I really can’t believe it.....

Fascinating

Shocking really isn't it ?

If you need to take aspirin daily, you should be able to get it on prescription, where its effects will be monitored. Why are you buying it, when it should be taken under medical supervision?

I have been prescribed it twice, as a belt and braces: approach after heart attacks.
I'm so glad to be off it again, as it caused all sorts of gastric problems.

My FiLs doctor suggested he take aspirin daily after a stroke but if your doctor hasn't asked you to take it then maybe you should speak to him/her.
The hike in price though at Tesco is far too high.

I think this advice from the NHS website may be useful:

About low-dose aspirin
Daily low-dose aspirin is a blood thinning medicine. Aspirin is also known as acetylsalicylic acid.

Low-dose aspirin helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes in people at high risk of them.

Your doctor may suggest that you take a daily low dose if you have had a stroke or a heart attack to help stop you having another one.

Or, if you're at high risk of heart attack - for example, if you have had heart surgery or if you have chest pain caused by heart disease (angina).

Only take daily low-dose aspirin if your doctor recommends it.

Thanks for your concern, my doctor does though I take it..

Know!

What is worse Shinamae is that if only you had a B and M the same product is 45p!

Whatever next ?

Mostly, it is helpful if we can buy these 'over the counter' medicines. It costs the NHS quite a lot to process a prescription, and if you can afford the 45p / 75p / £1.50 then it it saves the NHS some money.
I use paracetamol as my main analgesia. I have a repeat prescription at my GP that I use if I have been unable to buy enough.

PS: doesn't excuse Tesco though!

The only point about taking it if not prescribed (although your doctor knows) is checking it’s recorded on your medical records.

midgey

What is worse Shinamae is that if only you had a B and M the same product is 45p!

?‍♀️?There is a B&M quite near me, I will remember for next time next time...thank you..?

And here is the culprit...

suziewoozie

The only point about taking it if not prescribed (although your doctor knows) is checking it’s recorded on your medical records.

I will get that checked out, thank you...?

That's was my concern too suzie. If you are unexpectedly taken to hospital, you may be unable to say what you are taking. Also, it is usually advisable to take medication to protect your stomach. A poster recently told how she nearly died from a stomach bleed, caused by aspirin. Her post was prompted by a poster who decided to self medicate with aspirin, just in case.

However, we can only offer advice, only posters know their own medical history and it is their right to do what they think is best for themselves.

I was charged £3.60 for two packets of Paracetamol by my local chemist at the beginning of Lockdown, 24.3,2020,None available in the supermarkets.
I have kept the packet and the receipt, I was so shocked.

Well said Marydoll and Suzie. I think in the past we thought we could all take low dose aspirin to ward off strokes and heart attacks, but it’s not like that. Only take it if specifically prescribed for you by your GP or consultant.

Doubling the price is very naughty, as is switching from glass to plastic in this day and age. But at least our non-prescription painkillers are affordable. We’d to buy some in Italy once and they cost around 30p each! That was an expensive headache.

And believe me I do appreciate your advice .............thank you...??

I saw a consultant neurologist last June who prescribed Asprin as precaution ( family history) and he told me that the effects are only beneficial for approximately 6 months and it’s not a long term medication. I no longer take it .

I was advised by a nurse friend to take a daily aspirin, gastric protected, when I smoked. I ended up with a gastric bleed, not serious, but tachycardia and passed out as I was anaemic. A course of iron tablets sorted it and the bleed sealed. Obviously I stopped taking it.

Shinamae last year when I had a bad, persistent cough (pre-Covid so it couldn't possibly be that ) I bought some Bronchostop lozenges in Home Bargains for 99p.
When I wanted another packet but was nowhere near a Home Bargains I found them in Boots - £5 for the same size packet.

It pays to shop around if you can.

I had my second heart attack in Jan, had to take aspirin in addition to my usual thinners for three months only. Stopped last week, oh what a difference already. When I said I didn't really want to take it again after the problems it had caused previously, consultant said it was only a short term measure.