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SWMBO took pity on me today and, whilst doing her weekly shop at the local Sainsburys, decided to buy a bottle of Day Nurse and Night Nurse for me. Man-flu, you understand.

The pharmacist approached the till and stopped the purchase. According to him, you cannot buy both Day Nurse and Night Nurse together.

So there you have it. If you are suffering from a cold or the flu, you must decide whether you want relief during the day or the night time.

You couldn't make it up :bang:
 
That's news to me!

I have bought both from a pharmacy before. I would have thought that if was a pharmacy within Sainsbury's it would have been okay.
 
That kind of thing always makes me laugh... She could have done it in 2 separate transactions though!

It's like not being able to buy more than 16 of any type of pain killer, when 16 is probably enough to do most people in anyway if taken with strong alcohol, and even so - just buy another packet from another store!!!

Nanny state on it's way :)
 
You are only allowed to purchase one item containing the active ingredient (psuedoepherdrine) in night/day nurse at a time because it is an addictive substance. There are actually a lot of people who have become hooked on the stuff due to not realizing the addictive nature and of pseudoephedrine. The restrictions are designed to make it harder for addicts to continue to abuse it and also to alert pharmacists to possible abuse, so they can offer advise and help to people who may not realise their problem.

Weaning off pseudoephedrine, like any addictive substance, isn't fun and they are doing it for your benefit. Maybe you are one of these people who thinks they would realise, or would never get addicted anyway, but it can happen to anyone.

Sorry to rant but I see a lot of complaints like this in my job, but then you see the thank you's from people who have finally realised after months or years of addiction for pharmacists helping them
 
Well, that's very interesting, Chris. But I've been speaking with GlaxoSmithKline and their customer relations people had never heard of an instance of someone being denied these two similar, but different, products. The person I spoke with said she would check and get back to me. She did - and they know of no reason to deny a consumer these two products in the quantities involved.

My point remains. Due to a politically correct jobs-worth, I have to decide whether to have a cold during daylight hours or during the hours of darkness.
 
Nanny state syndrome.
 
I understand their concerns about the abuse potential of the medicine but it still seems silly that you cant buy one bottle for night and one for day. Any more than that and it would be Ok to stop the sale with that active ingredient.
 
Yet Sainsury's will happily sell you 6 bottles of vodka and let you kill yourself with alcohol poisoning :lol:
 
I had an assistant in Boots refuse to sell me Ibuprofen. She asked me if I was on any other medication and when I told her I was on blood pressure tablets, she said Ibuprofen negated the BP tablets. There was not a pharmacist there at the time to check this with.

I have since confirmed with my normal pharmacist and he said there is only a minimal effect.

My wife was also buying some Medised and the counter staff asked the age of the child, even though they were within the age on the bottle, they said they would only sell it if the child was over 16.

Still once you have been asked once, you know what to say next time ;)
 
I asked for several cartons of bi-carbonate of soda in Boots and the pharmacist said that if I needed that amount I should see my GP.
It wiped the smile off her face when I asked why I should consult a doctor about cleaning my cooker and kitchenware.
 
More likely the fear of litigation, ambulance chasers direct would love to have you spend te in hospital because you were sold too much of something. Rhodes sily arses who burnt themselves on hot apple pie at fault here!
 
:thinking: OP was you wife not offered the tablets they come in a box with bboth day nurse and night nurse in them....thats what my kind lady at the chemist advised me to do...
 
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Really? :thumbs:
 
raathistle said:
You are only allowed to purchase one item containing the active ingredient (psuedoepherdrine) in night/day nurse at a time because it is an addictive substance. There are actually a lot of people who have become hooked on the stuff due to not realizing the addictive nature and of pseudoephedrine. The restrictions are designed to make it harder for addicts to continue to abuse it and also to alert pharmacists to possible abuse, so they can offer advise and help to people who may not realise their problem.

Weaning off pseudoephedrine, like any addictive substance, isn't fun and they are doing it for your benefit. Maybe you are one of these people who thinks they would realise, or would never get addicted anyway, but it can happen to anyone.

Sorry to rant but I see a lot of complaints like this in my job, but then you see the thank you's from people who have finally realised after months or years of addiction for pharmacists helping them
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sorry Chris,

but to be honest - thats misleading rubbish. You're right about the MHRA guidelines for sales of pseudoephedrine and if the pharmacy - or you, knew
your stuff you'd know of those 2 products contains only day nurse contains pseudoephedrine - its a stimulant as well so not much good at night



Hugh
 
arclight said:
I asked for several cartons of bi-carbonate of soda in Boots and the pharmacist said that if I needed that amount I should see my GP.
It wiped the smile off her face when I asked why I should consult a doctor about cleaning my cooker and kitchenware.
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Hmmmmm . . . :naughty: I wonder what they were thinking when I bought a couple of bottles of baby oil to polish my stainless steel and chrome :lol:

I think you'll find the reason that they stopped her buying them both was because of the Paracetamol content. They're only allowed to sell a certain quantity of Paracetamol to any one customer - apparently it had become a popular drug for would-be suicides because of its ease of accessibility.

