Travel OTC Med Shocker

[Cacia]

When stranded at Hartfield recently with all those sick kids, boy did that give me a headache.

So...I go into the newstand to buy some Tylenol or aspirin and ask "do you have aspirin?" And this lady customer standing in line whips this box out of her purse, unopened, wrapped in cellophane and says "oh honey have you tried this BC powder?...here take a couple, you'll NEVER use regular aspirin again."

So...I thought well, how nice and accepted the little packets.

I took it and did not notice anything unusual. But...it sure looks suspicious and I find it very odd they were selling it at the airport. (She bought it there and pointed to it)

Everday life just blows my mind.

So...I had the extra one in my wallet and came across it the other day...
Not a good idea to have this in my wallet, driving around, the kids looking for money.
And now...there is a picture of this in my photobucket.

The box said "BC" something something. No writing on the packets either. Is this odd?

 

[SCUBAJENNIFER]

I think I've heard of it Cat...but my question is..What are you supposed to do with it???

Dissolve in Water??

 

[Hemlon]

I take BC regularly. Once you take it, you'll never use anything else for a headache. It's not dissolved in water.

You hold the packet up and pour it into your mouth. Be ready to swig your beverage of choice!

Aspirin is one of only a few medications that is absorbed in the stomach's mucosa instead of the small intestine so the relief is MUCH faster than other meds.

 

[Cacia]

yup, Hemlon, thats what I did

http://www.bcpowder.com/Products.aspx

but it looks like cocaine, isn't that a problem?

If everybody knows about it, then I feel better. But I hope the TSA lady that dumped some man's stuff in the trash because it wasn't a "zip-lock brand" bag gets the memo.
no Hefty brand bags for her, evidently.

I have never seen this stuff before. I'm always the last to know!

 

[vladimir]

but it looks like cocaine, isn't that a problem?

Only if you paid $100 a gram for it.

 

[dkktsunami]

BC is a popular headache remedy in the South.

 

[zen_man]

What exactly is in it? I mean, by US Law don't you have to give that information out?

 

[do it easy]

:shakehead You certainly don't have to look for trouble, it finds you.

 

[zen_man]

Nevermind, I found it:
Original
Active ingredients (per powder) Purpose
Aspirin 650 mg....................................................Pain reliever
Caffeine 33.3 mg................................................Pain reliever aid
Salicylamide 195 mg..........................................Pain reliever aid

Arhtritis Strength
Aspirin 742 mg....................................................................Pain reliever
Caffeine 38 mg....................................................................Pain reliever aid
Salicylamide 222 mg...........................................................Pain reliever aid

Allergy
Acetaminophen 650 mg............................................Pain reliever/fever reducer
Chlorpheniramine maleate 4 mg.................................Antihistamine
Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 60 mg.......................Nasal decongestant

 

[Cacia]

Well, I wouldn't want it on me in Indonesia.
Sometimes I even worry about all the Kona I carry around since drug smugglers use that to smuggle drugs.

:whack: I think they cane you...or is that Singapore?