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Kaolin & Morphine medicine... Still available?

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maydaychild · 26/12/2011 21:27

I grew up on the stuff.
I tried to buy some last week getting ready for winter vom type bugs. Couldn't get any in Lloyds
Anyone know if I can actually still buy this???

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JingleBelleDameSansMerci · 26/12/2011 21:30

I got some in Boots but they asked how often I bought it... About once every five years!

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maydaychild · 26/12/2011 21:36

Was that very recently? My last bottle was prob about 8 monts ago, still has 6 months on

DH has just begun the feel sick saga and DS has had 10 loose nappies since lunch.... (not that he can have it )

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Happydogsaddog · 26/12/2011 21:40

Every pharmacy (my local lloyds does - bought it last week) sells it, just beware of just Kaolin (I was duped in Morrisons once)

Eve · 26/12/2011 21:41

Oh yuk yuk , yukty yuk!!! My mother fed me this stuff, it's vile!

..but flippin good for upset tum!

Have tried a few times to get some but never found any locally.

fedup10 · 26/12/2011 21:55

I brought children's kaolin in lloyds pharmacy the other week, the pharmacist did say to me that not many places sell kaolin and morphine anymore, just the kaolin.

JingleBelleDameSansMerci · 26/12/2011 22:00

I think it was last year. On the Boots website you can only order with a prescription but I think you can still buy it.

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maydaychild · 26/12/2011 22:02

Happy dog, check your bottle if you could... is it Kaolin with some random bicarb type product or actually does it have MORPHINE in it?
ruddy drug addicts

lloyds told me no chance....
and yes Eve, yucky yuk but very effective.

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sheepgomeep · 26/12/2011 23:19

My parents always used to have a bottle of this but I never understood what is it for?? Does it stop you being sick?

Fluffycloudland77 · 27/12/2011 13:48

MY DHs nan was addicted to it 20yrs ago, she used to get the neighbours to smuggle it in for her.

AllotmentFreak · 27/12/2011 19:45

Went to a chemist once as I had severe stomach pain, got some Kaolin and Morphine and hoped I would feel better, not so - turned out I had appendicitis . Still think of that time whenever Kaolin and Morphine is mentioned.

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maydaychild · 27/12/2011 20:31

Dunno, makes me burp and stops stomach cramps

Trouble is, addicts siphone off the morphine bit instead of shaking it in!

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Fairytightsonmychristmastree · 27/12/2011 22:54

I remember having this as a child and the horrid chalky taste. I have to say though, it was very effective. Think its a shame its so hard to get hold of these days.

I would be interested to know if you can still buy it over the counter.

baubleybobbityhat · 27/12/2011 23:00

Surely it just stops the squits? Morphine is extraordinarily constipating.

Get some immodium for your dh.

Although with a bug I would have thought its best to get it out of your system iykwim, rather than encouraging it to stay in there?

Tinselrella · 27/12/2011 23:04

God, kaolin. I remember being mortified once when I was a teenager and I had to go to a chemist and buy 5kg of the stuff. I explained it was for my horse, but I don't think they believed me.

Sorry, have no idea if you can still buy it, but it brought back that memory!

gingeroots · 29/12/2011 10:34

Yes ,you can still buy Kaolin and morphine .
I always get the Collis Brown one as Lloyds one was yuck .
Collis Brown has peppermint oil ,and some kind of morphine ,though whether it's the morphine that would be available to a morphine addict I doubt .
It's warming and soothing if you have the awful cramps you can have with stomach troubles .
Doesn't bung me up as much as immodium .
Though I find it slightly strange that on the bottle it says it's also for coughs .
Maybe it relaxes the muscles or something and makes the coughing less ?

delusionsofadequacy · 31/12/2011 09:54

Morphine is a cough suppressant as well as a pain killer and anti-diarrhoeal, most pharmacies don't keep kaolin and morphine on the shelves as it has a tendency to be stolen due to its addictive nature. Some don't keep it at all as loperamide (immodium) is more effective and non addictive, so they don't feel that there is a need to if you see what i mean.

tinagee1234 · 07/04/2017 15:33

I used to buy the original Kaolin and Morphine years ago for stomach etc when I last purchased it a couple of weeks ago it was disgusting I phoned the company up and said the ingredients had been changed they told me EU ruling said they had to take some ingredients out including chloroform it is now really vile to take
and the collins one is not much better wish the EU would stop meddling.
anyone know of anything similar with chloroform in?

jimbo1897 · 06/04/2019 12:19

Hi Ladies. I live in Hull and just bought some from the small chemist in story street. Small chemists will still order this for you. I ordered mine and it arrived the NEXT MORNING! You can also get it by post. Just search for "kaolin and morphine uk."

Oldmum55 · 06/04/2019 20:18

Thanks Jimbo1897 ! Will look it up, no modern remedies are as good and as effective as good old Kaolin & Morphine! I remember it used to stop queasiness as well as loose bowels.

jimbo1897 · 06/04/2019 21:16

Hi Oldmum55. My pleasure. Slightly off topic but you mentioned "queasiness." A good old remedy, that works on all stomach and intestine problems, is raw or Crystallised Ginger. I always keep a bag handy. You can usually find it in the "cooking" area in supermarkets. It also pops up in shops selling those small bags of nuts. I get mine from Home Bargins in Hull.

Oldmum55 · 06/04/2019 21:21

Will have a look in Home Bargains for crystallised ginger too Jimbo1897. Thanks again, the old fashioned remedies are still the best and I guess the least harmful.

labazsisgoingmad · 07/04/2019 14:09

is milk of magnesia still about that was good too

Kronus · 16/10/2022 10:11

The Government (well the EEC instructed us) to take Kaolin & Morphone Off the Market because some people were abusing it. Well Now we're free of the EEC interference.
It was the Only thing that would settle my stomach down during the night. I used to, and still do get severe Acid Reflux, expecially when in bed, to the point I would have to sit up to sleep. I have tried all the standards, liquids and tab, none worked, then a Chemist introduced me to Kaolin & Morphine, and It was wonderous. Well thank the medicine Gods, its back, not the same,they've tweeked it, but it's back, but still most chemists think it's not, so you will have to ask your local to order it.

Kronus · 13/11/2022 09:44

Oh you can get it online now, but the suppliers are taking the piss with the prices. I've seen prices range from £2.00 to £9 per 200ml bottle And then you have to pay £5 to have it delivered, and as you an only buy 1 at a time that's another piss take.
The £2.99 supplier are the worse, (Only £2.99 but look OH! out of Stock) so that's just click bait.

peridito · 13/11/2022 14:16

@Kronus -could you post a link to the pricey £15 stuff ?

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