Where can i get ipecac from in the U.K?

Question

Is it just prescribed? or can you get it in any chemist, cos i've never seen it in england, ive just heard of it

Answer 1

You can get Homeopathic Ipecac from any good health store.

Answer 2

dude i want that ****. i just want to puke without having to use my hands...

Answer 3

Ipecacuanha  used to be used as an emetic, to make you vomit, in A+E following an overdose, this practice was stopped a few years ago due to the risk of causing oesophageal tears and inhalation of vomit into the lungs.

Before that, in low dose, it was used in an expectorant cough medicine. This use is also obsolete.

Currently its only use, or more accurately abuse, is by bulimics using it to induce vomiting. Ignoring the huge psychological problems of bulimics, the practice is very dangerous, risking both bowel perforation and aspiration.

Answer 4

Ipecachuana is available on Doctors prescription or as an emergency administration in A &E.