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The most "European mind cannot comprehend this" thing around (files.mastodon.social)

submitted 8 months ago by twostraws@mastodon.social to c/tails@lemmon.website

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Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.

(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social)

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Do you understand that “required a pharmacist” is not “required a prescription”? When people say “over the counter”, do you know what counter they’re talking about?

Based on this thread from that other site, imodium is also available over the counter in France:

old.reddit.com/r/…/de_gasimodium/

So again the theme seems to be Yanks not knowing what OTC means because the idea of involving a trained medical person in a purchase presumably terrifies them.

I’ve been to every country in Western Europe (except Andorra), extensively, and I’ve never once bothered to pack medicine except when traveling by ferry.