Each box has 100 tablets. Take no more than 4g Paracetamol per day ;) also remember all those cashrewards/cash backs/entertainment book/vouchers you can use here.
Panamax $0.69 @ Chemist Warehouse
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It wouldn’t hurt to stock up more.
I see what you did there…
You are a pain in the ***. Will Panamax work for that?
I think what you are looking is Panalmax.
Ooooh I just felt my liver quiver
Adults: 1 to 2 tablets (maximum 8 per day) Children: (7-12 years): 1/2 to 1 tablet (maximum 4 tablets per day). Take with water every 3-4 hours if necessary.
Like swallowing little rocks - I need my optizorb smooth coating
I hope you’re joking
Lol not joking I hate swallowing pills - and these are rough
It's true.
I just chew them. Tastes like trash but it works
I'd rather have a headache than chew pills!
unless its a slow release opioid and you want instant release =P
I think that would make me even more sick.
Let us buy more than one when we order online!
How annoying! However, it is normally kept behind the counter for a reason! :)
It's not behind the counter at the stores I frequent, but there is a max of two boxes per day.
You can get two a day in store. Didn't know that was the case online though.
That is certainly the "rule" at the register. I believe you can buy as many as you want but they will first require that you consult with the pharmacist.
Stock up for Kris Kringles !!!
Cheaper and tastier than Tic Tacs. Thanks!
Cheaper and tastier than Tic Tacs.
Nope. I stocked up on 'The Simpsons' Tic Tacs for 50 cents a couple of weeks back.
But there only 50 tic tacs in a box, these are 31% cheaper.
Plus individually wrapped for freshness.
I prefer to wrap each tic tac myself.
I’m a simple man. I see 69 in the price, I upvote.
This guy maths.
I'm a single woman. I see a good comment, I upvote.
I am 69. I see a simple man, I upvote.
I'm a simple man. I see terms and conditions, I upvote.
Quick, get his comment to 69 votes!
I resell these at rave parties for $6 a tablet. They are too excited to notice the difference
Yes officer this man right here
Lol "he asked me for the pills so i sold him some my panamax officer, i thought i was doing him a favor"
Any deal on ibuprofen
$2.99 though… That's a pain…
Those ones are hard to swallow. I prefer the smaller ones with the red coating.
This one is best value I think.
I dont see free shipping?
Both TradeDeal and AyseDayi show as free for me.
This is Kirkland. Wouldn't you get it from Costco here. With membership
Yes
Hello Kirkland.
Any deal on Rafen 200mg tabs? Thanks.
No just the usual $2.99 for the 50 tabs. Which still isn't a bad price for ibuprofen
Only codeine works for me
Try ibuprofen if paracetamol doesn't work. No prescription needed.
Can paracetamol be chemically altered to another compound?
You could mix it with fire to get carbon
wow! 30c savings. upvotes.
prefer not to think about how these are made, shipped and retail for half a cent each.Instead just try thinking about the massive markup on the brand name versions.
Not to mention they're on sale very frequently.
Yes, I was not mentioning that.
They're fully compliant with Aussie standards. I was given these at Royal Melbourne and St Vincent's hospitals…
Chemist Warehouse/My Chemist probably also use these as loss leaders…
Hopefully 'Aussie standards' in pharma are higher than those in the honey industry.
They definitely are
Good deal.
yesss cheap drugs
Okay, I have a weird but serious question. Does anybody else experience an odd sensation after taking paracetamol? If i have even the normal dose of 2 tablets, I feel groggy and light-headed, and I can taste and smell a very distinct "panadol" taste (as I call it) for hours after taking the tablet. I don't have this problem with any other over the counter medicine like ibuprofen. My husband says I'm nuts, but someone else has to have the same thing happen, surely.
If pain persists, see your doctor.
Groggy and light headedness are side effects of paracetamol
https://www.drugs.com/sfx/acetaminophen-butalbital-side-effe…As for the taste it could be a drug induced taste disorder
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209588111…which medical school did you go to? legit interesting finds
Thanks.
I don't have a medicine degree but have several people who are close to me that do.
I like to know about pharmacology so I'm lucky to have several good teachers.
I liked pharmacology too in my clubbing days, little past it now
Thanks for those articles. The chemosensory one was very interesting. Also interesting to see that the grogginess is a listed side effect. I've asked many people over the years and never found anybody else who experienced it. I avoid paracetamol like the plague because of it.
I feel a little cold and clammy when taking two panadol. Much prefer ibuprofen. Most of my pain is inflammation anyway.
Me too.
Try the Australian brand rather than this indian version which is too soft. These desolve on the way done where the others are made a lot harder so it goes further down so you should not taste it.
Before taking this consider that it may not actually do anything
Recent data, including a trial from Australia, show paracetamol is no better than placebo in these conditions
https://theconversation.com/amp/weekly-dose-paracetamol-may-…
The bottom line is that paracetamol doesn’t effectively relieve pain
https://uk.cochrane.org/news/paracetamol-widely-used-and-lar…Any deals on Placebo™?
I have the finest, rarest, most sought after and most effective placebo. It's taken other countries by storm and I'm currently introducing it to Australia.
I can take pre orders for the price of $31.45 plus GST per Placebo. Expect retail to be 5-9 times higher.
These are much stronger and longer lasting so you may only need to take one per lifetime!
How many would you like?
Head for the vitamin aisle
Or the homeopathyYer, I’ve heard great things about the effect of Placebo.
I just don’t know why it isn’t more widely available.
Surely it’s possible to do a “combi” tablet with paracetamol or something.
