In message <qaighi93vh89edi5cl4tot1opc22nv9c03@4ax.com> at Sat, 30 Sep
2023 17:17:06, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes
>On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:42:14 +0100, Mike Ruddock
><ruddock117@btinternet.com> scrawled in the dust...
[]
>>They charged me £7.56 for 100. I was startled never having had to pay
>>that much before, but needs must . . .
>
>Blimey!
>I pay 98p for a box of 96 in Morrissons.

For those of us who still use saccharin rather than the fancy
sweeteners, Morrisons are the cheapest for those too: 1000 for a pound
(and in a proper dispenser, though when they started they were in a
fiddly tube). 0.1p a pill - not much that cheap these days!
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On 30-Sep-23 17:13, John Ashby wrote:
> On 30/09/2023 14:56, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 29/09/2023 16:19, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Is there anything special about 75mg aspirin? Do they have a special
>>>> coating to prevent them dissolving before they have passed through the
>>>> stomach onto the gut? Otherwise, would cutting a standard asprin
>>>> tablet (55p for 16 in most supermarkets and bargain pharmacies) into
>>>> quarters work for you?
>>>
>>> Or just lick a willow tree?
>>>
>>
>> Might that make one sick-a-more times than not? Anyone for a ton or
>> two of
>> sycamore pellets?
>>
>
> This is a serious problem for elder people so it's nothing to Joak
> about. That should be elmentary courtesy. Consider yourself to
> beechastised.

Balsa!

--
Sam Plusnet

On 30-Sep-23 9:52, Mike McMillan wrote:
> John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 29/09/2023 21:39, Mike Ruddock wrote:
>>> On 29/09/2023 19:04, Joe Kerr wrote:
>>>> On 29/09/2023 14:42, Mike Ruddock wrote:
>>>>> Stand by for Rant!
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to take one 75mg aspirin tablet a day (long story, not relevant).
>>>>> Running low I called at our local pharmacy (nationwide, name begins
>>>>> with a K).
>>>>> They charged me £7.56 for 100. I was startled never having had to pay
>>>>> that much before, but needs must . . .
>>>>>
>>>> I don't wish to make you feel even worse about this but I note your
>>>> use of "need to take". Can you not get them on prescription?
>>>> Especially if you have a sympathetic doctor who knows what you get
>>>> charged locally.
>>>>
>>>> My father had paracetamol on prescription in bulk and that was "take
>>>> as required".
>>>>
>>> I could but they (the 75 mg ones) used to be so cheap that it seemed
>>> miserly to get them on prescription.
>>> Mike Ruddock
>>>
>>
>> I suffered the indignity of being given a prescription for ibuprofen
>> well before I qualified for free prescriptions. And in insufficient
>> quantity to justify not going to Poundland.
>>
>> I never trusted that GP again, since she either didn't read the notes or
>> was innumerate.
>>
>> Mine dew, reading of notes seems to be a dying art, given the struggle I
>> had to make sure I didn't have the same knee injected twice recently.
>> Not only could they not tell left from right they believed February was
>> six weeks before September.
>>
>> john
>>
>
> I think they trained at the same medical college (or whatever) as our
> pharmacy staff; totally inadequate, innumerate, unable to communicate in
> the King’s tongue, with no calendar awareness hardly begins to encompass
> their shortcomings…
>
A lot of those terribly difficult tasks (like reading a calendar) have
long since been taken over by software, so when they have to fall back
on their own resources...

--
Sam Plusnet
(Who admits to having called up the Windows calculator app, in order to
add up three numbers.)

