Where's all the paracetamol gone?

[damekindness]

Not sure if I'm imagining this but there seems to be less and less paracetamol and other Over The Counter painkillers on the shelves in shops ? None in the local Aldi for weeks.

None in all our cheap shops, Bodycare, Savers, B&M, Home Bargains.
Not sure about Boots and Superdrug.

@placemats 120 tablets for &2.79 :)
https://www.pharmacyfirst.co.uk/4-x-cetirizine-10mg-tablets-30-tablets-free-delivery-4xt115.html

I have an injury at the moment that means I'm taking paracetamol and ibuprofen constantly, I recently discovered that you can buy big boxes over the counter. It's revolutionised my life as we don't live near any shops so keeping stocked up was a nightmare.

Are you in the UK? @treeplop .

Yes

Where can you get large quantities of paracetamol over the counter without prescription?

At any mainstream pharmacy, although I think both of mine have been Lloyd's.

Define "big boxes "?

@treeplop I’d also like to know your source of drugs for later reference

Define "big boxes "?
I understood this to mean packs of 32 paracetomol, rather than the 16 tab packs sold in supermarkets.
You can buy 3 packs of the 32 tab size at pharmacies and online.

Support your local chemist might be a way to go

I always stockpile ibuprofen and paracetamol when I'm out for my arthritis, they only last just over a couple days a pack. Soalways make sure I have plenty in so when I'm really struggling I don't have go out to buy it but have also noticed there seems to be less available

@BeerandBiscuits I didn't know that, will enquire at the pharmacy this week will make ife alot easier

Legally the maximum you can buy in one transaction is 32 (if there is a pharmacist on the premises), if somewhere is selling 3 boxes they are breaking the law (assuming you are in the UK).

The Pound shops are selling paracetamol here in the South, no shortage of anything.

Looks like it is all at Dorridge Sainsbury's (NR Solihull) so you can all head off there....

Bercows. Will your tea bags last until 31 October? Hopefully your loo rolls too!

On another thread posters insisted panick buying wouldn’t lead to shortages. How wrong they are. Just wait until No Deal is a reality!

No shortages here. I buy it every week at lots of different shops and haven't noticed any difference in stock.

YANBU. I take 8 paracetamol a day for chronic pain. GP won’t prescribe due to cost which is fine but the max pharmacies will sell is around 96 tablets so I’m constantly buying. I have noticed a few shops have been short, although I’m not hugely worried yet.

I wondered how long it would be before someone blamed it on Brexit!

I can't find 75mg aspirin - GP recommended.

I'm now cutting 300mg tabs into sort-of quarters.

It's threads like this that start people panic buying @damekindness

I have thought that most of the supermarkets look half-empty for about the past month or so. Loads of empty spaces from fresh fruit and veg aisles to the freezer section. Same in most of the clothes shops...

My mum takes paracetamol for arthritis (along with slow release morphine patches) and the whole family buy two packets every time we go anywhere that sells it because we can only buy enough for four days at a time. We've had no trouble buying it anywhere - supermarkets, pharmacies and discount stores.

treetop which shop can you get big boxes from?