...to wonder why people buy branded painkillers

[LividofLondon]

AIBU to wonder why people buy branded painkillers when they are so much more expensive than non-branded painkillers? I'm talking about the basic ranges where the ingredients can be compared like for like, for example:

16 Sainsbury's Ibuprofen caplets = £0.35 (2p per 200mg tablet)

16 Nurofen Pain Killer caplets (each caplet contains: Ibuprofen 200mg) = £1.95 (12p per 200mg tablet)

OK, some of the branded painkillers also have extra ingredients to make them better, but these 2 are the same (both only contain 200mg ibuprofen). I've even heard pharmacists saying they're the same. Why spend more than you need to?

Shiny coating for me! I can swallow Anadin straight out of the packet without needing a drink of water, which makes them far more convenient to have with me in the handbag/car.

Sorry to derail your thread op but vinegar, you don't actually drink vinegar do you? I mean bloody hell!

I do Herrena - only in small quantities though! (like a teaspoon full). I eat lemon rind too.

Can't at the moment though - 27 weeks pg and full of enough acid as it is!

Some of the supermarket brands are coated, the Asda ibruprofen is.