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[slowmotion]

Be careful with that stuff. Don't put it anywhere near any other cleaning chemicals, especially hydroxides, but especially especially hypochlorite bleaches. Seriously.

Not a good idea to stuff it down the trap when there's some sodium hydroxide lurking below, that sort of thing???

 

[winjim]

Not a good idea to stuff it down the trap when there's some sodium hydroxide lurking below, that sort of thing???

Maybe wear some eye protection

 

[TVC]

Sainsburys Ibuprofen 49p for 16 tablets. Nutrofen with tv ads and a shiny box £2.49 for 16 tablets. Exactly the same active ingredient in the same dose. A drug out of copyright sold just on marketing.

 

[Milkfloat]

Be careful with that stuff. Don't put it anywhere near any other cleaning chemicals, especially hydroxides, but especially especially hypochlorite bleaches. Seriously.

I made that mistake once, one tiny breath and I had to leg it from the room choking.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Prescriptions and over the counter..so many times you pay more unless the chemist says oh this is only £4, tho thats nothing to do with marketing

 

[winjim]

Sainsburys Ibuprofen 49p for 16 tablets. Nutrofen with tv ads and a shiny box £2.49 for 16 tablets. Exactly the same active ingredient in the same dose. A drug out of copyright sold just on marketing.

Branded medicines have been shown to be more effective than generic. The placebo effect seems to work through adverts and shiny packaging.

Wasn't there a thing recently about a company selling exactly the same painkiller at different prices depending on what they labelled it for: skeletal pain, period pain etc

 

[Profpointy]

Be careful with that stuff. Don't put it anywhere near any other cleaning chemicals, especially hydroxides, but especially especially hypochlorite bleaches. Seriously.

Remember doing that as (home) chemistry experiment. Had an outstandingly good junior school texbook with instructions for that sort of thing. We used sodium bisulohate as a substitute for sulphuric acid - which is harder to get when you're 10. Domestos sufficed for the hypochlorite. Loads of yellow clouds of chlorine, collected in a jar over water. Best done outside - we were quite safety concious to be fair. An other good one is making oxygen from hyrdogen peroxide - smash up old batteries to get the manganese dioxide you need as a catalyst.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Branded medicines have been shown to be more effective than generic. The placebo effect seems to work through adverts and shiny packaging.

Wasn't there a thing recently about a company selling exactly the same painkiller at different prices depending on what they labelled it for: skeletal pain, period pain etc

i think some people need to try real pain tho..

 

[Jimidh]

• Branded medicines have been shown to be more effective than generic. The placebo effect seems to work through adverts and shiny packaging.
  
  Wasn't there a thing recently about a company selling exactly the same painkiller at different prices depending on what they labelled it for: skeletal pain, period pain etc

  
  The power of the Placebo - reminds me of a story when I was a young pharmacist. I had this old dear who swore blind that the betnovate rd cream I made for up her speciallly was much better than the stuff in the tubes.
  
  Little did she know that all I did was squirt the tube into a glass jar!!

 

[vickster]

Sainsburys Ibuprofen 49p for 16 tablets. Nutrofen with tv ads and a shiny box £2.49 for 16 tablets. Exactly the same active ingredient in the same dose. A drug out of copyright sold just on marketing.

I'd say generic sainsburys at 49p for 16 is still quite a lot

 

[Globalti]

It's all about adding value to a brand. A skin cream with homeopathic amounts of aloe vera juice will sell for more than one without, as long as aloe vera is mentioned on the label. Luxury goods don't sell if they are too cheap; who would buy a Rolex watch if it only cost £100?

 

[screenman]

It's all about adding value to a brand. A skin cream with homeopathic amounts of aloe vera juice will sell for more than one without, as long as aloe vera is mentioned on the label. Luxury goods don't sell if they are too cheap; who would buy a Rolex watch if it only cost £100?

Paid £5 for mine in Turkey.

 

[vernon]

Paid £5 for mine in Turkey.

Bought from the Genuine Fake Watch Shop at Ephesus?

 

[midlife]

And would you buy shoes from a shop called athlete's foot !

Shaun

 

[classic33]

And would you buy shoes from a shop called athlete's foot !

Shaun

Do feet come supplied?