ibuprofen is not a prescription medicine, it’s over the counter. you can get 2 packs x 500 in costco in the US. (source)
I thought we were talking about the UK? Why does it matter whether it’s prescription in the US?
rubbing alcohol (when i was there at least) was not readily available, i think the govt regulated it because they didn’t want people to get drunk or something.
I’d need to see a source, this seems like wild speculation. Seems pretty unlikely that they banned it and lifted the ban without this being front and centre when looking it up. Couldn’t it have been the whole COVID craze which just meant it was sold out?
I thought we were talking about the UK? Why does it matter whether it’s prescription in the US?
the question is asking what’s something that americans/europeans do that makes no sense to you. the fact that i can’t get a big pack of ibuprofen like i can in the US doens’t make sense to me
It’s because people try to kill themselves by taking lots of ibuprofen and it’s both a bad way to go and a bad way to survive. Making it harder to access large amounts has been shown to reduce the amount of suicide attempts (as often actual attempts are somewhat impulsive.)
well sure, lots of people commit suicide by hanging themself but that doesn’t stop us planting trees or building bridges, i consider the uk way to be overly cautious, for the majority of people ibuprofen is not a problem and i think it’s frustrating to just get little amounts
the question is asking what’s something that americans/europeans do that makes no sense to you. the fact that i can’t get a big pack of ibuprofen like i can in the US doens’t make sense to me
There’s multiple reasons:
Medicine goes bad after some time, and most people don’t store it properly. This can lead to less or more effective doses than expected, which is obviously really bad.
Ibuprofen is pretty bad for you if you take it with any kind of regularity.
It’s way easier to fuck yourself up permanently with larger doses. We know that e.g. having a gun around increases the likelihood of successful suicide dramatically. Having a large amount of pills lying around is similarly dangerous, especially considering how bad even proper usage would be.
But is anything stopping you from getting multiple smaller packs?
I thought we were talking about the UK? Why does it matter whether it’s prescription in the US?
I’d need to see a source, this seems like wild speculation. Seems pretty unlikely that they banned it and lifted the ban without this being front and centre when looking it up. Couldn’t it have been the whole COVID craze which just meant it was sold out?
the question is asking what’s something that americans/europeans do that makes no sense to you. the fact that i can’t get a big pack of ibuprofen like i can in the US doens’t make sense to me
it wasn’t COVID, this was before COVID
It’s because people try to kill themselves by taking lots of ibuprofen and it’s both a bad way to go and a bad way to survive. Making it harder to access large amounts has been shown to reduce the amount of suicide attempts (as often actual attempts are somewhat impulsive.)
well sure, lots of people commit suicide by hanging themself but that doesn’t stop us planting trees or building bridges, i consider the uk way to be overly cautious, for the majority of people ibuprofen is not a problem and i think it’s frustrating to just get little amounts
There’s multiple reasons:
Medicine goes bad after some time, and most people don’t store it properly. This can lead to less or more effective doses than expected, which is obviously really bad.
Ibuprofen is pretty bad for you if you take it with any kind of regularity.
It’s way easier to fuck yourself up permanently with larger doses. We know that e.g. having a gun around increases the likelihood of successful suicide dramatically. Having a large amount of pills lying around is similarly dangerous, especially considering how bad even proper usage would be.
But is anything stopping you from getting multiple smaller packs?
As I said, I’d need to see some kind of source.