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Been looking around to replace a bottle of Nuprin I bought at Disneyland awhile back to battle a spontaneous headache (these days I bring a couple pain killer tablets in a Ziplock bag in case a headache or neck ache strikes, so I don’t have to pay theme park prices), and I was surprised that Nuprin doesn’t seem to be available anymore. Looked at multiple stores with big pain killer selections and didn’t find it, and asked an employee at one place (who didn’t appear to be an idiot) and he said he’d never heard of it.  Searched around on the web and couldn’t find any references to it being discontinued, but I searched on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s website (bms.com) and there were only a couple references to Nuprin, the newest being their "2001 Sustainability Progress Report", which just mentions Nuprin as being one of the brand names they own. If Nuprin is gone now, anyone know how long it’s been?  Not sure when I made that trip to Disneyland, but it looks like the expiration date on this bottle is October 2001 (oops, I’ve been continuing to take it past the expiration date, since I recently determined that my stomach had stopped tolerating Excedrin, and this was handy in my medicine cabinet). I guess young people seeing the "Little… yellow… different" product-placement parody scene in "Wayne’s World" will have no idea what’s being talked about (as oppposed to merely not being familiar with the particular ad campaign, which I guess has been off the air for much longer than Nuprin’s been gone). Oh well, maybe I can sell this bottle on eBay as Wayne’s World related memorabilia.  ;^  (Think I even have a couple of unused pills transferred to a Ziplock bag in one of my backpacks.  ;^) — Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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Hi Mike, Nuprin is just a brand name of a pain reliever whose primary ingrediate is Ibuprofen.  You can buy a generic or buy Advil if Nuprin isn’t available. Erik – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Been looking around to replace a bottle of Nuprin I bought at Disneyland awhile back to battle a spontaneous headache (these days I bring a couple pain killer tablets in a Ziplock bag in case a headache or neck ache strikes, so I don’t have to pay theme park prices), and I was surprised that Nuprin doesn’t seem to be available anymore. Looked at multiple stores with big pain killer selections and didn’t find it, and asked an employee at one place (who didn’t appear to be an idiot) and he said he’d never heard of it.  Searched around on the web and couldn’t find any references to it being discontinued, but I searched on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s website (bms.com) and there were only a couple references to Nuprin, the newest being their "2001 Sustainability Progress Report", which just mentions Nuprin as being one of the brand names they own. If Nuprin is gone now, anyone know how long it’s been?  Not sure when I made that trip to Disneyland, but it looks like the expiration date on this bottle is October 2001 (oops, I’ve been continuing to take it past the expiration date, since I recently determined that my stomach had stopped tolerating Excedrin, and this was handy in my medicine cabinet). I guess young people seeing the "Little… yellow… different" product-placement parody scene in "Wayne’s World" will have no idea what’s being talked about (as oppposed to merely not being familiar with the particular ad campaign, which I guess has been off the air for much longer than Nuprin’s been gone). Oh well, maybe I can sell this bottle on eBay as Wayne’s World related memorabilia.  ;^  (Think I even have a couple of unused pills transferred to a Ziplock bag in one of my backpacks.  ;^) — Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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"Hilda"? Ginnie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Been looking around to replace a bottle of Nuprin I bought at Disneyland awhile back to battle a spontaneous headache [...] Hi Mike, Hi Hilda. Nuprin is just a brand name of a pain reliever whose primary ingrediate is Ibuprofen.  You can buy a generic or buy Advil if Nuprin isn’t available. Yeah, or Motrin, etc.  I realized after I hit "Post" that I should have mentioned that I knew this.  My interest was in the discontinuation of the Nuprin product itself.  It’s funny, because its differentiation ("little… yellow… different") from other Ibuprofens was pure marketing, but at least it *had* some differentiation — surprising that it’s the one that failed. Erik — Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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Been looking around to replace a bottle of Nuprin I bought at Disneyland awhile back to battle a spontaneous headache [...] Hi Mike,

Hi Hilda. Nuprin is just a brand name of a pain reliever whose primary ingrediate is Ibuprofen.  You can buy a generic or buy Advil if Nuprin isn’t available.