On 30-Sep-23 11:58, Mike Ruddock wrote:
> On 30/09/2023 08:55, Chris wrote:
>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>> Mike Ruddock <ruddock117@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>> Stand by for Rant!
>>>>
>>>> I need to take one 75mg aspirin tablet a day (long story, not
>>>> relevant).
>>>> Running low I called at our local pharmacy (nationwide, name begins
>>>> with
>>>> a K).
>>>> They charged me £7.56 for 100. I was startled never having had to pay
>>>> that much before, but needs must . . .
>>>> When I got home I went on line and found:
>>>>
>>>> Express Chemist sold the same quantity for £2.65
>>>>
>>>> Welzo sold the same quantity for £1.72
>>>>
>>>> Boots on line sold the same quantity for £1.99
>>>>
>>>> (our local Boots didn't have any for sale.)
>>>>
>>>> Our local Superdrug sold a box of 100 for £3.49
>>>>
>>>> Now one expects a local shop to charge more than an on-line supplier,
>>>> but here we have two local shops one selling at a mark-up of over 100%
>>>> of the other.
>>>> I called at K's with two boxes and their till receipts and was told in
>>>> effect "Don't ask me guv I just sell 'em for what the head office tell
>>>> me to."
>>>> I shall be writing to the head office of K's to see what explanation
>>>> they can offer.
>>>>
>>>> Rant over.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Ruddock
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Wherever K is, he’s nowhere here.  Possibly, fortunately.
>>>
>>> Mrs McT
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Pill cutters, Amazon.  Cheap as chips by the look of it. Whether
>> they’re up
>> to cutting I know not.

>>
> They are not fit for purpose.

I'm not recommending this, it's more of a thought experiment.

Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
clever people.

--
Sam Plusnet

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> On 30-Sep-23 11:58, Mike Ruddock wrote:
>> On 30/09/2023 08:55, Chris wrote:
>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> Mike Ruddock <ruddock117@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>> Stand by for Rant!
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to take one 75mg aspirin tablet a day (long story, not
>>>>> relevant).
>>>>> Running low I called at our local pharmacy (nationwide, name begins
>>>>> with
>>>>> a K).
>>>>> They charged me £7.56 for 100. I was startled never having had to pay
>>>>> that much before, but needs must . . .
>>>>> When I got home I went on line and found:
>>>>>
>>>>> Express Chemist sold the same quantity for £2.65
>>>>>
>>>>> Welzo sold the same quantity for £1.72
>>>>>
>>>>> Boots on line sold the same quantity for £1.99
>>>>>
>>>>> (our local Boots didn't have any for sale.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Our local Superdrug sold a box of 100 for £3.49
>>>>>
>>>>> Now one expects a local shop to charge more than an on-line supplier,
>>>>> but here we have two local shops one selling at a mark-up of over 100%
>>>>> of the other.
>>>>> I called at K's with two boxes and their till receipts and was told in
>>>>> effect "Don't ask me guv I just sell 'em for what the head office tell
>>>>> me to."
>>>>> I shall be writing to the head office of K's to see what explanation
>>>>> they can offer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rant over.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Ruddock
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wherever K is, he’s nowhere here.  Possibly, fortunately.
>>>>
>>>> Mrs McT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Pill cutters, Amazon.  Cheap as chips by the look of it. Whether
>>> they’re up
>>> to cutting I know not.
>
>>>
>> They are not fit for purpose.
>
> I'm not recommending this, it's more of a thought experiment.
>
> Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
> Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
> It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
> Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
> Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
> clever people.
>

You expect us to swallow that idea?!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 30/09/2023 20:02, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 30-Sep-23 11:58, Mike Ruddock wrote:
>> On 30/09/2023 08:55, Chris wrote:
>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> Mike Ruddock <ruddock117@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>> Stand by for Rant!
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to take one 75mg aspirin tablet a day (long story, not
>>>>> relevant).
>>>>> Running low I called at our local pharmacy (nationwide, name begins
>>>>> with
>>>>> a K).
>>>>> They charged me £7.56 for 100. I was startled never having had to pay
>>>>> that much before, but needs must . . .
>>>>> When I got home I went on line and found:
>>>>>
>>>>> Express Chemist sold the same quantity for £2.65
>>>>>
>>>>> Welzo sold the same quantity for £1.72
>>>>>
>>>>> Boots on line sold the same quantity for £1.99
>>>>>
>>>>> (our local Boots didn't have any for sale.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Our local Superdrug sold a box of 100 for £3.49
>>>>>
>>>>> Now one expects a local shop to charge more than an on-line supplier,
>>>>> but here we have two local shops one selling at a mark-up of over 100%
>>>>> of the other.
>>>>> I called at K's with two boxes and their till receipts and was told in
>>>>> effect "Don't ask me guv I just sell 'em for what the head office tell
>>>>> me to."
>>>>> I shall be writing to the head office of K's to see what explanation
>>>>> they can offer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rant over.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Ruddock
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wherever K is, he’s nowhere here.  Possibly, fortunately.
>>>>
>>>> Mrs McT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Pill cutters, Amazon.  Cheap as chips by the look of it. Whether
>>> they’re up
>>> to cutting I know not.
>
>>>
>> They are not fit for purpose.
>
> I'm not recommending this, it's more of a thought experiment.
>
> Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
> Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
> It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
> Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
> Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
> clever people.
>

