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While you'll find many medications in Shanghai, overseas prescriptions are typically not valid. Also, hospital pharmacies only accept prescriptions from their own doctors. China has strict laws regarding medicine imports, as well, which makes foreign/western medicines rather expensive. In the past, it was reportedly very common buy antibiotics at Chinese pharmacies with no prescription, though is increasingly less common. If you don't speak Chinese, be sure to bring a Chinese translation of the medicine you want, as the specific brand may not be available in China. For a list of recommended pharmacies, check out the "Contraception" section. | While you'll find many medications in Shanghai, overseas prescriptions are typically not valid. Also, hospital pharmacies only accept prescriptions from their own doctors. China has strict laws regarding medicine imports, as well, which makes foreign/western medicines rather expensive. In the past, it was reportedly very common to buy antibiotics at Chinese pharmacies with no prescription, though is increasingly less common. If you don't speak Chinese, be sure to bring a Chinese translation of the medicine you want, as the specific brand may not be available in China. For a list of recommended pharmacies, check out the "Contraception" section. | ||
If you are interested to learn more about pharmacies in China, here's an [http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/career/2013/pharmacycareers_fall2013/worlds-apart-health-care-and-pharmacy-in-china account written by a pharmacy student], visiting China from the United States. | If you are interested to learn more about pharmacies in China, here's an [http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/career/2013/pharmacycareers_fall2013/worlds-apart-health-care-and-pharmacy-in-china account written by a pharmacy student], visiting China from the United States. | ||