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Even After X amount of years in Japan I'll never get used to____

Wow!
(Also just to be clear I wasn't referring to opiates or anything, just regular tylenol /aspirin which tend to be weaker here and 90% contain caffeine)

Those medicines are mostly painkillers, antibiotics, migraine pills and cold/flu pills.
For Japanese standard, those medicines are extremely strong (starting at 50 mg up to 600 mg)
 
regular tylenol /aspirin
You want the Australian stuff. Double punch.

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I ALWAYS let my mother or friends send me this.... got at least 3-4 packs at home and don’t even try to take Japanese pain killers anymore (why do they put caffeine in there.... seriously)
 
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I think I’d rather have good quality, effective & innovative Japanese (and Korean) skincare over strong painkillers :) (and yeah I bring a bunch of pills & ointments from home as well)

However I must give credit to the pain relief plasters / heat patches and gels sold here in Japan. They’re so good and dangerously addictive, my family and friends always ask me to bring over a couple of packs whenever I go back home.
 
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regular tylenol /aspirin

Regular tylenol (acetaminophen) is sold as タイレノールA, and regular aspirin is sold as バイエルアスピリン.

I think the painkiller you cannot buy OTC in Japan is naproxen (sold as Aleve in the states).
 
Those medicines are mostly painkillers, antibiotics, migraine pills and cold/flu pills.
For Japanese standard, those medicines are extremely strong (starting at 50 mg up to 600 mg)

So you have a medical degree? What qualifies you to prescribe antibiotics to yourself?
Irresponsible overuse of antibiotics is what leads to multiresistant bacteria.
 
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So you have a medical degree? What qualifies you to prescribe antibiotics to yourself?
Irresponsible overuse of antibiotics is what leads to multiresistant bacteria.

Certainly, I am not a doctor and do not have any medical degree at all. Actually I am an engineer.
I am very aware of how dangerous medicine could be if not use properly.
I have 3 cousins who are doctors and I never take any medication without asking or consulting them first.
I have those medicines because local Japanese ones do not work for me.
I suffer of migraines occasionally, I am allergic to certain foods (crustaceans), I got a terrible intestinal bacteria that had me some secuels in my health and my work requires a lot of physical energy, so all the medicines I got is because I really need them.
I really appreciate your concern regarding my health!
 
However I must give credit to the pain relief plasters / heat patches and gels sold here in Japan. They’re so good and dangerously addictive, my family and friends always ask me to bring over a couple of packs whenever I go back home.

And if you go through a doc the plasters also cost next to nothing, something like 10 yens a piece. I regularly send over boxes of them to my family to the Old Country who then distribute some of them to their friends. Makes me feel like an international drug lord.
 
I always also bring OTC painkillers with me from my home country. I have always wondered if this is actually legal. I never imagined that a reasonable amount for personal use found in my luggage at Narita would be a major problem. But now I’m considering asking a friend to send me by mail. It’s kind of a different case. Would it be legal?
 
I always also bring OTC painkillers with me from my home country. I have always wondered if this is actually legal. I never imagined that a reasonable amount for personal use found in my luggage at Narita would be a major problem. But now I’m considering asking a friend to send me by mail. It’s kind of a different case. Would it be legal?

Depends on the painkillers. Some that you can get over the counter elsewhere are very illegal in Japan.

Those that are allowed you can bring a month's supply, not more. So a pack of 30 viagras would be OK if you can demonstrate you use one per day. :p
 
I said the option is there for everyone and that isnt wrong. I agree most doctors dont offer it as frequently in other countries tho.

I am sorry but you are being disingenuous here. You specifically said that it isn't true what Juliet said which I quote was: "I heard most women who give birth here have no option for epidural or pain relief.". But given the figures I provided you, she was actually right and you are wrong.

From the article I linked, it says and I quote: "only 5.2 percent of mothers were given epidural anesthesia in fiscal 2016" and "The Japan Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology lists only 160 hospitals and clinics in Japan offering epidurals or combined spinal epidural anesthesia". So how the fucking hell could you still claim that "the option is there for everyone"? So suck it up, be a grown man and just say sorry I was actually wrong :).
 
