konotahe Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 We are in San Ramon and will be here until the 13 th. I wondered if anyone living here might know a farmacia where English was spoken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merc1011 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 It has been my experience, that most of the pharmacists speak English. You should be ok, at most any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epicatt2 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 It has been my experience, that most of the pharmacists speak English. You should be ok, at most any of them. Hi Kotonahe, At least the 'head-pharmacist' always seems to speak some english, however I have found that sometimes his/her english can be fairly basic. They always seem to want to help, though so even if you own spanish is not very good, between the two of you the message generally gets across. HTH Paul M. == Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konotahe Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) Thanks, I just didn't want to ask for something and have them give me the wrong thing, because they we were being polite. Oh, I noticed your logo---I didn't know Miami still had a team. Edited March 8, 2012 by Epicatt2 Subject drift; topic split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReevesTribe Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 My original reply to you didn't make it with the edit. What I said was that you might have the pharmacist write down what you're being offered. You can come home & Google it to find out what it is & what the equivalent is in English. I've done that twice with prescriptions that I didn't recognize by name in Spanish. Jessica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleanorcr Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) You can also Google before you go to the farmacia, find out what the generic is and write it down and hand it to the pharmacist. He/she will probably give you a choice of brands and strengths. You could also find out what the name of the medicine is in Spanish so you are prepared. Many times, the generic name is very similar and totally recognizable. Edited March 8, 2012 by eleanorcr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konotahe Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 All good advice---will more than likely do all of the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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