Hey there,
I don't know if they sell these here BUT you can get electrolyte drinks which should do the same trick at places like Dan's, L's Place or Western Canned Food (100 Plus, Gatorade etc.).
I also just bought a packet of japanese rehydration salts to be mixed with a litre of water at L's place (Pocari).
Hope that was helpful. Get well soon!
answered about 8 months ago by gatsby
Thanks everyone! I found ORS at the pharmacy which cost about 1000 dong per packet. Also bought gatorade type drink mix for about $12US (yikes! will try tang and salt next time) at Western Canned Goods.
The thing that was the most beneficial was Beberin, which you can get at a pharmacy. It's a local Vietnamese herbal remedy, comes in a small plastic bottle with about 50 small brown pills (2000 dong). You take 10 pills with water before you eat. Then take 10 more in a few hours. The next day you repeat. Much better for the body than antibiotics. Diarrhea should go away. If it doesn't, you might have something more serious like cholera. I didn't actually have cholera but was trying to be polite to others sensibilities by not saying diarrhea. Hence, "touch of cholera", but I guess we're all family. Diarrhea, Diarrhea, Diarrhea.
