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

[Appalonia]

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...

Just go to another shop.

Haha of course im not relying on it and I actually take minimal meds. The point I am
making is that I am an adult, I can make decisions for myself as to how much I take.

we are living in a nanny state. If these meds are being so abused or
are so dangerous then they should be prescription only

It's the rules... no it isn't, they make these rules up. Jacks in office, the lot of them.

Nothing credible

Absolutely agree - we are living in a nanny state - we are adults and can make decisions for ourselves.

That sounds awful. Insomnia is terrible; I get it sometimes and I swear that I’d sell my soul to the devil just to be able to sleep!

Do you not find that you become immune to the Nytol, though?

Complete side track but Iv found magnesium supplements really helped. H+B sell few that you can drink. Iv found a scoop in some milk has really helped me fall asleep and stay asleep. Weirdly nytol gives me a hangover

I now just lie when I’m asked questions by a Pharmacist in a shop. I have generally checked out the questions I’m likely to be asked and just lie. I think it’s my choice which chemicals I want to take.

What is it like taking Nytol? How quickly do you fall asleep?
(misses point of thread!)

@Farmwifefarmlife I order from here now. Free postage and slightly cheaper than boots. You can order up to 112 (4 packs) https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/aspirin-75mg-enteric-coated-gastro-resistant-28-tablets/?attributeselect-quantity=1+Pack+(28+Tablets)&gaddsource=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxeyxBhC7ARIsAC7dS39IMQ1x101OfbsNNn40emP8SjBq5-o8lBxNyp3ZZUBnwdhNK-7NKAaAtihEALw_wcB

Princess Diana died and Labour won the GE.

It’s not infallible, but 20/25 minutes, maybe?

What do you call 'strong painkillers' - opiates? You do realise they are highly addictive, and have really serious side effects. Do you drive?

As for antibiotics, I am sure you know that more and more people are getting resistant due to over use and self medication. Antibiotics have had such an amazing effect on so many diseases- if they stop to work, due to overuse and resistance, we are all in VERY VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE.

I don’t actually take them all the time, just when I’m really struggling. Definitely more than the recommended amount though. In conjunction with 5mg melatonin it usually gives me a decent night.

I went to India a few years ago and was amazed at all the drugs you could buy without a prescription!

Not everyone is capable of making those decisions though, or something may happen that day that they feel like they want to take more than the reccomended amount. While you may feel you can deal with the implications of that. If the implication is death then your family may feel differently, look to blame someone - oh its the pharmacy's fault as they sold too many.

They then get prosecuted as they didn't ask the right questions/sold more than allowed.

The British Medical Journal isn't credible? 🙄

Why didn’t you buy nytol ?

Wtf is Nytol?
Ok, gonna Google it up.
😁

😄thanks. I was hoping it would be quicker than that! Takes me few minutes normally, can be hour on a bad day so I could buy it for those days.

I was more annoyed when they stopped making tyrozets!

I recall buying some many years ago. The shop assistant was apparently legally required to inform me that it may make me drowsy, to which I replied that I'd be disappointed if it didn't! Sadly it didn't.

Nytol never worked for me either!

Look at the problems N Africa has with Tramadol , there was even a British based man who took so many over there for relatives . I think really prescribing yourself medication is a good way to hide illnesses and not realise what you are doing to the body instead of lying to pharmacy .

Never managed to get that sold to me in a pharmacy, either. Even with a note on the GP surgery letterhead saying 'buy Phenergan' (as it was their helpful instruction and they assumed I'd forget the name, what with not having slept for more than a couple of hours a night for months).

Thankfully, I seem to have aged out of the 'you must be planning to set up your own Meth lab' mindset when attempting to buy pseudoephedrine these days and I'm quite able to politely decline the upselling they have to try to do. has to be some advantages to looking old, I guess.