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I always also bring OTC painkillers with me from my home country. I have always wondered if this is actually legal. I never imagined that a reasonable amount for personal use found in my luggage at Narita would be a major problem. But now I’m considering asking a friend to send me by mail. It’s kind of a different case. Would it be legal?
Arent even regular Sudafed illegal here? I always bring some back with me.
I guess sending by mail is different as you have to disclose what is in the package.
 
Arent even regular Sudafed illegal here? I always bring some back with me.
I guess sending by mail is different as you have to disclose what is in the package.
No, I actually pick up PSE whenever I go to Japan. Quicker and less hassle than in the states where the per person purchased quantities are tracked.
 
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No, I actually pick up PSE whenever I go to Japan. Quicker and less hassle than in the states where the per person purchased quantities are tracked.
Thank you, now next time i bring some back I dont have to feel like some kind of mule.
 
Arent even regular Sudafed illegal here? I always bring some back with me.
I guess sending by mail is different as you have to disclose what is in the package.

No, I actually pick up PSE whenever I go to Japan. Quicker and less hassle than in the states where the per person purchased quantities are tracked.

It’s illegal to bring it in, even though it’s sold here.
 
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Frilly pastel underage princess clothes made for severely malnourished young women.

The “alternative” fashion lines either look too raunchy for my taste or the designs are based on contemporary deconstruction fashion. (Garments that have the unfinished, coming apart look)

I wish it was easier to find fitting clothes.
 
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Frilly pastel underage princess clothes made for severely malnourished young women.

The “alternative” fashion lines either look too raunchy for my taste or the designs are based on contemporary deconstruction fashion. (Garments that have the unfinished, coming apart look)

I wish it was easier to find fitting clothes.

Yeah, it's very odd that most Japanese fashion is quite conservative compared to western countries, but the second you go just a liiiiitle bit alternative it's like wearing nothing but plastic bags over your tits
 
I will never get used to pet owners here that will make their beloved family animal suffer a long and painful end of life instead of giving them a death with dignity. One of the families in my neighborhood has a shiba whose hind legs do not work. I will see them outside every so often let the dog "walk". The poor thing is in obvious agony dragging around his ass end. I wish they would end it for him.
 
I will never get used to pet owners here that will make their beloved family animal suffer a long and painful end of life instead of giving them a death with dignity. One of the families in my neighborhood has a shiba whose hind legs do not work. I will see them outside every so often let the dog "walk". The poor thing is in obvious agony dragging around his ass end. I wish they would end it for him.
That brings back sad memories from childhood. We had a dog I adored but same problem : got completely paralyzed back-half. My mum decided to bring him to the vet to get the last injection , and I burried it myself in the garden , I was around 12. Never cried so much . But it was the right thing to do
 
.. it was the right thing to do

My wife and I had a cat, Tama, that we picked up in Okinawa when we were first married. That was in 1995. Tama was with us thought my career in the military moving from Okinawa, South Carolina, Aomori, South Carolina, Washington state, and then back to Japan when I retired. She and my wife were inseparable. Towards the end Tama was not her genki self, but that was to be expected considering she was twenty years old. Two weeks after my wife's passing Tama's health took a turn for the worse. I could have let her linger. After all she was a reminder of happier times, but because we all loved her so much we did the only humane thing.
 
I will never get used to pet owners here that will make their beloved family animal suffer a long and painful end of life instead of giving them a death with dignity. One of the families in my neighborhood has a shiba whose hind legs do not work. I will see them outside every so often let the dog "walk". The poor thing is in obvious agony dragging around his ass end. I wish they would end it for him.
They don't make it easy for pet owners to put down their pets.. even if their QoL is low - it's hard to find a vet that will agree to do it. This was in response to vanity pets and the owners who toss their pets when they aren't cute anymore or they find out it's a real effort to take care of a pet.
 
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They don't make it easy for pet owners to put down their pets.. even if their QoL is low - it's hard to find a vet that will agree to do it.
Really? We must have been fortunate because our vet readily agreed to do so. He even expressed surprise that we would do so considering our situation. That whole clinic was just incredibly supportive of us.