Just spent two weeks on the other side of the border from Munich, in Austria. The article is very accurate on over the counter meds - you can’t get what you are used to in US.
I caught a really nasty flu the first few days there and by end of the week was searching for something to ease the cough. The cough syrup I was able to buy tasted like rubber and did not contain the active ingredients you normally find in US. It sort of worked - better then nothing, but certainly did not really help the situation. Cough drops I was given plain did nothing for me. All was purchased in a local Apotheke and dispensed by a pharmacist.
Upon return to the US, I continued to struggle with the cough and finally gave up and when to a doctor. Sinus infection and antibiotics... so much for the non-drug way of healing.
I caught a really nasty flu the first few days there and by end of the week was searching for something to ease the cough. The cough syrup I was able to buy tasted like rubber and did not contain the active ingredients you normally find in US. It sort of worked - better then nothing, but certainly did not really help the situation. Cough drops I was given plain did nothing for me. All was purchased in a local Apotheke and dispensed by a pharmacist.
Upon return to the US, I continued to struggle with the cough and finally gave up and when to a doctor. Sinus infection and antibiotics... so much for the non-drug way of healing.