Pain relief tablets limit in Tesco wtf?

[Piersman2]

mrmr96 said:

Piersman2 said:

It's to stop you buying enough tablets to go home and top yourself.

I buy my paracetamol and Ibuprofen from Costco in trade packs. Get about 40 packs of 16 pills for about a fiver.

Are costco still doing those? Local branch told me they stopped.

Maybe, I bought my last big packs of each about 6 months ago. They last me well over a year so it's not a frequent purchase.

And I have a trade card which may mean I'm allowed to buy bulk on these? Maybe? Anyways, I've never been questioned on them yet.

[JungleJim]

mrmr96 said:

Are costco still doing those? Local branch told me they stopped.

farnborough branch does - but they are labelled up as for trade customers only

[GT03ROB]

Flibble said:

I hear hydrogen sulfide is pretty quick way to go, not too good for anyone else in the vicinity though.

at toxic levels it is odourless though!

[otolith]

Not so much odourless as "immediately disables your sense of smell".

[Hugo a Gogo]

it's the rotten egg smell in a particularly brutal fart

[Impasse]

mph1977 said:

cold thursday said:

Impasse said:

Doubtful. The mindset between peacefully ingesting tablets with a bottle of your favourite juice and planning a somewhat violent and immediately physically painful action, is vast.

No. "peacefully ingesting paracetamol" does not mean you die now ,it means you die about a week later after being revived in the hospital, put into a bed , and then told (in your apologetic state of remorse) sorry there is nothing we can do for you. You will die from liver failure after you have had plenty of time to tell everyone how sorry you are.
Hanging yourself is much quicker and removes any doubt. It does not need to be painfull or violent.

try several weeks later in severe pain and discomfort with options becoming increasingly limited becasue of the hepatic failure.

there are many drugs better than Paracvatamol to take to top yourself , but even then there is a strong chance of failure, through vomitting, dose miscalculation discovery by others before the cessation of heartbeat ...


hanging, defenestration from a (significantly ) upper floor or throwing oneself under a train are generally more successful - in ert atmosphere bags as suggested by some of the euthansaia promoters are more effective still ...

You misunderstand what I've written and are approaching your replies from a purely medical perspective of the physicalities - which is understandable, but that sort of logic is reserved for those of clear thinking. I am well aware of the unpleasant effects of a paracetamol overdose, but that doesn't figure in the action of a pill swallower's suicide procedure. It's the suicide action which is sometimes required to be a peaceful and quiet and intensely personal.
The mindset is that enough of these readily available poison pills will mean unconsciousness before sleep. It can be done on the sofa or in bed with minimal distractions while in comforting surroundings.
Hanging or similar, by contrast, is an incredibly violent action involving physical pain and planning way beyond a few trips to different supermarkets. Some just don't want that.

[mrmr96]

JungleJim said:

mrmr96 said:

Are costco still doing those? Local branch told me they stopped.

farnborough branch does - but they are labelled up as for trade customers only

Same at my local. First they were on the shelf for anyone. Then they badged them trade only. Then they moved them to the cigarette cage. Then the said they don't do them anymore.

[andy118run]

mph1977 said:

cold thursday said:

Impasse said:

Doubtful. The mindset between peacefully ingesting tablets with a bottle of your favourite juice and planning a somewhat violent and immediately physically painful action, is vast.

No. "peacefully ingesting paracetamol" does not mean you die now ,it means you die about a week later after being revived in the hospital, put into a bed , and then told (in your apologetic state of remorse) sorry there is nothing we can do for you. You will die from liver failure after you have had plenty of time to tell everyone how sorry you are.
Hanging yourself is much quicker and removes any doubt. It does not need to be painfull or violent.

try several weeks later in severe pain and discomfort with options becoming increasingly limited becasue of the hepatic failure.

there are many drugs better than Paracvatamol to take to top yourself , but even then there is a strong chance of failure, through vomitting, dose miscalculation discovery by others before the cessation of heartbeat ...


hanging, defenestration from a (significantly ) upper floor or throwing oneself under a train are generally more successful - in ert atmosphere bags as suggested by some of the euthansaia promoters are more effective still ...

