Can you buy inhalers over the counter in Boots in UK?

[oxocube]

I am visiting my parents tomorrow and my asthma has been really bad lately - my inhaler is pretty low and I don't have time to order a new one here. I heard that some inhalers eg Ventolin, are available over the counter. Is this true?

[MrsRecycle]

Oh this happened to me when I was visiting my parents and didn't have one and had a really bad attack. I went to the chemist and they prescribed me an emergency one and just faxed my Doctors for the prescription.

[chocdonutyy]

If you have proof it is prescribed then you can get an emergency prescription from a pharmacy. Most supermarket ones are open at weekends.
A repeat slip, pharmacy label on box or sometimes just the inhaler, worth a try.

[ScarletOverkill]

Asda sell the blue ones for £7 in their pharmacies

[LockingJay]

I had the same experience as Mrs recycle. Went in to chemist explained and they gave an inhaler after contacting doctors surgery.

[PitchFork]

no, salbutamol is prescription only.
I have heard that chemists might be able to give one inhaler as a stop gap. but not sure how that would work if away from home, i.e. not your usual chemist.

[DottyGiraffe]

Yes, ASDA do and Superdrug do if you've got a copy of your prescription.

ASDA I didn't need a script but had a consultation with the pharmacist.

This was pre- electronic prescriptions though so maybe they can access those now, I don't know.

[FruitCider]

Yes Asda dispense salbutamol without a prescription as a patient group direction.

[Organisedchaosalways]

Do you know if they still sell them, it'll be cheaper than paying for the prescription

[whifflesqueak]

organised I bought one for a fiver I think a couple of weeks ago.

was about 100 miles from home and my blue ran out. pharmacist was extremely helpful but I don't know if they'd allow it as a regular thing.

[MozzchopsThirty]

Yes you can

[user1497463748]

You can buy over the counter on the Internet. There are online pharmacies that sell generic medicines. I ordered several times (site -
//www.meds-store24.com/medicine-products-asthma-en.html), the only problem is that you need to wait for the delivery time.

[maggiso]

i've bought ventolin under the emergency supply system - the pharmacist had to fax my go I think. I was very wheezy at the time. I don't know how that would work at a weekend perhaps sort out a new one tomorrow
.

[leslyrachael19]

I bought my daughter one from an online pharmacy called Pharmica (www.pharmica.co.uk/asthma/ventolin) about 2 months ago. It was done as a private prescription, I believe, and cost about £14.

[totaltime123]

I need an inhaler Karen what shops sell them?