Bloke, I have a cousin who tells their kids that Benadryl is "camping vitamins." It has never worked for us. For some reason, it wires our kids up instead of putting them down.
We found this out for the first time the hard way, on a 4 hour flight from Orlando to Salt Lake City. A very, very long 4 hours, for us and everybody else on the plane. (Fortunately, the rest of the passengers understood that we were doing everything possible - no stupid glares from idiot passengers who've never had to take care of a young child for more than 5 minutes.)
To the original question, of course different things work differently for everybody. My usual problem is my mind racing - I just can't stop thinking about whatever dumb thing was worrying me that day. Medicines (all the ones mentioned here) make we talk in my sleep and roll around a lot, and that has gotten me in trouble before. The only things that help me without unintended side effects (including an angry spouse) are a hot bath, or reading in bed until my eyes feel tired.
Insomnia...
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Really? That is asinine. Here in Ohio you can buy it over the counter, but they keep it behind the counter at the pharmacy. So if you're sick, and the pharmacy is closed you're screwed. Just another example of someone making something illicit, from something useful, and ruining it for the rest of us who are content to buy our drugs and not "home brew."Chuck(G) wrote:Available here only with a doctor's prescription, as it contains pseudoephidrine--a meth precursor.ZNC Dandy wrote:Drixoral knocks EVERYONE out that I have seen take it. Have you tried your little green buddy Ny-Quil?
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Here in Vietnam, you don't need a prescription to buy any medicine but all medicines must be bought in a pharmacy, where everything is hidden away from public view. This includes aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, and Preparation-H. Pharmacists are allowed to dianose illnesses, despite having only spent two years of training to work in a drug store. Cough drops are sold as candy in supermarkets. However, Altoids are only sold by druggists.
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No argument here. Using access to medical professionals to obtain access to a drug that's available over-the-counter everywhere else just to control its distribution is stupid.ZNC Dandy wrote:Really? That is asinine. Here in Ohio you can buy it over the counter, but they keep it behind the counter at the pharmacy. So if you're sick, and the pharmacy is closed you're screwed. Just another example of someone making something illicit, from something useful, and ruining it for the rest of us who are content to buy our drugs and not "home brew."
Any idea where I can get some codeine-with-aspirin tablets? They're available OTC in Canada and are really great for stubborn tension headaches...