Pharmacy Zacharopoulos Fira — Local services in Municipality of Thira

Ultimately I was able to get what I needed but the conversation went something like this:

-- Me: I need anti nausea medication, preferably containing dimenhydrinate.

Him: We don't have dimenhydrinate in Greece at all. But you can get this: (places herbal ginger pills in front of me)

Me: No thanks, I'd like something actually medicated.

Him: Are you American?

Me: No.

Him: Oh, Americans love this stuff (the ginger pills), this is all they want. Hmm, let me see.

(Spends time on the computer).

Him: OK, I have one more box of Vertigo N. Here you go.

So in the end I was able to get some (non placebo) anti nausea pills. But guess what the main active ingredient in Vertigo N is? Dimenhydrinate, the thing that's supposedly not available in Greece 😂

I don't know if he was intentionally misleading, uninformed, or simply confused. But I would take any medical advice from this pharmacy with a...

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