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08/03/2008, 17:17 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,508 Re: Suppositories Duplicates deleted www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

12/03/2008, 19:49 Jura Joined on 28/11/2005 Posts 715 Re: Suppositories No, our local doc prescribes paracetamol supps for adults. The OH had a bug last year and I noticed when we got back from the chemist that they were not for orale use. I told him what to do with them but he assumed I was just being my usual earthy self. They are still in the cabinet. Some people just don't know how to have fun      Report

13/03/2008, 17:53 Loiseau Joined on 23/08/2004 London/Vendée Posts 896 Re: Suppositories I remember, in Paris back in the early 1960s, being prescribed suppositories for a cracked rib.  Angela    Report

09/05/2008, 20:11 Callie Joined on 19/04/2008 Near Saumur (49) Posts 141 Re: Suppositories I went to a pharmacy in Paris with a lost voice and sore throat and the pharmacien recommended suppositories. Well.....! He said he realised the Brits were a bit tight***ed about that sort of thing, but there was a good reason for it......apparently medicaments get absorbed into the bloodstream without passing through the stomach. Therefore the medication acts more quickly and no more upsets !    Report

10/05/2008, 14:20 powerdesal Joined on 07/01/2006 Sharjah U.A.E Posts 2,024 Re: Suppositories Given that certain common use painkillers should not be taken by those with any form of stomach ulcer, suppositories make some sort of sense. Steve Sharjah + 50 (in France) ........................................................................... Roll on death.....Demob is too far away.    Report

11/05/2008, 15:12 nimportequoi Joined on 15/11/2005 Posts 497 Re: Suppositories My [French] doctor says that suppositories would be more effective if people inserted them correctly - absorption is better if the blunt end goes in first according to him.    Report

12/05/2008, 22:10 Chris Joined on 08/09/2006 S.W.England (for now...) Posts 51 Re: Suppositories Hmm, this is becoming a jolly thread isn't it?  But in advance of moving to France I suppose I need to ask whether there are any medicines only available in this form in France - because my NHS installed Alternative Plumbing in that area means that it has to be pills or nothing! Anybody know the answer? Chris    Report

13/05/2008, 6:02 5-element Joined on 28/10/2006 Languedoc Posts 701 Re: Suppositories Chris, the answer is that for the  many other people here in France with the same predicament as yours,  of course there are alternatives... oral, transdermal, intra-muscular or intraveinous. Usually plenty of options in how to administer drugs. Suppositories are cheap, uncomplicated, easy to use. They deliver the active substances fast, without need for an "acte médical" like an injection. More generally (i.e. not addressed to you Chris) I have always been surprised  that the topic of suppositories generates so much merriment but also some distaste and perhaps a little fear for Brits, as if having anything to do with this part of one's anatomy is a major transgression. This is a truly puzzling cultural difference. What is considered natural and normal for one, is not considered as such by the other. Maybe one of these days, someone will write a paper about it....    Report

13/05/2008, 10:54 Judith Joined on 01/02/2006 Posts 212 Re: Suppositories  5-element wrote: Maybe one of these days, someone will write a paper about it.... I think you'll find they already have!  Not done a proper "professional librarian" search, but putting suppositories and cultural differences into Google brought up quite a lot, without even trying the scientific or medical literature.  There isn't much that hasn't already been written about these days. Judith W1 and Aude    Report

13/05/2008, 12:24 5-element Joined on 28/10/2006 Languedoc Posts 701 Re: Suppositories Thanks for the tip,  I should have known.....those social scientists have a lot to answer for!!! edit: just started googling, and this is what I found (sorry if this format messes up the thread)- Patients’attitudes to rectal drug administration H.A.L. Vyvyan, MB, BS, FRCA Department of Anaesthetics, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN.*, Z. Hanafiah, MB, BS, FFARCSI Department of Anaesthetics, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN. . Summary   One hundred adult patients attending for day case surgery were surveyed by anonymous questionnaire in order to determine their attitudes to rectal drug administration. Fifty four patients did not want an analgesic drug (diclofenac sodium) administered rectally whilst under anaesthesia, all preferring to take it orally if available. Ninety eight patients thought that drugs administered per rectum should always be discussed with them beforehand and a few had very strong feelings about this route of administration. We suggest that prescribers of rectal diclofenac should always discuss it with patients pre-operatively. Whilst many are happy to have suppositories, some young patients are sensitive about this and prefer to take such medication by mouth.   and here is the link to a fascinating forum with very long discussion about very different attitudes towards "putting things in your bum" - apparently it is thought of as "very German" there - not so much French, you see? http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t68687.html    Report

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