Why the hell do they stop making them?

[flat spot]

Drugs and stuff that actually work.

Adcortyl - if I got a mouth ulcer (which tend to be large and painful) I'd stick this stuff on which felt weird and tasted vile, but overnight and your ulcer would be shrunk to nothing the next morning. Discontinued.

Merocaine - I always get killer sore throats just before a cold. These lozenges had pain relief that actually worked. Nothing else I've tried touches them for effectiveness. Gone and not returned.

Last but not least Germolene Ointment (the pink stuff) - This stuff could draw a splinter from your finger overnight is effective against most things actually and now I find that's discontinued as well. WTF?

If anyone knows where there maybe old stock of this let me know I'll buy the bloody lot!!

[alexknight200...]

Funny you should mention those particular three medications.

I used to use all three and was also disappointed that they are no longer available.

I think there are alternatives such as igloo which you can buy of the shelf instead of adcortyl in orabase.

Not sure about the others though?
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Because meds and treatments that work are less profitable than medications that don't work or require prolonged use.
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WHAT? Germolene is banned?

It's a childhood staple, that little tin of pink, stinky cream with a lid that only your Mum could remove; kept in the cupboard for when you fell out a tree, or off your bike, or tripped over your skipping rope.

I think it was the smell, not the ingredients that took your juvenile mind off the sting in your knee after it had been smothered in Germolene.

Ahhh, à la recherche du temps perdu.......
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[J0Al1]

I was quite gutted when Asda stopped making their extra special carrot cake cookies.

[Itchy]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

https://www.boots.com/en/Germolene-Antiseptic-Cream-55g_5498/

https://www.mouthulcers.co.uk/kenacort
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[Vincent]

There was something on R4 yesterday about this.....there are people that are either dying and/or suffereing extreme pain just because the drug companies won't make the drug these people need because it doesn't make them enough profit. They also push drugs that may have common side effect problems because they make a lot of money out of the tax payer for them. There's talk about forcing the companies to take some sort of moral responsibility and change their policies but I'd imagine they'll just keep lobbying parliament and droping money into their election fund and change wil never come

I thought the prog was this one but can't see the subject listed in the description

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06d2lzw
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Like this charming fellow...

Daraprim 500% price increase
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[hellkat]

This is my one.

https://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/lo/loreal-wrinkle-decrease-collagen-filler.jpg

Not a permanent solution, just a little dab here and there to smoothe out (most) wrinkles long enough so you can spend a few hours looking better-than-usual at a party, and then go home. In the morning, back to normal.

Best stuff ever.
A bugger to find.

My best mate in NZ wanted to nick mine, but I wouldn't let it go!
Not even for her
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[ninjabob]

GUNK - the original stuff.

Why did they stop making that - it actually worked.

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[flat spot]

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