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Originally Posted by The Viking
How common is it to get the shits? Is it usually food poisoning type shits (ie very unpleasant and long lasting), or general too much sauce/hot curry shits? I'm a magnet for anything that makes a chap pebble-dash the bog.
What do doctors give you for them anyway, apart from a cork of course...
What about drinking water - I take it it's bottled water only?
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The most common type of shits is the "too much sauce/hot curry/chili and too much seafood" shits!!! But even this can get pretty uncomfortable...I know that Immodium (available over the counter in LOS) is very good for this common type of shits.
However the really bad shits a "food poisoning" type of shits...well this is a different matter...I usually travel with Lomotil (Diphenoxylate hydrochloride and Atropine sulfate), obtainable by script in Australia, probably available over the counter in LOS. This medication will help with the pain and ultimtely control the diarrhoea. Lomotil can also be taken for the more common "curry shits" above. Will help you get over it much quicker and with much less pain!!
Maxolon (Metoclopramide Hydrochloride Anhydrous) can be taken for associated nausea and vommiting Also available on script in Australia and probably over the counter in LOS.
You take it right regarding drinking water...Bottled water always...never ever drink the tap water.
And also be careful with street carts with ice as they tend to smash the ice on the sidewalk with a hammer!!
Marcia