shortyninja t1_iy0amr6 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 7:54 PM

Reply to comment by EspritFort in ELI5: If allergies, and especially anaphylaxis, are so common, why do we still need prescriptions for epi pens and such? by boomokasharoomo

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 on November 27, 2022 at 8:31 PM

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 on November 27, 2022 at 8:33 PM

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 on November 27, 2022 at 10:17 PM

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.