bags of 100 Aspirin

Luminance it’s not sensible as you can walk round a pharmacy and buy your two packets walk round again and buy two more then walk into the next pharmacy and buy more

I have a first aid drawer in the kitchen
I used to give the kids gripe water especially my eldest who had colic really badly
I still buy germalene
Do you remember calamine lotion for sunburn or chicken pox spots
My kids laugh at me and say their memory of being ill was lucozade and chicken noodle soup
I used to use arrow root for the trots
Vicks in those days was Vick and much much stronger than it is now

Oh yes, I remember this too, now they are limited. This is so that a person suffering mentally cannot make a quick decision to harm themselves. Rather sensible really.

I remember junior aspirin - its was either orange or raspberry flavoured.

nanaK54
My Auntie used to take something called (I think) 'Andrews Liver Salts' daily, not sure what that was all about

That was a favourite of my Mum’s. A spoonful of the powder in a glass of water to make an effervescent drink. It was used as an antacid and was also a mild laxative.

My Mum used to buy several tins while we were on holiday in Ireland in the summer as it was cheaper there. She was like an Andrews liver salts drug mule passing through customs at the ferry terminal hoping they wouldn’t confiscate her stash 😆

I have just googled Beecham’s powders, still sold, and they are Aspirin and caffeine.
I didn’t know Aspirin was still freely sold, I assume the pharmacist is sent for and a warning issued.

“My First Aid box is the beige plastic Mothercare baby box that one of our friends bought us for when we had our first DD - that was 42 years ago! Large cantilevered with a shallow tray on the top. Anyone else remember them?”

I still use my Mothercare box ( grey in my case) - it’s now my sewing box.

dab of water and a plaster…

We have a first aid box in the kitchen, another in the car and a little one that comes out with me whenever I go out with GCn. Lots of things can be fixed with a dab of water and

I have never used the sterile dressings and micropore though (not cool!).

I swear by Beechams Powders! Think it stems from teenage years when I often had bad bouts of tonsillitis . I still use them if I am under the weather. I also remember those little bottles of aspirin with the cotton wool in the neck of the bottle.

My First Aid box is the beige plastic Mothercare baby box that one of our friends bought us for when we had our first DD - that was 42 years ago! Large cantilevered with a shallow tray on the top. Anyone else remember them?!

Granmarderby10

Aspirin in a glass bottle with cotton wool stuffed in the neck. Don’t know why!

Oh yes, I had forgotten that.

My Auntie used to take something called (I think) 'Andrews Liver Salts' daily, not sure what that was all about.

Gripe water is still around but doesn't contain alcohol now. I used to like Lion ointment, which was good for a lot of things, but is now only available on Amazon.

Not many years ago, doctors used to prescribe large quantities of Paracetamol to patients. I was a domicilliary carer and often went to elderly people who had hundreds of them.

Pleased to hear that Boots have Germolene again. When I asked for it last year, the assistant told me that they had stopped selling Germolene products.

Rather than a nice neat medicine box we had a rather untidy little chest of drawers - containing first aid essentials and various slings bandages and supports. Medicines are still on a top shelf even though our son is now far taller than either of us!

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I bought Germolene in a tube yesterday Allira from the Boots downstairs to us.

Thanks FriedGreenTomatoes2

Last time I asked the assistant said if it's not on the shelf we haven't got it, but that was a while ago!
Tesco sometimes has it.

Pretty sure it was the late 90s that the law came in to limit number that could be bought otc

I bought Germolene in a tube yesterday Allira from the Boots downstairs to us.

Granmarderby10

Aspirin in a glass bottle with cotton wool stuffed in the neck. Don’t know why!

Ha, yes!

Yes, I do keep a first aid box but these days it is a quite small container, with reserve monthly stock of medicines I need and others for DGC emergencies.

However, when my DC were small, medicines took up a large space. This was because after a visit to the doctor’s , I took the prescription to the pharmacy, where we were given medicine sold in packets from the manufacturer, not split up and counted out like in the UK. So if you had to take one tablet for ten days and the packet had twelve you kept the two odd ones left incase it could be used with another prescription within the date limit.

There was a time, many years ago that pharmacies excepted in-date medicine, to be redistributed 3rd world countries but it was found certain people in the trade were reselling them. At that time, about twenty years ago you paid for the medicine but got refunded through your bank.

These days, we don’t pay for the majority of medicines in France, if the doctor has prescribed them, but you have to show your medical identity card. Sadly there are still leftover half packets.

Yes, we've got a First Aid box but other things, like a sling, knee support, etc are all over the place.

We like Germolene antiseptic cream but it's increasingly difficult to find. None on the shelves in our Boots.

I have a First Aid box and I also have a First Aid Travel kit.

I can remember big bottles of Aspirin and no regulations on buying Paracetamol - until it was found that taking just a few too many could cause lifelong damage (and much worse, of course).

I still have a medicine box - actually 2 large ice cream cartons with the usual over the counter meds - painkillers, anti inflammatories, TCP, plasters, bandages, antiseptic cream, remedy for indigestion, honey barrier cream, Bonjela etc. Kept in a high kitchen cupboard.

I can remember buying paracetermol in packs of 100, not that long ago, until the new laws came in.