Milk of Magnesia is Back!! Hooray

dm09

Milk of Magnesia is Back!!

Beloved Wonder Potion, cure for ALL ailments, familiar to Irish Medicine cabinets for generations Milk of Magnesia is now back on Irish & UK Shelves after previously been banned by nasty evil Eurocrats for apparently containing too much Sulphates.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352139/Milk-Magnesia-disappears-British-shelves-ingredients-fall-foul-EU-meddlers.html


Milk of Magnesia – used for generations to combat indigestion, ulcers and upset tummies – has been outlawed by the European Union because it contains a tiny bit too much sulphate.

Manufacture stopped in autumn last year, but the backlog of supplies was allowed to be sold.

Now stockpiles have dwindled and the product is selling for ten times its normal price on auction website eBay. Bottles of the beloved over-the-counter medicine – a solution of magnesium hydroxide – are selling for £20 online.

After the Ban they were reports of stockpiling nationwide and panic buying in Kerry

http://www.radiokerry.ie/news/kerry-people-stockpile-milk-of-magnesia-following-eu-ban/

According to Tralee pharmacist Cathal de Lacy, of Ryle & de Lacy who says when the EU announced it was banning the creamy substance for containing too much sulphate, their stock sold out within a matter of days. It’s understood GlaxoSmithKline, which makes the medicine, is considering modifying the recipe, so it contains less than 0.5% sulphate, which is the new legal limit. Cathal de Lacy says the medicine, traditionally used to ease upset stomachs, is also believed to be a cure for other conditions

The Irish people have suffered enough at the hands of faceless EU Bureaucrats and then they try to take our Milk of Magnesia?
Its time we stood together or next they'll be coming for our Sudocrem!!!

Thankfully its now back on shelfs after been acquired by Omega Pharma, useful to know in event you wanna do some 'spring cleaning':pac:

http://www.omegapharma.co.uk/2014/03/phillips-milk-of-magnesia-back-by-popular-demand/

Fizman

Milk of the Poppy is where it's at these days.

kneemos

Liquid chalk.

AnonoBoy

Funny, I hadn't even noticed it was gone.

I took multivitamins this morning to make me feel better, and instead they made me sick.

So there.

Birneybau

They should really change the name.

Something like 'Yummy Chalky Tummy Fixer'.

The Peanut

Milk of magnesia. Andrews Liver Salts and Codliver Oil medicine were the horrors of my childhood.

My dad swore they fixed/removed/improved everything. Codliver oil in particular was disgusting.

humanji

What kind of animal is a magnesia, anyway?

dm09

Deleted User wrote: »

I took multivitamins this morning to make me feel better, and instead they made me sick.

So there.

Pharmaton by any chance? They should rename it to Pukeaton

dm09

dm09 wrote: »

Pharmaton by any chance? They should rename it to Pukeaton

Yes!

And I bought 3 months supply

The Backwards Man

When was it banned?

I have a bottle in the medicine cabinet, take a wee swig now and again.

FatherLen

*Vomits

dm09

The Backwards Man wrote: »

When was it banned?

I have a bottle in the medicine cabinet, take a wee swig now and again.

Back in 2012, ye a wee swig every now and then is good for what ails ya. Legend has it Brian Boru kept a bottle of it with him during battle

Guy:Incognito

They're banning everything these days and I won't stand for it. If rubbing mercury on wounds was good enough for babe Ruth then it's good enough for me. Must get on to ebay and order a fresh batch.

jamesbere

humanji wrote: »

What kind of animal is a magnesia, anyway?

It's a wonderful animal, it sweets flat 7up and and can generate enough body heat to toast bread. The perfect bedside animal if your not well.

Conall Cernach

The Peanut wrote: »

Milk of magnesia. Andrews Liver Salts and Codliver Oil medicine were the horrors of my childhood.

My dad swore they fixed/removed/improved everything. Codliver oil in particular was disgusting.

Andrew's is still great when hungover.

Lapin

Anyone remember Delrosa?

Whatever happened to that stuff.

Twas lovely stuff when I were a nipper. All different flavours.

Although I'd probably turn my nose up at it now.

Unless it was laced with vodka or gin.

Pumpkinseeds

Ahh, milk of magnesia, that staple of the Irish mammies medicine cabinet. It's bringing back nausea and memories of my mother trying to coax me to take it when I was a child, I can almost smell it now. Never trust an Irish mammy with a plaster, the old 'I'm not going to pull it' line, next thing you knew the plaster was being ripped off you in the bath. Cheeses, 30 years ago and I'm still traumatised by it.:D

topper75

The Peanut wrote: »

Milk of magnesia. Andrews Liver Salts and Codliver Oil medicine were the horrors of my childhood.

