1
Diamox isn't really popular in Lhasa, but you can find Hongjintian (Rhodiola Rosea Extract) everywhere, they are cheap.
Extensive FAQ about travel situation and permit restrictions in Tibet
Spinn Cafe , Lhasa, Tibet - we are based in Lhasa
Spinning in Tibet (ISBN: 9789881805966), published in Hong Kong.
2
Thanks, I'm already on rhodiola and hope it does the trick.
3
I don't think they do the same thing....
4
I got some Diamox in Australia before I left for China, reasoning that i'm so prone to headaches and migraines anyway, that I was bound to be affected by altitude sickness. But as it turned out, neither my wife or I felt any effect from the altitude in Lhasa, other than we got short of breath very easily on the first day, but we were fine after that. Hopefully you won't need it if you are just going to Lhasa like we did, fingers crossed.
5
Thanks everyone. My first night was pretty grisly---headache, suffocating feeling, diarrhea, and when I did sleep for intervals, psychedelic dreams--and the natural remedy they give me seemed to do nothing (except maybe cause the dreams?). So I shall accept the kind offer of a few Diamox pills from a fellow traveller I met today. Just a curious sidenote: I visited both Cuzco, Peru, and La Paz, Bolivia (the second of which is higher than Lhasa) and only had the complaints that John and his wife had.
6
sometimes your lucky sometimes not
7
OK, I didn't realise that it worked that way, I knew that some people get it, others don't without anyway of knowing before hand, but I didn't realise that a person who didn't get altitude one time could be susceptible the next time. Thanks for the tip, i'll remember this next time
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How did you go Prof, did you find some Diamox? Did it sort you out?
9
If the herb doesn't work for you, try to go to the hospital, they will do it quicker than Diamox. Diamox should be used before you arrive in Lhasa also. And the hospital in Lhasa can do some magics, my friend who was a bit sick went to the hospital and he was very okay the next day. He used the small clinics right next to the Kyichu Hotel (Beijing East Road and Dosenge Road).
Extensive FAQ about travel situation and permit restrictions in Tibet
Spinn Cafe , Lhasa, Tibet - we are based in Lhasa
Spinning in Tibet (ISBN: 9789881805966), published in Hong Kong.
10
I have had some terrible attacks of altitudesickness during the years, one time ending up with pulmonary oedema at Everest after 3 weeks in Tibet. On my last trip I went straight from Kashgar to Ali and didt feel a thing. I always bring diamox with me but didnt use it last time. Normally starts using it 3 days before entering and then take them 2 times per day.
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The only drug with a proven preventive effect against AMS is Diamox (Rhodiola for example has some negative evidence speaking against it ) , and this is not from lack of interest : herbal medicines were a topic in the 2004 Xining conference on high altitude medicine , but nothing viable seemed to have been presented.
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(Never been to The Andes , but from what I can see here La Paz is at the same altitude or marginally lower than Lhasa , but the airport is some six hundred meters higher. )
Posted By: VenessaP -- 28-Jan-2010 15:01
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