Reply to: Lemsip "Max"

[Platypus]

A lot of countries force drugs makers to put the antidote to paracetamol poisoning in the paracetamol pills, making it much harder to kill yourself with them, the antidote stops it messing up your liver while doing nothing to stop the therapeutic affect etc – the only reason they don’t do that here is the very small additional cost per pill which has always sounded crazy to me. As little as a 25 % overdose of paracetamol can kill you, so you need to be very wary of anything you take that may have paracetamol without you being aware of it. One of the worst aspects of death by paracetamol overdose, especially those who do suicide this way, is that its routine to wake up in hospital and be “fine” and conscious for a few days while being unsavable and dying from liver failure, so many live a few days regretting their overdose but too late for the medics to do anything.

Nasty stuff.

^ indeed.

Good post.

I agree that it's just bonkers not to make all paracetemol the "safe" type. Well, not so much bonkers as criminal.

[russell]

Repeat until you feel better.

And take the ibuprofen.

Just have one I think, or Ill end up rather drunk, don't have ibuprofen either.

[Old Greg]

Only had cognac, no cloves so made it with Cognac, manuka honey hot water and slice of lemon. Very nice.

Repeat until you feel better.

And take the ibuprofen.

[russell]

Stick cloves in a slice of lemon in the whisky.

Only had cognac, no cloves so made it with Cognac, manuka honey hot water and slice of lemon. Very nice.

[CoolCat]

A lot of countries force drugs makers to put the antidote to paracetamol poisoning in the paracetamol pills, making it much harder to kill yourself with them, the antidote stops it messing up your liver while doing nothing to stop the therapeutic affect etc – the only reason they don’t do that here is the very small additional cost per pill which has always sounded crazy to me. As little as a 25 % overdose of paracetamol can kill you, so you need to be very wary of anything you take that may have paracetamol without you being aware of it. One of the worst aspects of death by paracetamol overdose, especially those who do suicide this way, is that its routine to wake up in hospital and be “fine” and conscious for a few days while being unsavable and dying from liver failure, so many live a few days regretting their overdose but too late for the medics to do anything.

Nasty stuff.

[Old Greg]

Good idea, I have some Manuka honey and and whisky, will give it a try.

Stick cloves in a slice of lemon in the whisky.

[russell]

And you can get pissed:

Good idea, I have some Manuka honey and and whisky, will give it a try.

[tranceporter]

What's the red bit?

Looks like a shredded balloon..

[d000hg]

What's the red bit?

[darmstadt]

And you can get pissed:

[Old Greg]

Remember that you can double team paracetamol and ibuprofen, so that you don't overdose... And yes the supermarket own brands are no different to the more expensive ones!

No, fancy packaging is more effective.

The end of homeopathy? – Bad Science

The placebo response is about far more than the pills – it is about the cultural meaning of a treatment, our expectation, and more. So we know that four sugar pills a day will clear up ulcers quicker than two sugar pills, we know that a saltwater injection is a more effective treatment for pain than a sugar pill, we know that green sugar pills are more effective for anxiety than red, and we know that brand packaging on painkillers increases pain relief.

[Alias]

The Vicks First Defence stuff is pretty good...

[kal]

Remember that you can double team paracetamol and ibuprofen, so that you don't overdose... And yes the supermarket own brands are no different to the more expensive ones!

[d000hg]

All these new flavours aren't right. It's supposed to taste horrid - as a kid I remember barely being able to drink the stuff.

[russell]

It is designed to take money off idiots.

How much did they cost?

It was this one, look at the nice box and festive flavour, I couldn't resist.