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Buying Diamox in Lijiang

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dhughey

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06-Nov-2007 03:12
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Buying Diamox in Lijiang

I'm headed for Lijiang tomorrow for about a week before flying to Lhasa (via Chengdu). I'd like to buy some Diamox (altitude sickness medicine) in Lijiang. Does anyone know where in Lijiang I can acquire this? Also, is there a Chinese name for this medicine that the pharmacist would recognize?

Many thanks,

Derek

tyuti

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06-Nov-2007 04:34
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Link
That blue line above the table is "Chinese" name. /It's an OTC drug250 mg ~Y13/bottle=100 tab
If you can't find it, just go to the biggest hospital that had an eye dept & ask the Dr to prescribe it. diamox is usually used in Glaucoma treatment

CentralAsia_traveler

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06-Nov-2007 10:31
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Diamox is a brand name for Acetazolamide.

I ran Unicode and pinyin conversions for the name at the site #1 suggested. Hopefully, these will appear correctly.

Chinese characters for Acetazolamide:
乙酰唑胺片

Pinyin:
yǐ xiān àn zuù piān

-- Cat www.centralasiatraveler.com

CentralAsia_traveler

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06-Nov-2007 10:38
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Pinyin above DIDN'T come out right.

It should appear as:

yi xian an zuo pian (pinyin without tone markings)

The i in yi should have an angle bracket over it, pointing down.
The a in xian should have a straight liine over it.
The o in zuo should have an accent grave (from upper left to lower right) over it.
The a in pian should have a straight line over it.

Trying the pinyin again. It should appear with the above tone markings. If it doesn't, then print out the above, without tone markings, and add them yourself.

yǐ xiān à ò piān

-- Cat www.centralasiatraveler.com

CentralAsia_traveler

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06-Nov-2007 10:40
Posts:  1,416

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y ǐ   xiān   àn   zuò   piān

-- Cat www.centralasiatraveler.com

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