Nicole Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 This is one subject that the French are quite relaxed aboutand the English conversely get very hot under the collar whenever suppositoriesare mentioned.After a trip to the pharmacy I am convinced that there is asuppository for every ailment. Initially, I wanted some paracetamol andnaturally I was given it in the suppository form. I asked if there was a tabletversion.‘But why’, the pharmacist asked,’ the suppositories work alot quicker’.This, I do not doubt, but could I please have paracetamol ina tablet form. There is a farmer who lives on the outskirts of the village,whom I am told has never been ill and the reason for this is his daily garlicclove suppository !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 ..............and, it has stopped him biting his nails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 [:-))] ............. I am French, and I was NEVER given suppos for paracetamol !!! This sounds really weird ... [:D]Was the paracetamol intended for a child?It is commonly given for children. But very rare for adults.About the garlic treatment, ........ giggle giggle... Never heard of such a thing, but it makes me laugh.............[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 For what good they do you............You may as well stick them up your b*m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 [:D][:D][:D][:D] L O L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I find the idea hard to swallow[:D][:P][;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 [:D][:D][:D]And if the doctor says to " suspendre le traitement" ............ pas autour du cou!! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Nicole wrote:-This is one subject that the French are quite relaxed about and the English conversely get very hot under the collar whenever suppositories are mentioned.The use of relaxed and.....hot under the collar..........well it made me smile[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Did you hear the one about the Frenchman that thought an "innuendo" was an Italian suppository?[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosub Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Yes about 9 times[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Duplicates deleted [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 No, our local doc prescribes paracetamol supps for adults. The OH had a bug last year and I noticed when we got back from the chemist that they were not for orale use. I told him what to do with them but he assumed I was just being my usual earthy self. They are still in the cabinet. Some people just don't know how to have fun[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I remember, in Paris back in the early 1960s, being prescribed suppositories for a cracked rib. [8-)]Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I went to a pharmacy in Paris with a lost voice and sore throat and the pharmacien recommended suppositories. Well.....!He said he realised the Brits were a bit tight***ed about that sort of thing, but there was a good reason for it......apparently medicaments get absorbed into the bloodstream without passing through the stomach. Therefore the medication acts more quickly and no more upsets ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Given that certain common use painkillers should not be taken by those with any form of stomach ulcer, suppositories make some sort of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimportequoi Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 My [French] doctor says that suppositories would be more effective if people inserted them correctly - absorption is better if the blunt end goes in first [:-))] according to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hmm, this is becoming a jolly thread isn't it? But in advance of moving to France I suppose I need to ask whether there are any medicines only available in this form in France - because my NHS installed Alternative Plumbing in that area [:-))]means that it has to be pills or nothing!Anybody know the answer?Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Chris, the answer is that for the many other people here in France with the same predicament as yours, of course there are alternatives... oral, transdermal, intra-muscular or intraveinous. Usually plenty of options in how to administer drugs. Suppositories are cheap, uncomplicated, easy to use. They deliver the active substances fast, without need for an "acte médical" like an injection. More generally (i.e. not addressed to you Chris) I have always been surprised that the topic of suppositories generates so much merriment but also some distaste and perhaps a little fear for Brits, as if having anything to do with this part of one's anatomy is a major transgression. This is a truly puzzling cultural difference. What is considered natural and normal for one, is not considered as such by the other.Maybe one of these days, someone will write a paper about it....[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 [quote user="5-element"]Maybe one of these days, someone will write a paper about it....[:D][/quote]I think you'll find they already have! Not done a proper "professional librarian" search, but putting suppositories and cultural differences into Google brought up quite a lot, without even trying the scientific or medical literature. There isn't much that hasn't already been written about these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Thanks for the tip, I should have known.....those social scientists have a lot to answer for!!![:D]edit: just started googling, and this is what I found (sorry if this format messes up the thread)-Patients’attitudes to rectal drug administrationH.A.L. Vyvyan, MB, BS, FRCA Department of Anaesthetics, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN.*, Z. Hanafiah, MB, BS, FFARCSI Department of Anaesthetics, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN. .Summary One hundred adult patients attending for day case surgery were surveyed by anonymous questionnaire in order to determine their attitudes to rectal drug administration. Fifty four patients did not want an analgesic drug (diclofenac sodium) administered rectally whilst under anaesthesia, all preferring to take it orally if available. Ninety eight patients thought that drugs administered per rectum should always be discussed with them beforehand and a few had very strong feelings about this route of administration. We suggest that prescribers of rectal diclofenac should always discuss it with patients pre-operatively. Whilst many are happy to have suppositories, some young patients are sensitive about this and prefer to take such medication by mouth. and here is the link to a fascinating forum with very long discussion about very different attitudes towards "putting things in your bum" - apparently it is thought of as "very German" there - not so much French, you see?http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t68687.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 When I read all your posts, I have a feeling we don't live in the same country !! [blink]I am French, and I ve NEVER been given suppos for myself, by any doctor, the docs I ve met only gve them fpr children, because they can't swallow tablets... Your experiences are very surprising to me .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Obviously Frenchie you don't live in the right part of France.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Yeah, very probably..Though , as another poster said, no taboo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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