Hi i am moving to Hong Kong and i am wondering how i would go about getting asthma inhalers once i am there. In Oz i could purchase them over the counter, and in the UK i needed a prescription. So what is the proceedure in HK?
thanks in advance,
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Hi i am moving to Hong Kong and i am wondering how i would go about getting asthma inhalers once i am there. In Oz i could purchase them over the counter, and in the UK i needed a prescription. So what is the proceedure in HK?
thanks in advance,
x
Which inhalers?
For the standard Ventolin ones, you just wander into pharmacies and shell out HKD60-80 for each.
ventolin is more expensive, assume HK$70-HK90, generic salabutmol inhalers from HK$50 to HK$70 (not too far of price of a presciption haler as UK is 6.50/7 quid for 2).
Becoltide sometimes requires prescription, HK$110-HK$120, but some chemist will sell without a presciption (alot more expensive), generic is at HK$100