Anadin equivalent?

[daisylou]

In the UK we always used anadin when required. I know that you cannot buy them in the supermarket here and I have to go to the chemist but I have no idea what to ask for.

Any advice please?

[Marina]

Do you know what the main ingredients are? Asprin, paracetamol and ibuprofen are all easily obtainable (and have similar sounding names), so I would imagine you would be able to get something very similar to anadin. At least you will be able to get something that does the same job, if not better.

[Busymum]

Hi!

Have a look on the Anadin packet and tell me what it contains I can't remember exactly .... is it Ibuprofen, paracetamol and caffeine? Let me know more and maybe I can help. Failing that take a packet of Anadin to a Farmacia and I am sure they will be pleased to help you find a similar product.

Busymum.

[Lorraine - Mijas]

Asprin, paracetamol and caffeine.

[masterob]

YOu can buy Nurofen, which contains ibuprofen, in pharmacies here. It is made by Boots.

[daisylou]

Nurofen would be great.....didn't have to be anadin so long as it does the job!

Does nurofen go by the same name?

[Julie]

Hi
If you want pain killers as oppose to anti Inflammatory you can buy ** over the counter in Spain, I use the 150sl but it comes in 50, 100 or 150 sl, it is strong and only available on prescription in the UK.

[masterob]

Does nurofen go by the same name?

Yes it does and same design of packaging but, of course, in Spanish language.

[daisylou]

Many thanks for the help....I shall go and get some this week

[Alan-LaCala]

Does nurofen go by the same name?

Nurofen is a brand name and hence more expensive.

The active ingredient is Ibuprofen; ask for that and what you get will be identical but a lot cheaper.

Alan

[spanish_lad]

you can ask for the generic version of any medicine.

"yo faltan nurofen, pero tienes una tipo generico?"

[RichardCoeurdeLion]

That's a useful phrase Spanish lad

looked it up

Faltar: To be lacking, to be wanting, to lack, to miss to need

But don't understand the useage of "Yo faltan."

Can you help?

[Julie]

you would use that phrase to say you are want/need something, literally it would mean i am short of, but as you probably know, a translation is to get your point across, not to translate exactly or you would never get to understand the lingo

[daisylou]

Spanish lad...thanks, I have made a note of it in my dictionary

[katy]

I would say - Me faltan-

[spanish_lad]

katy, you are probably gramatically correct on that one, i just say what gets the point accross normally, i'm not one to carry a dictionay

i guess it would be me faltan or yo falta