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2026-05-08 15:27 UTC
@sixohsix@icosahedron.website That’s not a Europe thing, that’s a Germany thing.
In the Netherlands you can buy it in regular shops. Or well, regular shops would be allowed to sell it, but normal supermarkets don’t, because they have the usually much more sensible paracetamol and ibuprofen on their shelves which you should prefer in any case if what you want is a painkiller.
(ASS has applications, primarily if you want a blood-thinner, for example to reduce the risk of thrombosis, but as a painkiller it is kinda really not the preferred thing anymore.)
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@sixohsix@icosahedron.website 2026-05-08 17:22
@Fiona@blahaj.zone ah yes, that's very sensible. In Germany, all drugs that do anything are behind the counter, and you have to ask specifically. If you buy something from the regular part of the store, or ask the pharmacist without a specific drug in mind, you get botanical extracts or homeopathic trash. It's annoying.