Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Health & Healthcare => Topic started by: maclarke1 on February 18, 2014, 20:34:04 PM
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I suffer from gout and use Naproxen to alleviate the pain. Is it available (does anybody know) in Fethiye - or is it known by a different name. Want to stock up when back out to Calis.
Thanks
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This is a list of medicines from Turkey with English equivalents. It may help you.
http://www.ilacabak.com/indexen.php
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It is available as Naproxen Fort ( blue coloured tablets - white in the UK) I was given a prescription for them by my dentist in Fethiye & then got them on prescription here in the UK - you can buy them in any Pharmacy in Fethiye, Calis or Gunlukbasi - the ones I had were 500mg, but you can get lesser doses
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go to the chemist facing migros in fethiye on the one way system i needed blood pressure tabs and i took the box and got what i needed .he speaks good English :D
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Google ; ilacabac;Turkish vademecum. This should give you Turkish names of generic drugs and from what I see it looks like you are in luck but with a close spelling match.
Good luck !
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Must type faster ! ;D
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I suffered from gout for about 8 years on and off, about three attacks per year but since I took a course of Milk Thistle tablets (available from Hollands & Barratts) about 6 years ago I haven't had a single attack. They are also very good for preventing hangovers - just pop two before you go out on a bender and in the morning your head is as clear as a bell. ;D
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Steve, can you bring some out with you in April, I can feel a hangover or two coming on. :-X ;D ;)
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There's been a supply in my apartment since day 1, I just preferred to see you suffering than tell you about them ;)
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Thank you for all your helpfull replies. I like the idea of the dual purpose tablets - would definitely come in use I feel!
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The scientific answer is that Milk Thistle helps the liver to process toxins in the blood stream and gout is caused by uric acid crystals in the blood, the crystals are jaggedy in shape and get trapped in tight corners like your ankles and heels and which is why gout is so painful when you stand or walk.
Just why they prevent hangovers I've no idea but I can vouch (many times) that they work. ;D
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I suffer from gout and use Naproxen to alleviate the pain. Is it available (does anybody know) in Fethiye - or is it known by a different name. Want to stock up when back out to Calis.
Thanks
Some one I know cured himself of gout with two or three normal day foods, will check this out and post on here or pm you with what he did.
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i use naproxen just take the box to the chemist they are very helpful
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Have ordered some Milk Thistle, will give anything a try as it's so painfull when attack happens. Had it in each of my knee joints, one after another last summer, could hardly walk. Made work as an electrician almost impossible at times.
Does anybody else have any remedies, I know a good diet and reducing alcohol helps, but that can be a struggle sometimes.
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Cherries are supposed to be very beneficial.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19746453
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This is how someone cured his gout, and touch wood not had an attack for over two years now.
Fresh squeezed lemon juice in water drank during the morning, two lemons to one litre of water.
Breakfast, any of these fruit cherries, pineapple, grapefruit, strawberries with fresh yogurt and a spoonful of rolled oats.
Bedtime 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda in a glass of water.
He still drank alcohol, he cut down on red meat and ate more chicken.
He had the worst attack of gout in the first four weeks of starting this cure, but he was advised that he would have, but hey presto it worked.