I need recommendations for a Pepto-Bismal-type medicine. I have been sick the last 3 days and keep anything I eat/drink in my stomach for more than 60 seconds. I am not vomitting and I do not have have nausea. I've only been in SH for 10 days and all my lovely western meds won't arrive for another month. I have been stranded at home all weekend and it sucks.

Well~you should go to the hospital, I 'm afraid.

Shanghai Huashan Hospital
Floor 19 (Foreigners Ward)
12 Wulumuqi Zhong Lu
Shanghai 200040
Tel: 021 6248 9999 x 1900

Shanghai Huadong Hospital
221 Yan An Xi Lu
Shanghai 200040 Tel: 021 6248 3180 x 3106
021 6248 3180
BP: 021 6329 5588

Ruijin Hospital
197 Rui Jin Er Lu
Shanghai 200025 Tel: 021 6437 0045 x 8101 (Outpatients & Emergencies only)
021 6324 0090 x 2101 (24 hour house calls)

International Medical Care Centre (near Bund)
Shanghai No 1 People's Hospital
585 Jiu Long Lu
Shanghai 200080 Tel: 021 6306 9485 (Appointments)
021 6306 9480 (Administration)
Fax: 021 6306 9484

I'm not sure if i have ever seen pepto bismo here, but look for the 'green cross' pharmacy stores, they also carry some western medicines. Often at least one of the people in there speaks enough english so they can help you find what you want. They carry US, Euro, Chinese, and Herb medicines, so for something this common, i am sure you can fing something to help you out.