Medication Question

[martygolarge]

Hi all,

My wife was wondering about the brands of our everyday medicines that we use over here and what the equivilent is over in Florida.

We know about the paracetamol but what about Gaviscon or Calpol?

If anyone has bought this type of stuff what do they call it over there?

Cheers in advance

[steph_goodrum]

Calpol is paracetamol based so the equivalent would be something like children or paediatric acetaminophen. The first one that came to mind was Tylenol but there was a huge recall of that last year (or earlier this year) and many other paediatric medications made by the same company, so I'm not sure on the current situation, if it has been revised and restocked.
You can get Gaviscon chewable tablets in the US.

Quite often it;s easier over there as where ours will be branded eg Imodium theirs will just say what it does Anti- diarrhoea etc.

The Pharmacies are very good in Walmart, publix or Walgreens and will readily offer advice if you aren't sure.

[mfairhurst]

We have a friend who takes Asprin and he says that the Asprin he takes from America is better than in Uk he went with us and bought them from Walgreen and they were 99 cents for 120 tablets he get a lot of joint pain so it helps him ohr only takes them when it gets bad .His doctor tells him to take as needed .
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[VIOLET]

We marvel at the choices of medication on offer in America - last trip my hubby got an infected cut on one of his fingers that was very red and sore - we went to Walgreens and the Pharmacist pointed us in the direction of anti-biotic cream that we were able to just buy over the counter - great selection - next trip we will be stocking up on things to bring home as very cheap too, so I dont think your wife will have any trouble finding the right medication.

[martygolarge]

Hi , thanks for the replies

What are the restrictions on bringing back any extra medication when we return home?

[steph_goodrum]

Violet
We always bring back antibiotic plasters as well. They are made by Johnsons. Hubby being a builder sometimes gets little nicks, that being on site sometimes get weepy so we use those and they clear up in no time.

[VIOLET]

Ohh - thanks for that tip Steph - will get the antibiotic plasters, would you use them on the kids?

Violet

[steph_goodrum]

Violet
I wouldnt put them on as a first line of defence (although my niece has on her 4 year old and when she saw the GP here, (she had a toe that got infected when she was 3 and it tracked up her leg and she ended up in hospital for 5 days , so my niece is extra vigilant with her, and he said what a good idea it was and couldnt understand why we cant get them here.
If they have anything that looks as if it isnt healing then I would try them.

[freddiehollie]

We stock up for the kids and ourselves.
Buy Ibuprofen here and you can only small packs (16's I think) over there you can buy hundreds, so they are very cheap[msnwink]
Kids Tylenol, Robitussin and Triaminic etc are good value.
Also Wal-Mart do a range called "equate" similar products without main brand prices. Worth a look.
Advil/Tylenol are very popular in all forms.

[dsv77]

we always do a " Drug Run " LOL the day before we come home buying large tubs of painkillers acetomaphan and ibruphen for at least 3 neighbours so buy 3 tubs of each containing 600 tablets , we also buy antacids, melatonin, antibiotic cream. sleep aids, and various other things. We do split them up in different cases but have never had a problem .