Won't buying such a set of scales attract the attention of your local
drug squad?

john

On 01/10/2023 10:23, John Ashby wrote:
> On 30/09/2023 20:02, Sam Plusnet wrote:

<snip>

>> Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
>> Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
>> It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
>> Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
>> Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
>> clever people.
>>
>
> Won't buying such a set of scales attract the attention of your local
> drug squad?
>
> john

Good point. Best way is to chop the 300mg pill up on a toilet cistern
lid in a nightclub using a razor blade, then divide the powder into four
by eye.

Or dissolve the larger pill and soak it into blotting paper which you
can then dry and cut up.

--
Cheers
Clive

On 01/10/2023 11:15, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 01/10/2023 10:23, John Ashby wrote:
>> On 30/09/2023 20:02, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>> Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
>>> Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
>>> It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
>>> Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
>>> Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
>>> clever people.
>>>
>>
>> Won't buying such a set of scales attract the attention of your local
>> drug squad?
>>
>> john
>
> Good point.  Best way is to chop the 300mg pill up on a toilet cistern
> lid in a nightclub using a razor blade, then divide the powder into four
> by eye.
>
> Or dissolve the larger pill and soak it into blotting paper which you
> can then dry and cut up.
>

You have way more expertise in these things than I do.

You're nicked, sunshine.

john

In message <ufbh6d$1gsm8$1@dont-email.me> at Sun, 1 Oct 2023 11:21:01,
John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>On 01/10/2023 11:15, Clive Arthur wrote:
>> On 01/10/2023 10:23, John Ashby wrote:
>>> On 30/09/2023 20:02, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
>>>> Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
>>>> It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
>>>> Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
>>>> Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise
>>>>for... clever people.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Won't buying such a set of scales attract the attention of your
>>>local drug squad?

Especially as you'd be using them to weigh out powders when they raided!

I bought some - not sure if they went to anything like as small as 1 mg,
for my blind friend, but they did cause observations from friends about
it looking like they were a drug dealer. (I'd bought them as they were a
speaking model.)
>>>
>>> john
>> Good point.  Best way is to chop the 300mg pill up on a toilet
>>cistern lid in a nightclub using a razor blade, then divide the
>>powder into four by eye.

Hmm, I wonder if aspirin can be taken nasally!

>> Or dissolve the larger pill and soak it into blotting paper which
>>you can then dry and cut up.
>>
>
>You have way more expertise in these things than I do.
>
>You're nicked, sunshine.
>
>john

(-:
--
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their own, are sane." - Monty Python's Flying Circu

On Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:34:43 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

>On 30-Sep-23 17:13, John Ashby wrote:
>> On 30/09/2023 14:56, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 29/09/2023 16:19, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>>> Is there anything special about 75mg aspirin? Do they have a special
>>>>> coating to prevent them dissolving before they have passed through the
>>>>> stomach onto the gut? Otherwise, would cutting a standard asprin
>>>>> tablet (55p for 16 in most supermarkets and bargain pharmacies) into
>>>>> quarters work for you?
>>>>
>>>> Or just lick a willow tree?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Might that make one sick-a-more times than not? Anyone for a ton or
>>> two of
>>> sycamore pellets?
>>>
>>
>> This is a serious problem for elder people so it's nothing to Joak
>> about. That should be elmentary courtesy. Consider yourself to
>> beechastised.
>
>Balsa!