Yeah, or Motrin, etc.  I realized after I hit "Post" that I should have mentioned that I knew this.  My interest was in the discontinuation of the Nuprin product itself.  It’s funny, because its differentiation ("little… yellow… different") from other Ibuprofens was pure marketing, but at least it *had* some differentiation — surprising that it’s the one that failed. Erik

– Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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Wow, I probably have one in the cabinet as well…buried somewhere in there  I found some reference that said it was discontinued first quarter 2001.  I couldn’t get the link to work, but it was in the paragraph. I still have Campho-Phenique from the 80s…still seems effective…what do I know Weird that there doesn’t seem to be anything about the Nuprin?? Michelle

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Been looking around to replace a bottle of Nuprin I bought at Disneyland awhile back to battle a spontaneous headache (these days I bring a couple pain killer tablets in a Ziplock bag in case a headache or neck ache strikes, so I don’t have to pay theme park prices), and I was surprised that Nuprin doesn’t seem to be available anymore. Looked at multiple stores with big pain killer selections and didn’t find it, and asked an employee at one place (who didn’t appear to be an idiot) and he said he’d never heard of it.  Searched around on the web and couldn’t find any references to it being discontinued, but I searched on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s website (bms.com) and there were only a couple references to Nuprin, the newest being their "2001 Sustainability Progress Report", which just mentions Nuprin as being one of the brand names they own. If Nuprin is gone now, anyone know how long it’s been?  Not sure when I made that trip to Disneyland, but it looks like the expiration date on this bottle is October 2001 (oops, I’ve been continuing to take it past the expiration date, since I recently determined that my stomach had stopped tolerating Excedrin, and this was handy in my medicine cabinet). I guess young people seeing the "Little… yellow… different" product-placement parody scene in "Wayne’s World" will have no idea what’s being talked about (as oppposed to merely not being familiar with the particular ad campaign, which I guess has been off the air for much longer than Nuprin’s been gone). Oh well, maybe I can sell this bottle on eBay as Wayne’s World related memorabilia.  ;^  (Think I even have a couple of unused pills transferred to a Ziplock bag in one of my backpacks.  ;^) — Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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Must be a term of endearment Michelle

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "Hilda"? Ginnie Been looking around to replace a bottle of Nuprin I bought at Disneyland awhile back to battle a spontaneous headache [...] Hi Mike, Hi Hilda. Nuprin is just a brand name of a pain reliever whose primary ingrediate is Ibuprofen.  You can buy a generic or buy Advil if Nuprin isn’t available. Yeah, or Motrin, etc.  I realized after I hit "Post" that I should have mentioned that I knew this.  My interest was in the discontinuation of the Nuprin product itself.  It’s funny, because its differentiation ("little… yellow… different") from other Ibuprofens was pure marketing, but at least it *had* some differentiation — surprising that it’s the one that failed. Erik — Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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If a OTC medication has a slight vinagar smell then it has turned.  Many meds will last if kept in a dark,  dry and cool place.. Ronnie

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If Nuprin is gone now, anyone know how long it’s been?  Not sure when I made that trip to Disneyland, but it looks like the expiration date on this bottle is October 2001 (oops, I’ve been continuing to take it past the expiration date, since I recently determined that my stomach had stopped tolerating Excedrin, and this was handy in my medicine cabinet).       I was recently told by a pharmacist that OTC and prescription medications are fine a year past the expiration date on the bottles. Lynn

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If Nuprin is gone now, anyone know how long it’s been?  Not sure when I made that trip to Disneyland, but it looks like the expiration date on this bottle is October 2001 (oops, I’ve been continuing to take it past the expiration date, since I recently determined that my stomach had stopped tolerating Excedrin, and this was handy in my medicine cabinet).

      I was recently told by a pharmacist that OTC and prescription medications are fine a year past the expiration date on the bottles. Lynn

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Wow, I probably have one in the cabinet as well…buried somewhere in there  I found some reference that said it was discontinued first quarter 2001.  I couldn’t get the link to work, but it was in the paragraph.

Ah, good work.  You must’ve been using a different search engine than I was (or different keywords). I still have Campho-Phenique from the 80s…still seems effective…what do I know

Oh yeah!  My grandmother used to swear by that stuff.  I don’t remember what it was for (Neosporin equivalent?), but I sure remember the bizarre name.  ;^ Weird that there doesn’t seem to be anything about the Nuprin??