I've been stopped in Sainsbury's too for trying to buy Lemsip drinks and Beechams flu tablets together . . . and that's what they told me anyway :shrug:

Was not a happy bunny.
The tablets are far more convenient for in work, but is it so wrong to want a hot flu drink before you go to bed when you're ill?
 
bloody hell - world gone mad again. I make a bit of sloe gin each year, so last autumn went into Tesco's 6 Litres of Value Gin and for comedy factor, 1 lemon, 1 bottle of tonic water.

Not an eyelid batted. Was disappointed.
 
My mate went in to a chemist to get suppositories, on prescription.
Not quite knowing what these actually were, the pharmacist said they need to be
placed in your "back passage"

A couple of days later he went back and said they are friggin' useless
For what good they did I might just as well have shoved them up my arse :coat:


Oh and if we are voting I guess It would be a "day cold"
for me :thumbs: :D
 
every time i go to the pharmacy to buy allergy tablets i get asked what im taking them for...... (clue is in the title) i think next time ill say flatulence or something and see what happens!
 
Well,because I take blood pressure tablets,my pharmacy will not sell me
Day nurse....night nurse....lemsip .....any cold remedy at all ..told to take paracetamol .....and I've had this bl##dy cold since Dec 26th :'(:bang:

Hey, why didn't I think of that Lemsip Max please ........Breaks wind to drown out any questions.......:naughty:
 
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How bizarre - I went to our Medics in Bastion for some Brufen to ease the aches in my legs and they gave me a zip-loc baggie with about 2,000 generic 800mg caplets in...
'Ranger-Candy' they're known as by the Yanks...

I guess I'm going to have to re-assess my pain-relief regime when I get out...
 
Arkady said:
I guess I'm going to have to re-assess my pain-relief regime when I get out...
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yep - any packets of more then 100 tablets of paracetamol/asprin/brufen can only be sold by prescription
 
RichardtheSane said:
More nanny supermarket really.

That sounds so wrong :thinking:
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Originally Posted by arclight View Post
Nanny state syndrome.
More nanny supermarket really.

That sounds so wrong


In the Asda I use the checkouts are programmed only to accept one packet of paracetamol per customer transaction. The floor manager said it was a directive from Parliament.
There is nothing to stop customers goind multiple times. It is lunacy.

There is a load of parliamentary guff about it here (reading it will send you to sleep faster than any pills):-
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo981119/text/81119-01.htm
 
Cobra said:
My mate went in to a chemist to get suppositories, on prescription.
Not quite knowing what these actually were, the pharmacist said they need to be
placed in your "back passage"

A couple of days later he went back and said they are friggin' useless
For what good they did I might just as well have shoved them up my arse :coat:


:lol::lol::lol::lol:


Oh and if we are voting I guess It would be a "day cold"
for me :thumbs: :D
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2blue4u said:
you must decide whether you want relief during the day or the night time.

You couldn't make it up :bang:
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Would a blow up nurse do the trick :thinking:
 
can i suggest that you just buy the pack with them both in 3 doses for the day and 1 for the night :D
 
the wife bought a packet of 16 co-codamaol at morissons the other week on the way in , on the way out i said i might as well buy a packet to save going back a few days later , the assistant would not sell them to me as they had a rule that they could only sell one packet per family per day :bang:
 
ive been id'd for blunt ended scissors, regardless of the fact that the blades were cable-tied shut, another stupid idea, i needed scissors to open my scissors :bang:

and also been id'd for rizzla papers.

oh i am 22, not 12.

also, me and OH went and did our weekly shopping, including a couple of bottles of wine. then went to the cigarette counter (with wine bottles in hand!) and he was asked for id. hes 26 and looks 30. and she could clearly see the wine bottles. her excuse was "well if im not sure i ask" he looks bloody 30!
 
panther_87k said:
ive been id'd for blunt ended scissors, regardless of the fact that the blades were cable-tied shut, another stupid idea, i needed scissors to open my scissors :bang:

and also been id'd for rizzla papers.

oh i am 22, not 12.

also, me and OH went and did our weekly shopping, including a couple of bottles of wine. then went to the cigarette counter (with wine bottles in hand!) and he was asked for id. hes 26 and looks 30. and she could clearly see the wine bottles. her excuse was "well if im not sure i ask" he looks bloody 30!
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I know what ya mean but if a till tart gets caught they get fired and hit with the fine the shop takes which is a stupid amount of money at that kinda wage. I'd ID everyone to be sure if I was in there shoes. (my friend works at morrisons)
 
i understand that, which is why im not bothered when i get id'd for alcohol. but when the person in question is clearly well over the age its a bit rediculous, esp as at 26 (and looking older) my OH doesnt normally carry id anymore, as he doesnt usually get that problem
 
panther_87k said:
i understand that, which is why im not bothered when i get id'd for alcohol. but when the person in question is clearly well over the age its a bit rediculous, esp as at 26 (and looking older) my OH doesnt normally carry id anymore, as he doesnt usually get that problem
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I see you there :D

I just know my mates logic on this one, is if in doubt if :D
 
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