That floats my boat.

--
Regards, Paul Herber
https://www.paulherber.co.uk/

On Sun, 1 Oct 2023 10:23:57 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On 30/09/2023 20:02, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 30-Sep-23 11:58, Mike Ruddock wrote:
>>> On 30/09/2023 08:55, Chris wrote:
>>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>>> Mike Ruddock <ruddock117@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Stand by for Rant!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need to take one 75mg aspirin tablet a day (long story, not
>>>>>> relevant).
>>>>>> Running low I called at our local pharmacy (nationwide, name begins
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> a K).
>>>>>> They charged me £7.56 for 100. I was startled never having had to pay
>>>>>> that much before, but needs must . . .
>>>>>> When I got home I went on line and found:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Express Chemist sold the same quantity for £2.65
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Welzo sold the same quantity for £1.72
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Boots on line sold the same quantity for £1.99
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (our local Boots didn't have any for sale.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our local Superdrug sold a box of 100 for £3.49
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now one expects a local shop to charge more than an on-line supplier,
>>>>>> but here we have two local shops one selling at a mark-up of over 100%
>>>>>> of the other.
>>>>>> I called at K's with two boxes and their till receipts and was told in
>>>>>> effect "Don't ask me guv I just sell 'em for what the head office tell
>>>>>> me to."
>>>>>> I shall be writing to the head office of K's to see what explanation
>>>>>> they can offer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rant over.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike Ruddock
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wherever K is, he’s nowhere here.  Possibly, fortunately.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mrs McT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pill cutters, Amazon.  Cheap as chips by the look of it. Whether
>>>> they’re up
>>>> to cutting I know not.
>>
>>>>
>>> They are not fit for purpose.
>>
>> I'm not recommending this, it's more of a thought experiment.
>>
>> Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
>> Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
>> It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
>> Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
>> Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
>> clever people.
>>
>
>Won't buying such a set of scales attract the attention of your local
>drug squad?

Buy a live Pangolin and just peel off the scales you need.

--
Regards, Paul Herber
https://www.paulherber.co.uk/

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

> Hmm, I wonder if aspirin can be taken nasally!
>

>> john
>
> (-:

I expect somebody nose…

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Paul Herber <paul@paulherber.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:34:43 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30-Sep-23 17:13, John Ashby wrote:
>>> On 30/09/2023 14:56, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 29/09/2023 16:19, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there anything special about 75mg aspirin? Do they have a special
>>>>>> coating to prevent them dissolving before they have passed through the
>>>>>> stomach onto the gut? Otherwise, would cutting a standard asprin
>>>>>> tablet (55p for 16 in most supermarkets and bargain pharmacies) into
>>>>>> quarters work for you?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or just lick a willow tree?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Might that make one sick-a-more times than not? Anyone for a ton or
>>>> two of
>>>> sycamore pellets?
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is a serious problem for elder people so it's nothing to Joak
>>> about. That should be elmentary courtesy. Consider yourself to
>>> beechastised.
>>
>> Balsa!
>
> That floats my boat.
>
>
>

Shut that door! There’s a bit of a raft in here!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 01-Oct-23 13:55, Paul Herber wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:34:43 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30-Sep-23 17:13, John Ashby wrote:
>>> On 30/09/2023 14:56, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 29/09/2023 16:19, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there anything special about 75mg aspirin? Do they have a special
>>>>>> coating to prevent them dissolving before they have passed through the
>>>>>> stomach onto the gut? Otherwise, would cutting a standard asprin
>>>>>> tablet (55p for 16 in most supermarkets and bargain pharmacies) into
>>>>>> quarters work for you?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or just lick a willow tree?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Might that make one sick-a-more times than not? Anyone for a ton or
>>>> two of
>>>> sycamore pellets?
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is a serious problem for elder people so it's nothing to Joak
>>> about. That should be elmentary courtesy. Consider yourself to
>>> beechastised.
>>
>> Balsa!
>
> That floats my boat.

