75mg Baby Aspirin - where to buy?

angel

jeannieblue wrote: »

Which supermarket was it? You normally only get a small pack in Boots etc.

I could stock up!

I got 100 in Boots and 100 in Superdrug.

LillyJ

mr_rush wrote: »

Your GP will assess your cardiovascular risk. If not high enough (a good thing for you), then will probably not prescribe.

In which case you don't need it!

jeannieblue

LillyJ wrote: »

In which case you don't need it!

Yup

LillyJ

Was that a sarcastic reply? At first I thought it wasn't but now I am confused?

Not sure why you would take the risk of taking a drug with an enourmous amount of side effects if the benefit did not outweight this. Or am I missing something?

moneysaving_pharmacist

LillyJ wrote: »

Not sure why you would take the risk of taking a drug with an enourmous amount of side effects if the benefit did not outweight this. Or am I missing something?

Don't deal with the public much do you Lily? Trying to explain risks and benefits to patients is hard enough when it's something they have no viewpoint on. If it's the latest "wonderdrug" or something the "medical correspondents" in the papers have got hold off then trying to explain to someone that that product is not suitable for them is not an easy task.

LillyJ

moneysaving_pharmacist wrote: »

Don't deal with the public much do you Lily? Trying to explain risks and benefits to patients is hard enough when it's something they have no viewpoint on. If it's the latest "wonderdrug" or something the "medical correspondents" in the papers have got hold off then trying to explain to someone that that product is not suitable for them is not an easy task.

That is what I had feared! Oh well, it's their stomachs not mine (but my cash to treat their perf'd DUs.)

Toothsmith

Long term taking of NSAIDs (Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs) can also lead to problems with recurrent oral ulceration.

I had one patient who thought she'd become allergic to her denture, but it turned out to be a side effect of a daily aspirin for 10+ years!

It took the consultant ages to persuade her to completely stop taking them - and all that time she was bothering me for all sorts of tests and investigations for denture allergy - and even willing to pay a lot of money for a non-methacrylate denture base!

Between us though, we managed to get her off her beloved aspirin - and miracle of miracles - her mouth got better!!!

LillyJ

moneysaving_pharmacist wrote: »

Was it disperisible aspirin she was taking? Wonder if switching to e/c aspirin would have helped (assuming it was indicated in the first place) - aspirin is directly irritant, as well as having effects via COX inhibition.

I would have imagined even normal (ie not e/c) aspirin would have helped if she was taking dispersible!
Isn't it a funny thing the utmost distrust of health care professionals that the public seems to have, whereas they implicitly trust GMTV and The Sun?