Buscopan

[Bazile]

The question below has reminded me of a question i have been meaning to ask .

Some weeks ago i had a bout of stomach pain .
Having spoken to the pharmacist , he duly prescribed Buscopan , which alleviated the pain .

However , i note on the box that it says ' for medically confirmed IBS '

I queried with the Pharmacist , the fact that i have not been medically diagnosed with IBS .
He said that it is normally prescribed ( over the counter i assumed he meant ) for stomach pain / ache

My question is why would it state so on the box , if you can take it without a diagnosis of IBS being made ?

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry Woof, thought I'd refreshed the page.

[woofgang]

snap mamya

[woofgang]

mamya :)

[Jackdaw33]

Same with a lot of things. Whenever I had trouble sleeping I used to buy Nytol until I discovered the generic equivalent at less than half the price.

[Bazile]

Very misleading to have that wording on the packet , then

[woofgang]

slightly different Jackdaw, this isn’t the generic equivalent its the same drug with the same name produced by the same company. It use to be sold labelled for period pain too.