Pharmacy only non prescription medicines

Lorian

I used to have issues buying pseudoephedrine, but not now I realise why.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Lorian wrote: »

I used to have issues buying pseudoephedrine, but not now I realise why.

I used to, but now I'm getting old and haggard, I presumably don't fit the profile for a Meth Lab Cook. The conversation, if they do the full one, usually follows this script (I'm being friendly and polite & not a git when I'm actually giving my answers, it's not their fault they have to ask);

Have you had these ---?

Yep.

Could you tell me----?

Had a cold, now got dark circles under my eyes that look like I've been punched and I feel like I've been hit in the face with a baseball bat.

Are you---?

No, I'm not taking any other medication

Do you have----?

I'm allergic to penicillin and sulfonamides.

Have you considered---?

No, they're too expensive when combined with paracetamol and caffeine. I'd rather take these with a paracetamol and a cup of coffee, thank you.

Is there a poss---

There is NO way I'm pregnant. [don't often get asked that one these days. Probably because the way I look when I'm trying to buy the decongestants means that I'm both too old and too ugly to get up the duff ]


Usually, the conversation stops at the baseball bat point and they happily hand over the maximum supply without further ado.

Lorian

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Have you considered---?

No, they're too expensive when combined with paracetamol and caffeine. I'd rather take these with a paracetamol and a cup of coffee, thank you.

LOL I'm very familiar with this conversation, except I delight at this point in telling them phenylephrine doesn't actually work.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Lorian wrote: »

LOL I'm very familiar with this conversation, except I delight at this point in telling them phenylephrine doesn't actually work.

I used to do that one, too. But the local shops are used to me now, so I don't have to say 'Not phelylephrine, as that hasn't ever been proven to work better than placebo in clinical trials and certainly doesn't work on me'.

Tigsteroonie

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

I used to, but now I'm getting old and haggard, I presumably don't fit the profile for a Meth Lab Cook.

You've just destroyed my mental picture of how you look

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

You've just destroyed my mental picture of how you look

I made a throwaway comment like that at work the other day and 3 kids jumped in with 'but you're not old and you're really pretty, Miss!'. My (considerably younger) boss said something similar today - not a word from the kids. :rotfl:


Although I suppose that could mean you see me as a balding man in underpants... :cool: