Opinions - best brand for CWE

[meaculpa]

can anyone tell swim what`s the best brand of co-codamol [8/500mg] for CWE. swim usually necks boots own brand but has heard that they are not so good for CWE. is superdrug`s own brand anygood?

[Razorbladekiss]

My dalek uses boots own brand at least in a dream he told me about. He said there pretty good and work every time. He hasnt tried any other brands because hes tight! lol

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not sure if talking about this sort of sources is against the board policy so appologies if its and feel free to remove my post.

[meaculpa]

swim says thanks

[BumpBump]

swim finds boots asprin and codiene to be the cleanest, and gives the clearest solution at the fastest rate

[meaculpa]

Originally Posted by BumpBump

swim finds boots asprin and codiene to be the cleanest, and gives the clearest solution at the fastest rate

coincidently swim has just tried the same, and has had the same good result

[SuicidalSoldier]

swim'd say any proper standard generic ones like "co-codamol" etc...
cheapest ftw! hehe
so long as its just codeine/apap

[klonogirl]

i know my friend has recently kicked a nasty heroin and methadine habit, she does cwe so hoprfully liver dmamge to a min just wondering if the asperin preps easier for the job.

thanks for your concern about my neighbour though

[meaculpa]

swim also used to eat 30 pills a day but thanks to this forum she has now found a safer way to get her fix. swim highly recommends that swiy does the same.
swim has found that cleanest results are obtained from boots own brand of aspirin/codeine.
be safe

[BumpBump]

swim tried paramol tonight, paracetamol cwe is very hard work compared to asprin

[reco1977]

My cat found that Paramol always had the same milky look to it after the cwe. she tried it a couple of times but ended up flushing it down the toilet as the milky look made zippy nervous

[meaculpa]

Originally Posted by reco1977

My cat found that Paramol always had the same milky look to it after the cwe. she tried it a couple of times but ended up flushing it down the toilet as the milky look made zippy nervous

swim sometimes uses paramol and although the water is quite cloudy, swim is satisfied that the amount of white sludge left after filtering indicates that the soultion is fine to drink.

[reco1977]

Originally Posted by meaculpa

swim sometimes uses paramol and although the water is quite cloudy, swim is satisfied that the amount of white sludge left after filtering indicates that the soultion is fine to drink.

Zippy said the solution was actually white after the cwe, you couldnt see though the glass at all.

[Routemaster Flash]

SWIM finds Boots own brand co-codamol, although cheap, much more hard work than Solpadeine Max for some reason - perhaps because they only contain 8 mg of codeine phosphate per pill compared to the relatively 'whopping' 12.8 mg in the Solp. But then, maybe he just needs to use a bit more water, or try aspirin-based pills instead, if other people find that easier.

Klonogirl, you may be "knowlagble" but your friend next door is putting her health in SERIOUS jeopardy if she's ingesting 16 g of paracetamol every day. The recommended daily *maximum* dose for adults is 4 grams! Liver failure is a spectacularly unpleasant and drawn-out way to die.

[klonogirl]

the girl next door takes about 32 co-codamol a day no cwe she is aware this harms her liver but has never found it particulaly effective..... is the asprine formular the same as the para?

much obliged

ps my name is kerry i am new to the forum but am very knowlagble hope we all get along just fine.
x

[davestate]

Originally Posted by klonogirl

the girl next door takes about 32 co-codamol a day no cwe she is aware this harms her liver but has never found it particulaly effective..... is the asprine formular the same as the para?

much obliged

ps my name is kerry i am new to the forum but am very knowlagble hope we all get along just fine.
x

Send her here here ASAP


To answer the OP, boots brand are around double the price of the 32-pack of co-codamol you can get from any other "non high street" chemists, numark etc etc. I think the binders in boots swell up too, makes filtering a pain. Apparently

[meaculpa]

swim pays £1.99 for 32 from boots, either aspirin/codeine or para/codeine. she finds aspirin much better for CWE than para.

[Routemaster Flash]

SWIM made a CWE yesterday with codeine/aspirin, and thought he'd hit the jackpot because of the beautifully clear filtration product that appeared in next to no time in the glass under the funnel. BUT there was simply no way the tiny quantity of remaining sludge could possibly represent 16 grams of aspirin, plus binders and fillers - a quick check on DF revealed that effervescent aspirin pills (which is what SWIM had used) contain an aspirin salt that's water soluble. GAH! But SWIM persevered, read something about essentially 'freebasing' the aspirin by lowering the pH, got creative with lime juice and hey presto, a heap of easily extracted aspirin base and an even-worse-tasting-than-usual codeine solution. Job done!

Moral of the story: erm, effervescent codeine/aspirin tablets still good for a CWE (and MUCH faster than paracetamol!) if one has citrus fruit lying around.
Happy CWEing everyone...

[davestate]

Originally Posted by Routemaster Flash

Moral of the story: erm, effervescent codeine/aspirin tablets still good for a CWE (and MUCH faster than paracetamol!) if one has citrus fruit lying around.
Happy CWEing everyone...

Effervescent tablets are notorious for containing high levels of sodium per tab. Stay safe, check the packet.

[TheNewLeft]

aspirin is much better for cold water extractions than tylonal

[BumpBump]

yeh, when swim uses paracetamol based products its always milky after and so slow.
asprin & codiene is quite quick to filter with coffee filter papers

[Routemaster Flash]

That's really odd - I just had a quick look on the Boots website and it seems that while paracetamol and codeine is OTC, aspirin and codeine is prescription only! Maybe they're aware that it's easier to do a CWE with aspirin?

[meaculpa]

the website is wrong! swim has recently bought several tubs/containers of
codeine/aspirin without prescription from several different boots stores.
don`t forget rules regarding self-incrimination

[Routemaster Flash]

Originally Posted by meaculpa

the website is wrong! swim has recently bought several tubs/containers of
codeine/aspirin without prescription from several different boots stores.
don`t forget rules regarding self-incrimination

OK, cheers for that.
Heh, yeah, I looked at the website but it'll be SWIM who actually purchases said product. Point taken, I'm still getting used to how things work around here!

[Razorbladekiss]

codeine/aspirin is an option as well? my dalek didnt know that. He may have to try it out and do some research thanks for the tip he says.

Boots are comming onto my dalek they notice him. Two different shops as well hes gotta go for another one.

You reckon if my dalek went to a plain pharmacy asking for co-codamol it would be more expensive than boots. - not asking for prices my dalek is perfectly capable he was asking for opinoins (y)

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Oh speaking of boots. Thank god for the boots store card, hes earning a fair amount of points a week!

[meaculpa]

not neccessarily, sometimes local pharmacies are cheaper. swim has found much cleaner results using aspirin/codiene.
swiy must ask specificaly for aspirin/codiene.
swim is very lucky, she lives within walking distance of at east 30 different chemists (central london) so never has a problem with suspicious pharmacists.
swim must get herself a boots card, she`d get many points!