My dad swore they fixed/removed/improved everything. Codliver oil in particular was disgusting.

The holy trinity.

A few bob on those and then zero bob on doc's fees.

The Peanut

topper75 wrote: »

The Unholy trinity.

A few bob on those and then zero bob on doc's fees.

Fixed that for you.

Tried Codliver oil a few years ago to see if it was as bad as I remember and it was/is rank. Revolting. Eventually was available as lozenges or something so could just be swallowed quickly.

SEPT 23 1989

I never knew it went away

recylingbin

I think what we all need to know is whether the active ingredient can be used to make crystal meth.
OP?

gouche

recylingbin wrote: »

I think what we all need to know is whether the active ingredient can be used to make crystal meth.
OP?

It's Sudafed you want for that.

recylingbin

gouche wrote: »

It's Sudafed you want for that.

What else do I need?
*grabs pen*

gouche

A fully stocked chemistry lab.
Or preferably an RV.:pac:

Decent article on it here actually.

Birneybau

recylingbin wrote: »

What else do I need?
*grabs pen*

An idiot sidekick. Unless you are an idiot sidekick, then you'll need a terminally ill chemistry teacher.

For my entire life, I've thought it was a laxative... Or am I thinking of something with a similar name?

Duck Soup

Was it Milk of Magnesia or Andrews Liver Salts that gave you the ferocious shíts?

foggy_lad

A good dose of Castor oil and molasses and a kick up the hole for whatever ails ya!

foggy_lad

Duck Soup wrote: »

Was it Milk of Magnesia or Andrews Liver Salts that gave you the ferocious shíts?

Castor oil is a good laxative.

fleet_admiral

FatherLen wrote: »

*Vomits

Upset tummy?

Bit of milk of magnesia sort you out pet

Buona Fortuna

I didn't realise it was banned, we still have a bottle that we got from Noah and that makes me feel kind of naughty, hip and edgy all at the same time.

I think I'll go and take some whether I need it or not.

Celly Smunt

I heard jesus actually turned water into milk of magnesia.

McChubbin

Tried Milk of Magnesia once for a stomach cramp- urgh. Horrible, chalky mess. They really need to improve the flavor if they're going to mess with the recipe. Now purple Calpol! There's a medicine with a fabulous taste. Mmmm... Flaming Moe.

kissmequick

This Thread reminds of the yummy Orange Cough-Bottle and the rotten pink one from childhood.

dm09

recylingbin wrote: »

I think what we all need to know is whether the active ingredient can be used to make crystal meth.
OP?

No.... But Crystal Mag?... There's an idea!, I'll talk to Heisenberg

dm09

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Upset tummy?

Bit of milk of magnesia sort you out pet

Shot of Cod Liver Oil, dab of Sudocrem - there's your Ebola Cure!!!....Better call CDC

...Patent Pending

Chucken

Lapin wrote: »

Anyone remember Delrosa?

Whatever happened to that stuff.

Twas lovely stuff when I were a nipper. All different flavours.

Although I'd probably turn my nose up at it now.

Unless it was laced with vodka or gin.

Rose hip syrup as far as I remember. Sickly sticky sweet.

Kev_2012

The Peanut wrote: »

Milk of magnesia. Andrews Liver Salts and Codliver Oil medicine were the horrors of my childhood.

My dad swore they fixed/removed/improved everything. Codliver oil in particular was disgusting.

Andrews is the home equivalent of flat 7up. Blasphemy!!

MadsL

Bah. Kids today, I'm old enought to remember being given Kaolin and Morphine!

padd b1975

Hard to beat a couple of Disprin..

Lapin

kissmequick wrote: »

This Thread reminds of the yummy Orange Cough-Bottle and the rotten pink one from childhood.

Ah, Calpol. Horrible gloop so disgusting that it came with its own embedded spoonfull of sugar to help the sluglike texture go down.

It didn't.

And the smell of the stuff. A revolting distant odour of childhood long since confined to the past until the day many years later when I first opened a can of Red Bull. #

Chucken wrote: »

Rose hip syrup as far as I remember. Sickly sticky sweet.

The very man

RobbingBandit

Can't beat the auld solpadein redbull double,on that note I can't feel feelings no more.