Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.
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this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024
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France and Germany required a pharmacist for ibuprofen, and France banned imodium/pepto. I’ve been through most of western Europe and it’s just better to not forget the most basic of things we carry at gas stations…including a gun. Jk…ish.
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.