To be pissed off that Boots wouldn't sell me Nytol?

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I went to Boots today to buy some Nytol. The shop assistant asked me when I had last taken some. I said, a few weeks ago. She refused to sell it to me and said that they could only sell it to someone every 6 months! I've never heard that before when I've bought it previously. When I asked why, she said it's because it's addictive. I am definitely not addicted to it, my sleep has got pretty bad since menopause, and Nytol is one thing that helps me fall asleep. I only use it occasionally.

Was she right to say this? I'm really confused...

By the way was' being sarcastic in case some people didn't get it , perhaps covering up a symptom is ignoring another illness .Continually . So maybe taking the same medication over and over again is doing you no good .

Have a look at this re thyroid issues and HRT
https://www.balance-menopause.com/menopause-library/thyroid-function-and-menopause/

Yeah! The good old days when it was much easier for people to kill themselves using paracetemol so loads more people died! 👏

I didn’t know this about Nytol either. When I worked in a pharmacy it was the upper range pain killers we were told to make absolutely sure when selling (practically had them under lock and key).

Having worked in that environment I do try and remember that they ask questions for good reason (and obviously on me if I choose to exclude any relevant information). Only once have I been very irritated by an assistant - my eldest was about to have his first vaccines and was told to get calpol in advance. Asked at the counter with baby in pram, the assistant asks ‘how old is baby?’ . I said ‘8 weeks, he’s having injections in the next couple of days’ - she firmly said no, it’s for 3 months plus. I said it was the given advice from the surgery/health visitor/on the sodding calpol bottle itself but she wouldn’t budge. Had to leave baby with dad and go to another pharmacy just in case they pulled the same nonsense! Never once been asked since when buying calpol though, and had two more kids.

I know I’ve said upthread that I have bought from the US and that I use phenergan nowadays but I’ve actually been seeing my GP about insomnia for about 3 years and I’m a week into a prescription for a new medication called daridorexant. It’s been wonderful. I’ve had 5 nights with 6-7 hours sleep where normally I’d get 3 if I was lucky.

I’ve had the sleep hygiene advice and the CBTi referral which was no help at all but this medication has been very helpful so far. It’s intended to be for longish term use but my GP is a bit nervous and will only give me a month so I’ll be back on my antihistamine and valerian rotation soon no doubt

It is actually unbelievable that people don't understand I was being sarcastic , is that how far we.ve fallen that people actually believe that 😦 ?

I know all those things. It’s still better than the crushing exhaustion, suicidal thoughts and hallucinations I get from sleeping 1-2 hours a night, every night, when unmedicated.
I have seen a GP many, many times in the 30 years (since I was 9) that I have suffered from insomnia. No underlying issue found. Diagnosis: insomnia.

I got nytol from boots last week but wasn’t allowed the cough medicine as well apparently it was one or the other

I get this. But pharmacists have to follow rules and make people aware of risks, the above, and addiction.

Patients/clients will be the first to turn against them and even sue.

I am totally addicted to Zopiclone- so I do understand.

Maybe because nothing in your post implied sarcasm 🤷‍♀️

You think touting that people be allowed to pkt of 100 paracetamol again sounds right ? Again it displays how unhinged society has become .

I’d like to see the evidence

Phenergan has side effects of memory loss / Impairment, light sensitivity (eyes) due to long term use.

I won't use it again due to these known side effects. People shouldn't get frustrated at Chemists doing their job. They limit OTC medicines for a reason.

Ugh Boots are the worst. You can order from online chemist. I remember going in to get a prescription for anxiety medication (to take on a flight because I’m petrified of flying) and the woman literally gave me hell. She made it so difficult and I was so embarrassed, she literally said out loud what it was and then proceeded to get my doctor on loud speaker to ask
him to confirm!!! He was shocked. I complained and never saw her again in that same Boots.

@Kingoftheroad someone posted some data

She couldn’t really hide her pregnancy as she was small and looked like she was concealing a bowling ball. We needed to cream there and then as we were going away for a few nights.

I do the same when I go to Egypt. I buy strong painkillers, amoxicillin, anything that I may need and will require a 2 week wait to have a phone appointment with my GP to get a prescription.

I bought some anti-altitude sickness tablets from a pharmacy at Bogota airport in Colombia last year. My doctors surgery said I needed an appointment and there was a 2 week wait....I didn't have that smooth of time before my trip.

Thank goodness in other countries you can just buy what you need from the pharmacy!

I was once refused folic acid! I am deficient and so I though it would be cheaper to buy the 90 tablets for a £1 (this was a while ago) instead of paying for the prescription. I was then just going to take the same daily dose in those tables.

Pharmacist asked why I was buying them, I explained and she refused, saying that 'they weren't for that purpose.' I explained that I had a prescription, I was just trying to save money as things were tight. She still refused. I just shrugged, said I would walk across the road to Boots and tell them I was trying to get pregnant.

OP I would recommend you buy ZZQuil from a US online pharmacy, it’s the same molecule (diphenhydramine) as Nytol but a much more efficient release system, it works much faster. Nytol makes me drowsy the next day, ZZQuil doesn’t.

It is not habit forming so safe to take regularly. Much safer than benzos etc.

Insomnia is hell. 💐

It's been posted twice already.

Thank you for that! Can you recommend a US pharmacy to buy that from please?

It just amazes me that they would rather someone with chronic conditions be severely sleep deprived rather than risk them becoming addicted to sleeping pills.

It terrifies me that the sleep deprivation will be what gets my DD in the end.

And yes, we've tried everything. Apart from the old fashioned things that worked but they won't prescribe nowadays.

And me! I’m pregnant with low PPA been advised to take 150mg a day, they wouldn’t let me buy two boxes!

Well you could google for it or are you asking me to look for you?

I did it for you.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2013-02-08-smaller-packs-paracetamol-have-reduced-overdose-deaths-43#:~:text=UK%20legislation%20to%20limit%20paracetamol,to%20200%20deaths%20per%20year.