Help! Ive had a glass of wine and need to take nytol

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I had a large (okay, very large) glass of wine.
Am I okay to take Nytol in 3 or 4 hours? Ice been going through a terrible bout of insomnia and really need to be operational tomorrow:(

I don’t think I’ve taken Night Nurse in years, but it did leave me feeling groggy in the morning.

I know youre right. Im just trying to deal with quite a few things that are building up. A huge deadline, also a bad financial situation while I also try and complete on a property, plus grief. Its a horrible mix and some of these things will resolve later in the month. Ive always had sleep trouble in difficult periods, ever since I was a child.
I just need to get through the next week or two

So is this Promethazine/Phenargan commonplace? I see i can buy it online but is it likely to be in stock at a standard pharmacy as ideally I would be able to pick some up in town today and give it a try tonight (sans wine!)

Yes, it’s an over the counter medication, but you’ll be asked a few questions by the pharmacist before they sell it to you.

Suicide rates would go through the roof if all it took was a large Shiraz and a couple of Nytols to stop you waking up.

And you can buy Night Nurse over the counter, with Promethazine (same as the active ingredient in Phenergan) in it. Don’t know about questions for that, but I’d imagine so, to ensure you’re aware of its strong sedating effect.

I was originally prescribed it as a sleeping aid, which is how I discovered it. It's cheaper to buy OTC than on prescription BUT in my experience pharmacists are iffy about letting you have it without a prescription for sleep purposes, you are better off citing any allergies you may have as your primary reason for wanting it.

Slight derail but it really pisses me off that you have to pay more for something on prescription than you do for exactly the same thing OTC!

Just updating in case anyone reads this thread at a later date and has the same experience!
I went to boots for the Promethazine and they said they dont stock it. In superdrug they said it is no longer sold without prescription. I got it from an independent chemist on my high street.
Will give it a whack tonight!

Did they question you for what you wanted it for?

Nytol is literally just a mild antihistamine that makes some people mildly drowsy. It’s not a ‘sleeping tablet’ as such. If it was you wouldn’t be able to buy it over the counter. You’re going to be fine.

Drinking a glass of wine and taking a Nytol is really not akin to knocking back a bottle of vodka and a handful of barbiturates. Calm down.

Don’t be ridiculous. I sometimes wonder how people get to adulthood thinking things like this

Yes they did, they asked me if it was for nausea, I said no for insomnia, which then resulted in the pharmacist having a hushed conversation with another pharmacist while i stood there feeling like "uh oh". They seemed to be trying to decide between two different boxes of the same thing but with different branding 🤷‍♀️

There's nothing ridiculous about it. The notice clearly states not to drink alcohol with it

Like all anticholinergics, promethazine is associated with an increased risk of dementia. As is diphenhydramine (Nytol).