| Nowadays, there are a lot of drug production and sale in Thailand markets. As Chong Mek community of Lao People's Democratic Republic is a community which is adjacent to the border of Thailand. As a matter of fact, there was a possibility that Lao people in Chong Mek area might use Thai brand-name drugs. Objective= To study the situation of using Thai brand-name drugs of Lao People's Democratic Republic in Chong Mek area. Materials and research methodology= This research was a survey research using questionnaires and interview. The data was collected from a pharmacists at Chong Mek drugstores and Lao people at Chong Mek during 10-15 December 2013. The sample was 80 of Lao people at Chong Mek and a pharmacist of Thai drugstore at Chong Mek. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics. Result and Conclusion= The majority of the samples used to use Thai brand-name drugs (91.25 percent). About twenty seven percentage of the sample had underlying diseases. Most of them used Thai brand-name drugs (95.24 percent). Whereas, 58 of Lao people who did not have any underlying diseases (72.50 percent) and were previously sick, commonly used Thai brand-name drugs (72.41 percent). They thought that Thai brand-name drugs were efficient (mean = 4.10). Moreover, it was easy to find them in Lao People's Democratic Republic (mean = 4.09). The samples knew Thai brand-name drugs (97.50 percent), mainly heard from drugstores in Thailand, advertising on Thai television, advertising on Thai radio stations (25.93 percent, 21.48 percent, 20.00 percent; respectively). Furthermore, the pharmacist of Thai drugstore at Chong Mek border indicated that each day there will be approximately 25 customers from Lao People's Democratic Republic. In addition, the mainly sold drugs were nonprescription drugs which the pharmacists would choose Thai drugs because they thought that “drugs quality is reliable and packages are better.” |