It was a light hearted remark.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 01-Oct-23 11:21, John Ashby wrote:

> You're nicked, sunshine.

Nicked sunshine? Is there a solar eclipse?

--
Sam Plusnet

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

>In message <0eofhip3hf4p2dg1srj0o6ttvjou4m79j3@4ax.com> at Sat, 30 Sep
>2023 09:53:49, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes
>>J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>
>>>Anyone else irritated by the blister-packaging now universal?
>>
>>My question is why are they not all made from transparent plastic
>>so that you can easily check you haven't missed one?
>
>Excellent idea! It would also make them more recyclable; I believe the
>foil/plastic ones give problems. Though I admit I _do_ put them in the
>recycling.

Superdrug have bins specifically for them. Sadly, they are
designed so that you can't just dump a bag full, but have to post
them in handfuls.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham
'48/33 M B+ G++ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar- T+ H0 ?Q
chris@cdixon.me.uk @ChrisJDixon1
Plant amazing Acers.

Chris wrote:

>Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone else irritated by the blister-packaging now universal?
>>
>> My question is why are they not all made from transparent plastic
>> so that you can easily check you haven't missed one?

>Some of mine are.

Yes, but why not all? Perhaps it is for keeping out light, though
white plastic isn't that opaque.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham
'48/33 M B+ G++ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar- T+ H0 ?Q
chris@cdixon.me.uk @ChrisJDixon1
Plant amazing Acers.

On 01/10/2023 13:58, Paul Herber wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Oct 2023 10:23:57 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30/09/2023 20:02, Sam Plusnet wrote:

[snip]

>>> Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
>>> Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
>>> It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
>>> Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
>>> Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
>>> clever people.
>>>
>>
>> Won't buying such a set of scales attract the attention of your local
>> drug squad?
>
> Buy a live Pangolin and just peel off the scales you need.
>

There's a wet market in China that'll let you have one cheap.

john

In message <bt0jhipi2mped4vlilo4s82g2icnbcr4v3@4ax.com> at Sun, 1 Oct
2023 15:37:17, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes
>J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>
>>In message <0eofhip3hf4p2dg1srj0o6ttvjou4m79j3@4ax.com> at Sat, 30 Sep
>>2023 09:53:49, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes
[]
>>>My question is why are they not all made from transparent plastic
>>>so that you can easily check you haven't missed one?
>>
>>Excellent idea! It would also make them more recyclable; I believe the
>>foil/plastic ones give problems. Though I admit I _do_ put them in the
>>recycling.
>
>Superdrug have bins specifically for them. Sadly, they are
>designed so that you can't just dump a bag full, but have to post
>them in handfuls.
>
>Chris

Thanks for the tip; maybe I'll start keeping them separate. (Probably
_would_ be in a bag - I can understand their reasoning, bags probably
need different processing.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I
have one. -Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and writer (234-149 BCE)

In message <511jhit8sq1l02iissr0g2dhca4u9fsjat@4ax.com> at Sun, 1 Oct
2023 15:38:47, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> writes
>Chris wrote:
>
>>Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>>> J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone else irritated by the blister-packaging now universal?
>>>
>>> My question is why are they not all made from transparent plastic
>>> so that you can easily check you haven't missed one?
>
>>Some of mine are.
>
>Yes, but why not all? Perhaps it is for keeping out light, though
>white plastic isn't that opaque.

(But some people pop them out anyway, into those daily/weekly things.
Thinking of getting one - I have this computer set to remind me, but can
still forget. Or forget whether I did or not.) I keep them in the box
anyway, which presumably keeps out light - more than just the foil
thing, anyway.
>
>Chris
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I
have one. -Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and writer (234-149 BCE)

On Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:02:29 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

<snip>
>I'm not recommending this, it's more of a thought experiment.
>
>Buy whatever dosage works out to be the cheapest and then:
>Grind up a few tablets into a fine powder, and divide up into 75mg lots.
>It would need a set of scales which can resolve to, say, 1mg.
>Amazon has a few examples, at least one was under 20 quid.
>Recommending ways to ingest the powder is left as an exercise for...
>clever people.

