Hydrogen Peroxide Now Unvailable.

[gester]

where can I buy a small bottle for a mouthwash now.
is it now completely banned to the general public ?
can it be got on prescription?
can anybody help.

[woofgang]

http://www.boots.com/en/Colgate-Peroxyl-Mouthwash-300ml_867732/

[Jackdaw33]

Used to be very good for softening earwax.

[rockyracoon]

I can't get it anymore either. I use it to do my ears when they are blocked up.

[jennyjoan]

If it is the same peroxide I used in my teens - I streaked my long hair for blonde tips.

[Jackdaw33]

That's the stuff. That's where the term 'bottle blonde' comes from.

[stuey]

Why is it no longer available? It has a great many uses.

[Jackdaw33]

Because like many other cheap remedies the powers-that-be deem them 'bad for you'. Try buying liquid paraffin or kaolin and morphine.

[stuey]

The powers-that-be meaning the EU? Phew, get out of the EU.

[Jackdaw33]

You're not wrong there, Stuey.

[albaqwerty]

can't get pink lint anymore either, was good for drawing out pus from a wound.

Phone the Doctor and ask if they can prescribe it (or phone dentist?)

[jennyjoan]

would this help - hope the link takes

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[Islay]

//That's the stuff. That's where the term 'bottle blonde' comes from. //

My nana used to call them suicide blondes, dyed by their own hands!

[theprof]

OK let's clarify this. Three percent and six percent hydrogen peroxide solution remain on what's known as the General Sale List in the UK, which means there is absolutely no reason why you should not be able to buy it in selected supermarkets, poundshops, discount stores such as B&M Bargains and of course, pharmacies. The GSL status of low concentration hydrogen peroxide is taken from the current edition of the BNF, which is essentially the "Prescribers Bible".

If you are having problems purchasing it in shops, this is almost certainly due to the shops not wanting to stock it. They are entitled to do so if they wish but please take with a pinch of salt any statement they may tell you about not being allowed to stock it. Hydrogen Peroxide has been used for some nefarious purposes in the past and it is right that a store has the ability to err on the side of caution. I understand that some pharmacies are also up to the same tricks by also asserting they are not allowed to sell it hence discouraging hydrogen peroxide sales.

Hydrogen peroxide is also still on the dental practitioners formulary, which means that dentists can freely prescribe it for use as an oral mouthwash subject to dilution by the patient. Those who have had it prescribed by a dentist should have no difficulty collecting the stuff from any pharmacy in the land on presenting the FP10D prescription form.

As others have found, hydrogen peroxide is freely available on the internet from online pharmacies. If low concentration hydrogen peroxide solution was restricted in any way, such sales would be forbidden.

Remember, hydrogen peroxide has a very low retail sale price and profits are likely to be minimal on sales. This may play a part for some retailers.

[theprof]

I forgot to confirm that yes, doctors can freely prescribe it on prescription. The only thing I will say about doctors and dentists is that they are likely to point you in the direction of more "modern" mouthwashes these days!

[Jackdaw33]

So what you are saying is, "It works, it's cheap, so let's not let the plebs get their hands on it".

[ferlew]

Wasn't that one of the ingredients in the Paris bombs?
I thought that t was taken off sale to try and prevent bomb making activities??

[Togo]

Don't forget that Hydrogen Peroxide was used as a rocket propellant by the Nazis in WW2. (I think I am right there). Now although very safe and stable in innocent hands it is still a very good accelerant under pressure, and in less than benign hands.

[Mamyalynne]

As Prof says, it's only the low percent solutions on general sale - you'd struggle to make bombs using 3 or 6 per cent.

[Jackdaw33]

Doctors will no longer prescribe co-proxamol simply because a senior government figure used it to commit suicide. How pathetic.

[Togo]

Snap ferlew.