Posted on 18/09/2018 17:43
Off over there this coming weekend to visit brother so he ask me to bring him some over the counter medication. Went into 3 chemists, had a third degree each time and could only purchase 1 pack in each. This afternoon went into Wilco and spotted medication on shelf, picked up 3 packs, went through check out, no problems or interrogation at all. It makes a nonsense of the policy
Posted on 21/09/2018 07:38 by cyberyachtGeneral tablet size is different abroad. In Spain, paracetamol is in 500mg tablets.
Posted on 21/09/2018 11:36
Antibiotics can/could be bought over the counter in some European countries. Note not in the EU ones now, mind! That is a disaster waiting to happen for us all and future generations.
Read a newspaper article recently about folk in uk aggressively pestering their GPs for antibiotic prescriptions where not applicable.
Posted on 20/09/2018 07:20 by LutzWhen I tried to buy 4 packs and the cashier at the counter refused to allow me more than 2 I gave the lady behind me in the queue the money and asked her to purchase the other two packs for me. The cashier was rather perplexed at my action, but there was little that she could do about it.
Posted on 21/09/2018 18:39
We've done this for someone in front of us in a queue. It confused the person as he was Polish and couldn't understand the situation, so I bought them out of my own money and gave them to him as a gift. The rules are apparently different in Poland.
MIL could have these free on Prescription but she says that would cost the NHS money, god bless her, so when she needs some she buys them from supermarkets.
Posted on 21/09/2018 18:56 by CornersteadyI'm really confused here, I have both Sainburys and Wilko paracetamol tablets and they are both 500mg?
Posted on 21/09/2018 18:56 by CornersteadyI'm really confused here, I have both Sainburys and Wilko paracetamol tablets and they are both 500mg?
Posted on 22/09/2018 06:04 by HallsontourWhilst I understand the principal behind the restrictive sale it does make it a bit of a farce when you can wonder down any high street, call in at 5 or 6 different shops and buy a huge stock of these products, often without any questions at all.
Posted on 22/09/2018 06:04 by HallsontourWhilst I understand the principal behind the restrictive sale it does make it a bit of a farce when you can wonder down any high street, call in at 5 or 6 different shops and buy a huge stock of these products, often without any questions at all.
Posted on 22/09/2018 09:20
I've done even easier than that, if there are two of us and I have four packets I just pass two of them to Mrs C and she pay separately as the next in the queue. Even done it with three people and six packets.
But even more ridiculous is that once I was stocking up the van and was but two Paracetamol packets and imodium tablets (Mrs C's cooking
) and was told that I couldn't and two packets was the limit? I can see the 'logic' in two types of pain relief but Paracetamol and imodium?
Posted on 21/09/2018 11:36 by mickysfAntibiotics can/could be bought over the counter in some European countries. Note not in the EU ones now, mind! That is a disaster waiting to happen for us all and future generations.
Read a newspaper article recently about folk in uk aggressively pestering their GPs for antibiotic prescriptions where not applicable.
Posted on 28/09/2018 22:21
You can buy over the counter antibiotics in Spain (which last time I checked was an EU country).
In France pain killers such as Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol are very very expensive (like ten to twenty times the cost) compared to the price we pay in the UK - and they will still only allow you a restricted amount.
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