Anti biotics online
Discussion
The problem with buying online is that you don't know how genuine the drug you are buying is. As far as I know you cannot legally sell prescription only medicines in the UK without a prescription from a doctor.
So any website selling such things will likely be based overseas and who knows what they are actually selling you.
So any website selling such things will likely be based overseas and who knows what they are actually selling you.
The other minor issue would be working out whats wrong with you, which bug is likely to be the problem, which drug will kill it with the most favourable side effect profile and what dosing schedule would be appropriate
But I suppose £19.37 thrown at demestosRus4U via Paypal would cover most options
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/clostridium-difficile...
You only need antibiotics for an acute bacterial infection, and if you have one of those you should go to the doctor. Taking them for a cold is stupid, doesn't make you better, and contributes in a small way to the growing resistance of bacteria to those drugs.
On top of that, if you buy them on the internet you are probably buying sugar pills.
On top of that, if you buy them on the internet you are probably buying sugar pills.
Mobile Chicane said:
I keep a stock of trimethoprim in the house because I'm prone to the odd bout of cystitis.
It is far quicker and cheaper to self-medicate for this, rather than wait days to see a Doctor and pay out £7-odd in prescription charges for a medicine which costs the NHS less than 50p.
Bang on.It is far quicker and cheaper to self-medicate for this, rather than wait days to see a Doctor and pay out £7-odd in prescription charges for a medicine which costs the NHS less than 50p.
Can't remember who i used i'm afraid, it came from new zealand though i think. Was called something like ukprescriptionmed iirc.
Would the best of both worlds, if you don't want to spend £7 prescription charge (in exchange for knowing you're getting what it says on the label, in date and in the right dose - I think this is a good deal personally), not be to go to the doctor, get them to prescribe the appropriate drug, and then go and buy it online?
Putting yourself on antibiotics might save you a bit of time and money but if you do get recurring infections then a) bringing it to your doctor's attention might get it treated more appropriately or uncover a more serious issue and b) you might well be growing a strain of bug that's resistant to your 'current' antibiotics - this is especially the case if you're not taking them for an appropriate length of time, or if you're taking them at a time when a GP wouldn't necessarily prescribe them.
Short version: it's probably worth the time and expense of seeing the doctor.
Putting yourself on antibiotics might save you a bit of time and money but if you do get recurring infections then a) bringing it to your doctor's attention might get it treated more appropriately or uncover a more serious issue and b) you might well be growing a strain of bug that's resistant to your 'current' antibiotics - this is especially the case if you're not taking them for an appropriate length of time, or if you're taking them at a time when a GP wouldn't necessarily prescribe them.
Short version: it's probably worth the time and expense of seeing the doctor.
rambo19 said:
Sometimes it can be a pain to get to the doctors for antibiotics.
Anyone bought online?
Your thoughts please.
Although there will be places you can buy genuine antibiotics online, there are a number of things to consider first. Anyone bought online?
Your thoughts please.
1) The potential to buy fake meds
2) The specificity of the antibiotics for the organism needed to treat - do you know the whether your chesty cough is caused by pneumococcus or staphlococcus and if the funny rash you had was cellulitis? There is no point trying to treat something with an antibiotic that worked last time around without knowledge of what bugs might be causing it and what abx you need to treat.
3) Length of course - if you self-medicate you'll be much more likely to take 3 days abx and stop when things improve, resulting in bacterial resistance, rather than finishing the course.
But what do I know. I probably googled it and things seemed legit....
umm sorry to be pedantic, but most oral antibiotics are POM or Presciption Only Medicines.
You can't buy them yourself, under the rules.
And you have to ask why the Government of the UK has made it this way.
We have some of the most relaxed medicinal drug control laws, with many things available at a chemist without prescription. Try buying decent painkillers in Europe at a Supermarket. Or skin infection meds like antifungals, or eye drops.
So that's my thought, see your doctor for antibiotics before tinkering with your own health
You can't buy them yourself, under the rules.
And you have to ask why the Government of the UK has made it this way.
We have some of the most relaxed medicinal drug control laws, with many things available at a chemist without prescription. Try buying decent painkillers in Europe at a Supermarket. Or skin infection meds like antifungals, or eye drops.
So that's my thought, see your doctor for antibiotics before tinkering with your own health
The_Doc said:
umm sorry to be pedantic, but most oral antibiotics are POM or Presciption Only Medicines.
You can't buy them yourself, under the rules.
And you have to ask why the Government of the UK has made it this way.
We have some of the most relaxed medicinal drug control laws, with many things available at a chemist without prescription. Try buying decent painkillers in Europe at a Supermarket. Or skin infection meds like antifungals, or eye drops.
So that's my thought, see your doctor for antibiotics before tinkering with your own health
Square!You can't buy them yourself, under the rules.
And you have to ask why the Government of the UK has made it this way.
We have some of the most relaxed medicinal drug control laws, with many things available at a chemist without prescription. Try buying decent painkillers in Europe at a Supermarket. Or skin infection meds like antifungals, or eye drops.
So that's my thought, see your doctor for antibiotics before tinkering with your own health
Anyway I need to mess with my Veyron's W16
Ive found a Bulgarian website that will sell me some stuff, dunno what it is but it must be good 'cos no-one in the UK will let me buy it without making an appointment with a specialist mechanic and spending £7.85
What could possibly go wrong?
skeggysteve said:
Mobile Chicane said:
......costs the NHS less than 50p.
I seriously doubt that any drug company charge the NHS 50p for anything!There are many drugs (non prescription) that GP write a 'script for that can be bought cheaper without a 'script, just ask your pharmacist.
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