Bring back the Suppositories!

I think suppositories are in danger of becoming extinct... I have noticed when you do some research that back several years ago more medication even OTC medication and other remedies came in suppository form. Not so much now only laxatives, and OTC hemroid meds. Well, maybe that is not totally true I think other countries are more excepting of meds that are in suppository form. Here in America, we tend to be prudish, or wrapped around the axial about no suppositories or injections, or rectal temps. Since, I stated that I am sure I will get a ton of flack about this but yeah it is true. I think most of this is because parents or medical professionals are worried that if they give their kids a suppository that is some sort of perverted way it is sexual abuse "NOT"! We need to get over ourselves and bring back suppositories, rectal temperatures, enemas and injections in the ass!

I agree. I would really like to see those things make a comeback but I doubt it will be in my lifetime. I really wish more medications were readily available in suppository form. I recently tried to find acetaminophen suppositories in the adult strength and boy are they hard to find (and expensive). I know I'm weird but in many cases I'd rather take a suppository than a pill.

I guess the problem is most Americans are skittish about anything that has to do with the bottom, at least outside the bedroom. It also seems like everything is now considered child abuse and everyone is worried about screwing up the children. I wouldn't be surprised if currently accepted parenting practices ended up causing a lot of problems down the road. On the other hand, maybe they do have a point as my suppository experiences probably did have a huge impact on me and my sexuality. Most people would probably consider my suppository/anal fetish weird. While I do think it's odd, frankly at this point, I don't think I would have changed things even if I could.

Anyway, back to the original issue, I do hope things change. Also, I wonder how many conditions could be treated more cheaply and effectively with an enema than with the expensive drugs doctors like to prescribe.

It's not just in America either. I have noticed here in the UK, even in the last couple of years it is getting more and more difficult to find anything other than hemorrhoid meds in suppository form. Even dulcolax suppositories are almost impossible to find now other than online.. the only laxative suppositories commonly available OTC being glycerin. 😢

I look back wistfully to the days when dulcolax suppositories were readily available, and long for their return, but sadly I fear they may be gone forever.

It's time we got off our asses and made our own suppositories!

At least in the UK they make glycerin suppositories more powerful and with a gelatin base. I'm sure those are far better than the glycerin suppositories available in the US. I keep hoping they will become available in the US but I'm not holding my breath. It would also be great if they brought back those old extra long suppositories.

I actually do make my own suppositories but I still think it would be better if they sold good ones and more people used/accepted them.

If you shop around you can find chemists in cities like London which stock dulcolax suppositories and place them on the shelves (even the childrens' size!).

But there are so many that hide away even the adult size glycerin ones, enabling them to make a drama out of selling them ("who's this freak who chooses not to take pills?") And if you're trying to buy childrens' ones they give you "the turd degree", trying to find an excuse not to let you have them - presumanly because "everything is now considered child abuse".

But it's part of a general trend away from democracy and towards intrusion into people's lives and stigmatization/criminalisation of things that don't matter. Not so much by governments as by businesses who believe they are the World Government.

"The turd degree"! Funny squidgicunt! I've noticed some of the same "preventive measures" over here also, and not just with suppositories. Most things that shop owners think might be miss-used, or offends there sensibilities, they tuck away...

Love the responses, we really need to take back awesome ways of medicine really. Injections, rectal temps, suppositories, enemas, etc. Also, we need to stop being so prude and get over ourselves. Keep the chat alive I have noticed too many times where the conversations on here die prematurely.

Take care,

SGG

In Spain, glycerin suppositories are still popular. We can enjoy different brands with different shapes. The most popular ones have 3,6 grm of glycerin per suppository, which is not very common in the suppositories I have seen in other countries

In Germany you can buy a lot of medicine as suppositories in the pharmacy. And the people there will not ask you, why you prefer suppositories. But I dont know, what they think about you, when you buy some... 😃

Lots of pharmacies here in Finland have suppos avavailbe for fever (paracetamol). I usually buy kids versions..

I think it is true that other countries have them more accessible, even medicated suppositories for nausea can be bought over the counter. I've had Vomex A in Germany and Gravol in Canada over the counter.

Reading the posts I notice an interesting conundrum: The more difficult a country makes it to get hold of and use suppositories, the more determined its people become in acquiring them and kinky in using them! Maybe governments should just "loosen up" for everyone's (health) benefit...?

Although i agree to bring these back, its not the person on the receiving end, the problem is with the giver. Alot more has been exposed this day and age regarding sexual abuse rape and pedophilia. Being aware of what could happen to a child and adults you never know what is running through a nurses or doctors mind but then again everyday patients subject themselves with consent of course to gynecological and rectal exams, sigmoidoscopies, barium enemas, colonoscopies etc. And they zero in a little rectal thermometer and suppositories! Go figure!

This is true regarding anything. The more they want to control people and their interests the more they backlash and dive deeper into it.

I also enjoy suppositories and wish there were more types available other than laxatives. There used to be aspirin suppositories available - for children and adults who can not take oral medication. I hear that suppositories for other otc medicationa are available in Europe, but I have never found any in the pharmacies there. Anyone know where to get otc suppositories???

I would hope that they would at least leave the Gravol and glycerin. If a child keeps puking up the Gravol I would think a suppository in the butt would be less distressful that being dragged to the hospitals emergency department where you need to wait for hours and get an Intramuscular gravol Injection 'slowly, over 2-3 minutes'

Suppositories would be best for me for when I have a stomach bug and need to bring down a fever, but they aren't available anywhere anymore. I feel as if people are much more willing to go to the hospital for an IV than use a suppository

Glycerine, Dulcolax, Prep-H, Anusol and Gravol suppositories are usually available off the shelf in most drugstores in Canada. Acetaminophen suppositories are available without prescription but usually kept behind the pharmacist's counter and you have to ask for them.

Gboy, you have it easy in Canada. You really have to shop around in the southern UK to find a "compliant" chemist.

No problem buying suppositories in Northern England. Glycerin ones, 4g adult size, are readily available off the shelf at most supermarkets and discount stores, usually branded "Constipation Relief Suppositories".

Do you need a 'connection', Squidg? That's an old term used by druggies to refer to a supplier. I live in Canada, and would be willing to ship (gboy's right about availability). Do you think they would get past Customs? (LoL)

P.S. I've always loved your posts

It is a shame that suppositories have been just about eliminated from an up tight society, they are a quick and easy to administer any drug without dealing with the upset stomach issues. Acetaminophen suppositories are about the only over the counter medication left in suppository form, and they must be purchased on line. A suppository will beat a pill for pain relief every time 15 minutes vs an hour

Society in continental Europe seems far less uptight about rectal medications. For example, Microlax mini-enemas are often advertised in German magazines and in France suppositories are the preferred method of taking painkilling drugs such as aspirin. The most amazing thing I saw when on a business trip to Copenhagen was a four foot high replica of a Microlax enema in the display window of a pharmacy!

...I miss all of these things. They do not happen anymore in America, anyway.

Most if not all Pharmacy's (Chemists) here carry a range of suppositories openly on display. As far as I know so do most major supermarket retailers also carry at least 2 varieties. They are treated no different than common cough elixir or headache medication