attempts to find some. She did tell me that sleeping pills were strictly regulated in China, so I didn't even consider getting them. (Looking back I probably should have scheduled a doctor's visit and gotten a prescription.) In any event, she was able to get valium (gave me the scientific name for it, which I didn't recognize), and I took it. It didn't do any good, and in fact, I really disliked the sensation it gave me.
It still surpises me greatly that I couldn't get Benadryl, which is so common in the US.
I was amazed that there wasn't any Benadryl in Beijing notwithstanding my fiance's attempts to find some. She did tell me that sleeping pills were strictly regulated in China, so I didn't even consider getting them. (Looking back I probably should have scheduled a doctor's visit and gotten a prescription.) In any event, she was able to get valium (gave me the scientific name for it, which I didn't recognize), and I took it. It didn't do any good, and in fact, I really disliked the sensation it gave me.
It still surpises me greatly that I couldn't get Benadryl, which is so common in the US.