{"id":267,"date":"2017-10-19T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.org\/newteach_new\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2017-11-22T10:08:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:08:19","slug":"drugs-and-toiletries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/packing-planning\/drugs-and-toiletries\/","title":{"rendered":"Drugs and Toiletries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-769 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ultimate-guide-to-travel-toiletries-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ultimate-guide-to-travel-toiletries-010.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ultimate-guide-to-travel-toiletries-010-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ultimate-guide-to-travel-toiletries-010-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/>Drugstores in Colombia carry a wide range of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products (there are many manufacturers of these products in the country), and almost all offer home delivery (nice!). In addition, many &#8220;prescription&#8221; drugs from North America are sold as over-the-counter items here. Let us know if you need any special medications, and we will inform you of its availability here. Contraceptive medication is available; however, your brand might not be; therefore, it is suggested that you ask the school first and be prepared to bring down a supply if you use them.\u00a0 If you have current prescriptions for medications, bring those along as well.\u00a0 It will make it easier\u00a0to get ones from a Colombian doctor (which you will need at the drugstore).<\/p>\n<p>Recent imports have said that vitamins are expensive here, and you may wish to bring down a supply if you use them. In addition, contact lens solutions, of the same type available in the U.S. and Canada, is expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary cosmetics (make-up, nail polish, shampoos, etc.) are readily available here, although many teachers have been known to bring a year&#8217;s supply of their favorite cosmetics (Lanc\u00f4me, for example) with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drugstores in Colombia carry a wide range of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products (there are many manufacturers of these products in the country), and almost all offer home delivery (nice!). In addition, many &#8220;prescription&#8221; drugs from North America are sold as over-the-counter items here. Let us know if you need any special medications, and we will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":769,"parent":240,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-267","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267\/revisions\/770"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/newteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}