First Aid products?!

I was making a cake this morning and sliced my finger! I immediately thought "neosporin" only to remember I don't have any here in the UK!

Then I thought...I'll clean it with hydrogren peroxide. Than again...nope! (They may have this but have not seen it!)

Bactine...no, none of that ether!

There is something called TCP, which is like a liquid anti-septic thing. It works ok I think, but it STINKS! It's harder to put on as well since it is a liquid and not a gel where you can just put on a bandaid (or plaster if you will).

Where are all the good first aid products in the UK?? Haha! I never realized how much I would miss non-edibles as well as the food! (This includes Tide-to-go pens. I know they are not medical, but boy, I loved them!)

I'm not sure on replacements for those as I don't use them, but when I go back to the States, here's what I stock up on:

 - Waterproof Band-Aids (actual Band-Aid brand in varying sizes, so sticky they rarely fall off, even in the shower)
- Cortisone cream (maybe it's available here, but I know the stuff that works for me when it's mosquito season)
- Meclizine (generic motion sickness pills, 50 tablets for less than $3 at Safeway - Rugby brand if anyone is curious)

I also pick up Neutrogena face cream, SPF 50+ for sensitive skin. I can't seem to find anything here that's a high SPF and for sensitive skin that doesn't cost a fortune!

I hope your finger's better, BriKH, and that the cake was worth the pain!

I was making a cake this morning and sliced my finger! I immediately thought "neosporin" only to remember I don't have any here in the UK!

Then I thought...I'll clean it with hydrogren peroxide. Than again...nope! (They may have this but have not seen it!)

Bactine...no, none of that ether!

There is something called TCP, which is like a liquid anti-septic thing. It works ok I think, but it STINKS! It's harder to put on as well since it is a liquid and not a gel where you can just put on a bandaid (or plaster if you will).

Where are all the good first aid products in the UK?? Haha! I never realized how much I would miss non-edibles as well as the food! (This includes Tide-to-go pens. I know they are not medical, but boy, I loved them!)

Ouch! 

I think I miss the non food products more than the food!

I think the best you can do here is the Savlon range.  http://www.boots.com/en/Savlon/

Oh yes, I have one of those plastic shoe boxes full of my first aid stuff from the US.  I also love A&D ointment.  Has lots of different uses and is the best product I've found for sunburn (I have crazy sensitive skin).  I also cannot live without Neutrogena sunscreen.  I actually mostly bring back non-food products.

I think you can get peroxide behind the counter at a pharmacy, but I've not tried.

I think you can get peroxide behind the counter at a pharmacy, but I've not tried.

I haven't tried to find peroxide either but I got some surgical spirits from the pharmacy recently, you would use that like you would alcohol. It has a different (quite nice) smell.

BriKH, I agree about the smell of TCP, someone in my school class when we were kids always used to smell of it! 

I think you can get peroxide behind the counter at a pharmacy, but I've not tried.

I worked in a Boots pharmacy for several years, and a lot of pharmacies won't sell hydrogen peroxide over the counter anymore because of the foiled bomb plot in Bristol a few years ago (2008/09-ish), where a guy was caught on CCTV buying hydrogen peroxide from Boots which he then used to make a suicide bomb. The store I worked in (which he may have actually bought some from) stopped selling it soon after the guy was arrested and the news broke.

For cuts and scrapes, I use antiseptic creams such as Savlon or Germolene (Germolene used to do a great antiseptic ointment, but they've discontinued it now).

For plaster/Band Aids, I buy Elastoplast.

I hope your finger's better, BriKH, and that the cake was worth the pain!

Thank you! It turned out ok Not bad for the first attempt at a Welsh cake. It also made my house smell like Christmas with all the mixed spice in it, so yes, I'll say it was worth it haha

The only on edible food thing I had my mom send me before was St Ives face scrub, even though  have since found it here in the UK! I think next time I am going to stock up on all the good things...neosporin (even generic will do!), Tide to go, and cant believe I forgot A&D Ointment (Thanks KFDancer!)

BriKH, I agree about the smell of TCP, someone in my school class when we were kids always used to smell of it! 

It is well and truly awful! Just open the bottle and I swear the smell lingers for a few days :-P

I worked in a Boots pharmacy for several years, and a lot of pharmacies won't sell hydrogen peroxide over the counter anymore because of the foiled bomb plot in Bristol a few years ago (2008/09-ish), where a guy was caught on CCTV buying hydrogen peroxide from Boots which he then used to make a suicide bomb. The store I worked in (which he may have actually bought some from) stopped selling it soon after the guy was arrested and the news broke.

Oh my goodness, that is crazy! I totally understand why they would stop then.

I got Hydrogen Peroxide from Amazon before I even bothered checking if it was in the stores or not.  It kind of bugs me to say it, but Amazon has a lot of stuff I used to just go to the supermarket for - at least I'm not buying food from them yet....

....ummmm, if you don't count Haribo peach gummies anyway - I can't find them anywhere else and I think they must have something highly addictive in them.   

Anyway, here is the hydrogen peroxide -

I ant say I have ever had Haribo peach gummies yet, but they sound amazing, as long as they are not the foamy kind, which for some reason I a not too fond of (but will still eat, sadly haha).

Thanks for the link! It doesn't cost nearly as much as I thought it would too. I have never actually had to buy it for myself before I think. It's always been one of those things that always seems to be in the cupboard for times like when you slice your finger trying to make a cake :-P

I ant say I have ever had Haribo peach gummies yet, but they sound amazing, as long as they are not the foamy kind, which for some reason I a not too fond of (but will still eat, sadly haha).

Thanks for the link! It doesn't cost nearly as much as I thought it would too. I have never actually had to buy it for myself before I think. It's always been one of those things that always seems to be in the cupboard for times like when you slice your finger trying to make a cake :-P

Nope, they're not foamy (I agree those aren't the best... but I'll eat them too if nothing else is available  ), but they are amazing.  Just don't get the generic kind that you can get in one of those candy stores.  We were in Wells yesterday when I spied a jar of them and bought what was left... just not as good, or as peachy flavored as the Haribo ones.   

Although I'm eating them anyway.....   

Oh, and you're very welcome for the link.