hnboy78 a répondu il y a environ 3 mois

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At corner Ma May Str & Luong Ngoc Quyen Str. Old Quater.

monteromano a répondu il y a environ 3 mois

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FYI, I found an interesting academic article describing the practices of Vietnamese customers at pharmacies.

The summary of the article says in part:
"Less than 1% of customers came with prescriptions and 94.9% decided by themselves which drugs to buy. Antibiotics represented 17%, of which 90% were broad spectrum. Ampicillin dominated, both in children and adults. Some 50% of the antibiotics were given for 2.5 days or less. . . . . Little if any drug information was observed. . . . More than 20% of all products were combination drugs, including irrational and popular products with antibiotics and corticosteroids and combinations of aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine.
This study shows an unexpectedly high proportion of customers, being “Tu Lam Bac Sy” (their own doctors), deciding themselves which drugs to buy. Although the “Doi moi” renovation has led to much improved drug availability, at least in urban setting, our case study highlights major problems in need of urgent actions. In particular the prevailing practices regarding antibiotics and combination drugs need to be seriously scrutinized and drug regulatory mechanisms should be enforced."


http://www.springerlink.com/content/w96vyu284g1vjggc/

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On the suggestion of a couple of local folks, I went to a really excellent pharmacy in the vicinity of the intersection of Kim Ma and Giang Vo ( I think). While the place was small, it was ordered along the line of a self-contained well run hospital pharmacy.

I've been looking through some business cards trying to find the name of the place but to no avail. A bit fuzzy on the details, but it seems the green and white signage outside the pharmacy had the words Quoc Te ( international ) or maybe Tay
( Western ) somewhere in the name .