Drugstore enema aisle

It is rare to find fountain syringes in any drugstore these days. Most people have to buy online. I can only guess that since the medical community frowns on using water enemas and only recommends occasional use of a Fleet, that the drug stores are following suit in that thinking. I recently had to undergo a biopsy and was told to take a fleet enema 2 hours before. I asked if I could substitute a warm water enema and was told no that it puts too much pressure on the bowel and bladder. I was told never to take a warm water enema and use stool softeners instead.

The drugstore “enema aisle” no longer exists, and has been gone for many, many years.

I was just thinking about the old 5&10 store in my childhood. they would display black enema and douche nozzles you could purchase individually. I made always a point to walk by the display but felt funny looking at that stuff with people around but was always drawn to them.

Lol, the good old days. All that's there now are some Fleets, suppositories, and laxatives. No disrespect to those who love Fleet products, I'm just one of them. But I do use tampons from those aisles, to prevent overnight leakage if my high volume enemas are taken before bedtime. I hate middle of the night bedding changes!

If more people bought enema bags/equipment, the drugstores would stock them. It's simply supply and demand. Shelve space is valuable and reserved for products that move.

@gwhap

If more people bought enema bags/equipment, the drugstores would stock them. It's simply supply and demand. Shelve space is valuable and reserved for products that move.

What you say is especially true for the way large chain drugs stores are run. The small independent stores, had more of them survived, might have kept things going. I was helping an in-law clear out his old pharmacy as his business was going under. There was an amazing collection of fountain syringe. I was too chicken to ask if he was into them. I wished there was a way I could have taken a few.

When the large chains moved into the pharmacy business, the days of the small independent drug stores were numbered unless they offered services that the large chains didn't. My father's pharmacies were one of the first ones in the USA to bill the insurance companies directly. Customers merely paid the co-pay like in doctor's offices. Apothecary items take up shelf space and turned slowly. My father put in kiosks for apothecary items where the customer could order and the pharmacy drivers would deliver the items when they were delivering drugs to nursing homes and shut-ins. The added benefit was that his stories offered more variety plus the customer didn't have to carry a bulky item like a bed pan or walker home.

I recently was in a CVS and had to wait around after an injection for 15 minutes. They had chairs down the isles and mine happened to be on the feminine hygiene isle. After perusing things like different lubes and spermacides, I looked over my right shoulder and within arms reach was a good health combo bag. This is the first enema bag I have seen in a store in 10 years so maybe they are making a comeback. Yes, I amused myself by reading the directions on the back.

@Moppys_jalopy Unless you've had a sex change in recent weeks, there is only one place for you to insert that nozzle. The Devil made me post it!

@Moppys_jalopy Unless you've had a sex change in recent weeks, there is only one place for you to insert that nozzle. The Devil made me post it!

I'll agree that an enema isn't rocket science. I was more interested in what position they would recommend. I am a big fan of knee chest because of the view and the ease of doing other things, like for instance using a Hitachi magic wand.

Fo enemas the instructions recommended leaning forward on the toilet (boring) and for douches reclining in the tub.

For giving me sass I expect you to do a soapy enema!

@Moppys_jalopy

For giving me sass I expect you to do a soapy enema!

How about two coffee retention enemas in the knee-chest position?

@Moppys_jalopy For enemas the instructions recommended leaning forward on the toilet (boring) and for douches reclining in the tub.

Thanks for that memory, the “leaning forward on the toilet” instruction that I would read as well struck me as that was no way to take an enema. I kept a number of boxes the fountain syringes I bought came in.. Just another item I found myself collecting..

@Moppys_jalopy

For giving me sass I expect you to do a soapy enema!

How about two coffee retention enemas in the knee-chest position?

That works for me. I suppose zoom is out of the question. Ha

Back in the late 1960's I went to an upscale local pharmacy to buy a fountain syringe. By upscale, I mean the store had a large perfume/cosmetics counter, and other counters with salespeople, nice lighting and was not cluttered - the fountain syringes were not that openly displayed and I was very nervous - making the purchase all the more something I had to do as it was something the embarrassment of buying enema bags was my thing. So I when to the main counter when no other customers were near and asked the gentleman behind the counter that I wanted to purchase a fountain syringe - with amazing skill and dexterity, like he was trained athlete, in one quick motion he reached under the counter quickly placed the large flat rectangular box we all know so well into a large plain brown shopping bag.

I used to love walking down that isle in the drug store. If fact I've bought a number of enema bags and syringes from those drug stores. I loved it when a cute checkout girl was working the register and see the look on her face when I put my selection down on the counter. Who knows? Maybe some of them loved enemas also. Not any more, though. Enemas are practically non existent there.. What a shame. It was a turn on looking at them. In fact, in my real younger years I would get a nice erection just looking at them and know that I needed to go home and have a couple of good enemas. Oh, the bygone years.

I don't know about now but at least in the eighties the Sacramento co-op had a whole display case full of enema stuff, to include the tubes that you stick up there. Enemas were big among the health nut crowd.

Over the years, I've had a really tough time locating enema/douche supplies in the brick and mortar locations of the past. It used to be lots of fun when traveling, to check out those old drug stores, especially in small towns that were slower to succumb to the chain stores.

A few years ago, I discovered that many of the Health Food or Natural Health stores carry some enema equipment. Medical Supply stores also carry some equipment as well. I suppose that the “healthy” types believe in coffee, lemon, castile, and other solutions for their enema needs. Some home health providers still use an enema bag now and then.

Some of my most rewarding finds have occurred in antique shops. If one needs to kill some time while on the road, an antique store may well provide some vintage equipment to view, and perhaps some wonderful interaction with a well versed clerk from those days of old!