Best would be, I think, to fortify breakfast cereals with it.
imo, CSIRO should be working on that; not climate change (which isn’t real JSYK).
…not climate change (which isn’t real JSYK)
The reality of climate change is documented and without doubt; it's what it can be attributed to that is arguable.
Even just the placebo effect you get from taking them might be good for some aches and pains, even if you're fully aware of it - google "honest placebo". On a similar note, some studies have found that the nocebo effect can make things worse if you're absolutely dead set on it being useless.
I agree however even though paracetamol seems to be relativity safe its use can have some serious health effects.
Especially when taken over long periods.People tend to also increase their dose over time due to the belief that they may be getting used to the lower dosage so need to take more to get the same effect.
Yeah, much better to find non-pharmaceutical alternatives like physiotherapy and stuff for long term management. Paracetamol is still much safer than NSAIDs and most certainly safer than opioids, which is why it's the first rung of the WHO pain ladder (which despite being developed for cancer associated pain, is often applied by medical professionals for all types of chronic pain).
Ideally medications should only be needed short/medium-term for breakthrough pain, with most of the baseline niggling pain managed with non-pharmaceutical measures alone.
Really depends on the pain.
Paracetamol is near useless for acute pain like headache, toothache, muscle pain etc.
What is is good for (and why the sell in packs of 100 for oldies at the chemist) is mild chronic pain. So say you're old and have sore joints or have some other just annoying pain paracetamol is great for that. You just take at the recommended dose of 8 a day or whatever and keeps that pain managed mostly.
The links I shared were actually for chronic (back and arthritis pain).
They sell them in big packs because paracetamol is inexpensive and relativity safe (especially compared to ibuprofen in the elderly). Not because it works.
Daily and long term usage of paracetamol as you suggested should be avoided.
https://ajp.com.au/news/coroner-warns-daily-long-term-parace…
The article said it wasn't effective for acute lower back pain only. It made no comment on arthritic or chronic back pain.
Great so you read some studies. I've worked extensively in health care and paracetamol used in the correct way is an effective treatment for mild chronic pain.
This is the exact same argument was having months ago on Whirlpool with arm chair study reading experts about the ban on over the counter codeine. There was pointing out its the only thing you could get at short notice to treat acute pain like migraine, tooth ache etc. The arm chair experts there all "oh but this study xxx says it is not effective" never actually had that 2am migraine that makes you want to stab your eyes out, no actual life experience or experience with pain killers.
Not to mention I think I could find a study that agrees with literally any point or argument anyone could make.
The article said it wasn't effective for acute lower back pain only. It made no comment on arthritic or chronic back pain.
I'm not sure what you read.
In the past, paracetamol has been recommended as first-line treatment for low back pain and osteoarthritis. Recent data, including a trial from Australia, show paracetamol is no better than placebo in these conditions
Nor does the review find any evidence that it works in chronic back pain either
Success rates for chronic pain are well below 50%, typically 10% for chronic low back pain or fibromyalgia to 30% for osteoarthritis or painful diabetic neuropathy.
But it does say
So how does paracetamol stack up against what people with acute back pain want? A Cochrane review is unequivocal – it doesn’t work
Which matches your first sentence, so maybe that's all you read and stopped there?
I've worked extensively in health care and paracetamol used in the correct way is an effective treatment for mild chronic pain.
That's great.
You as a health care professional who people trust have administered drugs which people are told relieve pain to people who are in pain.Just because the pain goes away does not mean that the drug has caused the pain to go away. The placebo effect can be immensely strong.
Put it a different way, you as a health care worker could inject someone with saline while telling them it is morphine and they would likely tell you that the pain has subsided. That doesn't mean that saline is a painkiller.
You could even go as far to then provide the patient actual morphine because you don't want to lie to them and have them actually be in pain only to find that they exhibit symptoms of an overdose because to them they have now been given two doses of morphine.
This is why it is important to look at repeatable, double blind studies not anecdotal observations.
Sorry, you're right, I meant the sources, not the articles. I read both. The articles interpret the sources far too broadly.
The Cochrane review on paracetamol for chronic LBP was based on 1 study that it admitted was unreliable, and later withdrawn. The "trial from Australia" was a single study and based only on acute LBP. The "Recent data" linked meta-analysis commented only on short-term spinal pain and acknowledged that there was a significant effect on osteoarthritic - knee or hip - pain, albeit not clinically significant in the short term.
Pretty limited areas.
I did read few quite a few more of the sources Andrew Moore had as references, and it does indeed appear to me that paracetamol is less effective than previously thought. But they all seem to focus on a narrow range of pain types, mostly focusing on acute back pain, as I pointed out in my previous comment. There are also plenty of Cochrane reviews showing efficacy for other types of pain.
I just think that you selected quotes in your original comment that obscured what the studies were actually showing. Your comment makes it seem like the referenced sources were talking about all types of pain.
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Folks, how is this different from the Panadol? I believe both have same chemical composition I.e. 500 mg paracetamol!
It's the same thing
Same thing
I have a hoarding problem with these whenever a deal like this is up. It pains me to not have them stocked up. Maybe I need some help to reduce the fever.
Any discounted gift cards or anything for chemist warehouse?
These are made in India, I would use the local brand.
ChrisAnd where is Panadol made?
Does it even say on the packet?
Does it say the actual tablet is manufactured in Australia?
If not, imo, it is deceptive. (and most likely China).
Shelf price said $1.99, but scanned at $0.69. Thanks OP. I would not have known about this offer just from browsing instore
Still got my 4 boxes from… last year.
Ty op good deal.