In all my years of working on mental health wards, one of the worst scenes I ever encountered was somebody who had killed herself with an overdose. Not sure what she took (as it wasn't my ward and I was just part of the crash team who responded to give ILS) but I remember looking around at the walls and bed covered in vomit, kneeling in vomit as me gave CPR, wiping the vomit of her chest and trying to get the defib pads attached.

I had always assumed an overdose was a fairly peaceful way to go until I saw that, and realised how she must have suffered.

[mph1977]

andy118run said:

mph1977 said:

cold thursday said:

Impasse said:

Doubtful. The mindset between peacefully ingesting tablets with a bottle of your favourite juice and planning a somewhat violent and immediately physically painful action, is vast.

No. "peacefully ingesting paracetamol" does not mean you die now ,it means you die about a week later after being revived in the hospital, put into a bed , and then told (in your apologetic state of remorse) sorry there is nothing we can do for you. You will die from liver failure after you have had plenty of time to tell everyone how sorry you are.
Hanging yourself is much quicker and removes any doubt. It does not need to be painfull or violent.

try several weeks later in severe pain and discomfort with options becoming increasingly limited becasue of the hepatic failure.

there are many drugs better than Paracvatamol to take to top yourself , but even then there is a strong chance of failure, through vomitting, dose miscalculation discovery by others before the cessation of heartbeat ...


hanging, defenestration from a (significantly ) upper floor or throwing oneself under a train are generally more successful - in ert atmosphere bags as suggested by some of the euthansaia promoters are more effective still ...

In all my years of working on mental health wards, one of the worst scenes I ever encountered was somebody who had killed herself with an overdose. Not sure what she took (as it wasn't my ward and I was just part of the crash team who responded to give ILS) but I remember looking around at the walls and bed covered in vomit, kneeling in vomit as me gave CPR, wiping the vomit of her chest and trying to get the defib pads attached.

I had always assumed an overdose was a fairly peaceful way to go until I saw that, and realised how she must have suffered.

I can't think of any overdose which is 'peaceful' , possible exception of a massive parenteral Opiate OD, which is fairly hard to do by yourself ( method of choice for Shipman's murders ) ... most of the ODs i've been involved with that were life threateningly ill when found ( sometimes 10s of hours post ingestion ) have been messy performances with vomit, pee , poo and so on involved...

[Impasse]

mph1977 said:

I can't think of any overdose which is 'peaceful' , possible exception of a massive parenteral Opiate OD, which is fairly hard to do by yourself ( method of choice for Shipman's murders ) ... most of the ODs i've been involved with that were life threateningly ill when found ( sometimes 10s of hours post ingestion ) have been messy performances with vomit, pee , poo and so on involved...

Again, you misunderstand. You're describing the after effects of the overdose on the body and not the action of taking the overdose itself has on the mind. They're two extremely separate things and a lot of the time the mind doesn't really care what body is doing, as there's an element of detachment.
The self-administering of the pills is very easy, very quiet and very cathartic. What comes next before lights out is immaterial and not considered.

[soad]

wildone63 said:

I often purchase tescos own make of extra power pain reliever tablets because they work well on relieving my backache,they were out of stock for a while this year but when they returned to the shelves recentley i tried to buy 4 packs,but the self serve checkout wouldnt let me purchase more than 2 packs,the assistant said it was something to do with 'government rules' or some such bks like that.
wtf is going on?

They are not allowed to sell more than two lots of painkillers at the checkout... it is a national policy that the majority of supermarkers adhere too.... I am amazed you've not come across it before.

You want to buy more - buy them from the pharmacist who can sell you as much as you need, most supermarkets have one these days.