Aaah, return with us now to yesteryear - when there WAS an enema aisle. Back then I always took a look… now you're lucky to find ANY enema bags or fountain syringes - at most usually a douche bag, if that!

I haven't went looking in quite sometime, over a year. When ever I am shopping it is in and out and no dinking around. I miss doing that. But may need to do that the next time. Just to see what is on the shelves.

I am sure there is atleast one at the local pharmacy. Atleast there was three years ago when we wandered through when they relocated.

I have enjoyed perusing this aisle for years. Many times I found something that was fun to play with. There were even several choices of shape and color sometimes. My best experience, however, was a number of years ago when Drug Emporium was quite new. When I got to the right place in the aisle, I saw a stack of disposable 1500cc enema bags stacked almost to the ceiling, at least it seemed that way. And that was only one of my options. I frequented those stores often in several locations and the things I bought there were much better than the punch bags with tubing I had been using.

Alas, with the demise of those stores and the changes in purchasing by any store that calls itself a pharmacy, and my aversion to buying online, I may be back to making my own toys. Information on specific real stores that still have bags available for purchase is appreciated.

Every time I go into a pharmacy i look these day It's rare to see anything other than Fleet.

When I was in my teens I worked in a chain drugstore company that is no longer in business. I was a stock boy and I cleaned floors and bathrooms. In front of the prescription area was a case that had glass doors on it. It was there that they sold enema kits, bulbs for adults and children, and black nozzles of various sizes. I did not work everyday, but many of the days that I worked there, I had to restock that case. In the 1960's enemas were still very popular. I do not think that Fleet Enemas were sold yet. There were certain times of the year that I helped the manager to display enema bag and bulbs in the windows!!! WOW, have times changed!!

Today, I go to Walgreens. They sell enema kits in the feminine hygiene area. The combination kits they offer are for douching and enemas. In another area of the store they have Fleet Enemas, suppositories, etc.

Going back to my high school days working at the drugstore, a woman, who was the mother of a boy I knew at school, purchased an adult enema bulb. I wondered who in that family was going to get enema with that bulb.

I still walk the isles every time I visit a drug store. Just wondering why you don't see rectal syringes, feminine syringes and seldom seeing combination enema and douche hot water bottle packages. They use to be at every mom and pop and most of the chains. I was looking for an 8 oz adult syringe sometime back but was unable to find one anywhere. Seems like Amazon is the answer for everything.

I could certainly see a niche for Enema bags if sold in the sporting and body building and jock goods section of stores. Larger black bags and nozzles for men would sell without having to go through a feminine section.

Dan

@ilffer Larger black bags and nozzles for men would sell without having to go through a feminine section

Yet for me It was that having to go into the feminine hygiene isle to look at and buy fountain syringes that created the embarrassment and excitement that I became addicted to, resulting in my buying so many bags..

A few weeks ago I had to go to town as I needed a list of items. On that list I'd penned & highlighted - ‘ Chemist / Pharmacy’ , listed thereunder the words….look for Continental Bulb.

My first port of call was along the main Street as they had a good display of Bulbs of various brand names & a couple of el cheapo bags.

Lo & behold the joint had closed up shop….bummer ! Admittedly the last time I'd been there was around 4 Years ago.

Not impressed I headed off down the street where I'd once spotted some other “items of interest”...Again it was a case of “no joy”….not happy.

There was another chemist immediately opposite the one id just left behind, so i thought I might as well check it out too….Headed down the “dirty deeds” aisle & again it was a non event. Butt it wasn't all in vain , I'd bought a large tube of water based lube that I'd not seen before….read the destructions (as ya do) & noticed…made in NZ….safe bet, so off I went.

3 down,what's next ? Headed towards the town mall as I had to go there anyway. Upstairs was a new ‘'Open all hours" drug emporium, also known as a chemist. Things were looking up as I made my way across to the feminine hygiene section…Yay…bingo ! ….they had “ the goods”..sweet as...I thought. Unfortunately the choice was limited to some ‘Higgys’, a 1 litre plastic douche can with hose & 2 plastic cannulas , an inexpensive vinyl bag with accessories. Moved right along to view the latest in ‘ breast care ’ / home nursing items…..tasty in-deed !

Made my way across to the ‘rectal relief’ ( suppository ) section….oh lawdy me…oooh some serious display goin on there….So many choices, enough to make some poor buggers arse quiver.

Ended up leaving with a box of adult bisacodyls…not that I needed them !!!

Tailz from Downunder.

It's true that guys consider this section of the pharmacy like it is foreign territory. While women have to go there on a regular basis, guys do not unless on a shopping assignment from a wife or girl friend so we're quite familiar with that aisle and it does not feel to be strange territory to us. To us there is nothing to feel embarrassed about. While my husband would run an errand for me he was never particularly enthusiastic about doing so.

I used to always make a trip down the laxative and feminine hygiene ailes to check out the enemas and douches. Gave that up several years ago when enemas were no longer stocked. Occasionally check out the enema sections of some of the medical sex sites online.

Old habits die hard. I have been making this trip to the drugstore feminine hygiene aisle for the past 60-years. I got over the feeling of intimidation years ago but still make the trip on a regular basis even though there has been nothing to see there for many, many years. 😢

Old habits die hard. I have been making this trip to the drugstore feminine hygiene aisle for the past 60-years. I got over the feeling of intimidation years ago but still make the trip on a regular basis even though there has been nothing to see there for many, many years. 😢

And someday you may be pleasantly surprised/shcocked that they have restocked enema supplies!!! Hope is eternal. 😄