I have a digital measuring spoon. It measures from zero in tenths of a
gram up to, I think, 500g according to the label but I've never tried
to put 500g of anything in it. Obviously the accuracy improves, the
heavier the item being measured but from Amazon or eBay they cost from
eversuchalot to less than ten quid.

I suspect that aspirin tablets actually weigh more than their dosage
weight. Many tablets use binders and fillers to make them tablety so I
imagine that might make the quantities easier to measure.

Nick

In message <845jhipoon5kt1i9nn7tmvk3fieh5lhpsq@4ax.com> at Sun, 1 Oct
2023 16:57:07, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes
[]
>I suspect that aspirin tablets actually weigh more than their dosage
>weight. Many tablets use binders and fillers to make them tablety so I
>imagine that might make the quantities easier to measure.
>
>Nick

I think the vast majority of tablets are mostly chalk; even the common
things, like aspirin, paracetamol, ibuprofen, and even my metformin, are
usually only half or a quarter of a gram - I don't think I've ever seen
anything with more than a gram of the active ingredient (and that's some
cold powders with a gram of paracetamol, though they usually call it
1000 mg). It makes the quantities easier to measure at manufacture, as
you say - plus if in pure form the pills would be very fiddly to handle,
as they'd be so tiny.

The one exception I can think of is when calcium itself is what's
needed: my mum had "calcichew" tablets, which she referred to as her
horse pills. (They make it somewhat chewy by adding something - plain
chalk is somewhat unpalateable!)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"Not an electronic sausage!"

On 29/09/2023 19:04, Joe Kerr wrote:
> On 29/09/2023 14:42, Mike Ruddock wrote:
>> Stand by for Rant!
>>
>> I need to take one 75mg aspirin tablet a day (long story, not relevant).
>> Running low I called at our local pharmacy (nationwide, name begins
>> with a K).
>> They charged me £7.56 for 100. I was startled never having had to pay
>> that much before, but needs must . . .
>>
> I don't wish to make you feel even worse about this but I note your use
> of "need to take". Can you not get them on prescription? Especially if
> you have a sympathetic doctor who knows what you get charged locally.
>
> My father had paracetamol on prescription in bulk and that was "take as
> required".
>

Paracetemol can be prescribed in some areas but not mine. I had a phone
consultation with a locum the other day and when I asked about
paracetemol on prescription he said they didn't do it but I could easily
buy a tub of 500 from a pharmacy. When I asked which pharmacies he
hesitated and told me that you can in some countries but probably not
the UK.

--
Jane
The Amethyst Artist
BTME

http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook.htm - Umrats' recipes

On 02/10/2023 11:54, Jane Vernon wrote:

<snip>

> Paracetemol can be prescribed in some areas but not mine.  I had a phone
> consultation with a locum the other day and when I asked about
> paracetemol on prescription he said they didn't do it but I could easily
> buy a tub of 500 from a pharmacy.  When I asked which pharmacies he
> hesitated and told me that you can in some countries but probably not
> the UK.

I think you can get up to a hundred from a pharmacy, at their discretion.

--
Cheers
Clive

On 02/10/2023 12:13, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 02/10/2023 11:54, Jane Vernon wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Paracetemol can be prescribed in some areas but not mine.  I had a
>> phone consultation with a locum the other day and when I asked about
>> paracetemol on prescription he said they didn't do it but I could
>> easily buy a tub of 500 from a pharmacy.  When I asked which
>> pharmacies he hesitated and told me that you can in some countries but
>> probably not the UK.
>
> I think you can get up to a hundred from a pharmacy, at their discretion.
>

I haven't tried lately, but yes, you certainly used to be able to.

--
Jane
The Amethyst Artist
BTME

http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook.htm - Umrats' recipes