EspritFort t1_ixzx2mt wrote
Reply to comment by ShalmaneserIII in ELI5: If allergies, and especially anaphylaxis, are so common, why do we still need prescriptions for epi pens and such? by boomokasharoomo
>I practically guarantee you that more people are going to harm themselves with OTC acetaminophen/paracetamol than would do so with epi pens.
I agree, those should absolutely not be OTC ;P
shortyninja t1_iy0amr6 wrote
In the UK, you actually can’t buy more than two packets of Paracetamol in one transaction. AFAIK this did actually lower the number of suicides-by-OD.
Purplekeyboard t1_iy0gch7 wrote
Ah, here in the U.S. you can buy a bottle of 500 of them in the grocery store.
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pupae t1_iy0gkl4 wrote
That's interesting. Did it lower the number of suicides overall, or just push ppl to a different method? If ppl are taking too much Tylenol on purpose, this solution seems... incomplete.
shortyninja t1_iy0wamt wrote
I’m not sure tbh. But a lot of suicides are spur of the moment things, so if you do something that makes it take time and effort to acquire the means to do it, people are more likely to talk themselves out of it.
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