Asprin being refomulated Taken from shelves

[realenglish1]

There have been many reports that Aspirin is disappearing from shelves and most think it has become illegal here in Thailand

 

The pharmacy I go to all the time told me that it is being reformulated and Beyer will come out with a new Aspirin in the new year

 

So no need to fret

There is an article that confirms it

 

https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-28768576.html

[evadgib]

I wonder what will happen re price?

 

[ClutchClark]

Aspirin has been around for 100 years. 

 

these danged young'uns ought to listen to the wisdom of their grandparents. 

 

Aspirin is still the wonder drug of the world.

 

I have never found anything better.

Edited September 1, 2016 by ClutchClark

[tifino]

 

another victim of Big Pharma...

 

take away something that is good

 

- because it works!!  and costs profits away from the medico fraternity

 

if they Change it , then it is not Aspirin any more

[theguyfromanotherforum]

Time to stock up on aspirin and sell it on eBay.

[tifino]

 

Soon... don't get caught with it in your luggage

[chiang mai]

Bayer is not the only manufacturer of Aspirin, there's loads of other brand names widely available in Thailand, for example:

Available Brands

A.S.A. Cap     A.S.A-500     Anassa     Arpisine     Asatab     Ascot     Aspaco 300     Aspent     Aspent-M     Aspilets     Aspipac     Aspirin Ba     Aspirin BD     Aspirin BD     Aspirin SS     Aspirine (     Asrina     B-Aspirin    r Aspi     Buntaopoad     Cardiprin     Empirin     Entrarin     Pirin     S.P. Tab     Seferin-5/

 

List of names courtesy of Lopburi3, here :

 

[ukrules]

I bought a whole box a couple of weeks ago.

 

 

It was business as usual, they will sell you anything you want without regard to arbitrary quantity limits like in the UK in some places.

 

[BKKdreaming]

you can go to your local Walmart and buy bottles of 100-200 and I think 500 pills !

 

Why you need that many who knows but the dollars store has bottles of 100 for $1

 

Shortage ????

[KittenKong]

16 hours ago, ukrules said:

I bought a whole box a couple of weeks ago.

It was business as usual, they will sell you anything you want without regard to arbitrary quantity limits like in the UK in some places.

 

The UK quantity limits are there to protect the young, the stupid and the deranged from harming themselves.

 

I buy four large packs (90-100 tabs per pack) of Aspirin tablets every year in the UK to bring here as I take one a day, and I have never had the slightest trouble being sold them all in one go in any UK supermarket. I just explain to the pharmacist why I want them.

[Sheryl]

As other poster noted, aspirin is available in multiple brands in Thailand. It is not disappearing from the shelves and not at all hard to find.

 

It is only Bayer brand that is being reformulated, that will probably stop being available for a while until the new preparation comes out, but there are  plenty of alternatives.