Yeah, it does seem to have been a pretty big and well-known brand-name to go under as silently as it apparently did. Oh well, I’m still trying to find a hairspray I’m as happy with as "Style" (from Lamaur), which I swore by for over 15 years and which became "out-of-stock at the warehouse" around the middle of last year. Their phone had an answering machine saying that they expected it to be back in by December, and you could leave your info to be notified when it was in stock, but now lamaur.com is gone and a phone number for them I tried was answered as a different company.  ;^( Okay, I know I’m starting to get far afield of the charter of these groups, so I’ll shut up now…  (Need an alt.fan.products.discontinued or something.  ;^) — Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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One thing we don’t stand on here in alt…migraine is ceremony! We get off-topic  - didn’t I just say this to someonne else? – at the drop of a syllabbananababble! Pain seems to like us wandering off the "topic" and onto something normal.  :D Ginnie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Wow, I probably have one in the cabinet as well…buried somewhere in there  I found some reference that said it was discontinued first quarter 2001.  I couldn’t get the link to work, but it was in the paragraph. Ah, good work.  You must’ve been using a different search engine than I was (or different keywords). I still have Campho-Phenique from the 80s…still seems effective…what do I know Oh yeah!  My grandmother used to swear by that stuff.  I don’t remember what it was for (Neosporin equivalent?), but I sure remember the bizarre name.  ;^ Weird that there doesn’t seem to be anything about the Nuprin?? Yeah, it does seem to have been a pretty big and well-known brand-name to go under as silently as it apparently did. Oh well, I’m still trying to find a hairspray I’m as happy with as "Style" (from Lamaur), which I swore by for over 15 years and which became "out-of-stock at the warehouse" around the middle of last year. Their phone had an answering machine saying that they expected it to be back in by December, and you could leave your info to be notified when it was in stock, but now lamaur.com is gone and a phone number for them I tried was answered as a different company.  ;^( Okay, I know I’m starting to get far afield of the charter of these groups, so I’ll shut up now…  (Need an alt.fan.products.discontinued or something.  ;^) — Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

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Geeze, I’ll excuse the rudeness, and chalk it up to a bad day. Surely a group like sci.med.pharmacy realizes the value of humor to offset the depression and frustration of chronic pain, like we folks in alt…migraine have to deal with in our daily lives. In the interest of helping both groups get a better understanding of how pharmaceuticals and pharmacies impact the lives of chronic pain people, I’d like to invite your group to drop in on our group, alt.support.headaches.migraine. We discuss medications constantly, and are always examining what’s working for one member, what’s not, what combinations of drugs and other modalities are helping us win the battle over head pain. Our arsenal inludes preventives, abortives, rescue drugs, psychoactive drugs, a huge spectrum of medications; calcium channel blockers, beta-adrenergic blocking agents, ergot drugs, NSAIDS, new combinations like COX-2 inhibitors and leukotriene blockers, anti-seizure medications, antidepressants including tricyclics, SSRIs and MAOIs, antihistamine/ antiserotonin drugs, plus a raft of others that don’t fall neatly into categories yet. Plus the antipsychotic drugs, the triptans, DHEs, the narcotics in c-iv through c-ii. You’d be surprised how many of us are on fentanyl, to widely varying degrees. And our group isn’t your average tension/stress headache bunch; we tend to be the most difficult migraine cases, who have spent years, and struggled with doctor after doctor, to be sufficiently and humanely treated for chronic and severe pain. So, if you’re interested, join us. If you do, you *will* encounter frequent, and frequently ribald, jokes! We are a funny bunch. Ginnie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – One thing we don’t stand on here in alt…migraine is ceremony! We get off-topic  - didn’t I just say this to someonne else? – at the drop of a syllabbananababble! Pain seems to like us wandering off the "topic" and onto something normal.  :D Ginnie Then stop crossposting this garbage into unrelated groups. Followups set.

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One thing we don’t stand on here in alt…migraine is ceremony! We get off-topic  - didn’t I just say this to someonne else? – at the drop of a syllabbananababble! Pain seems to like us wandering off the "topic" and onto something normal.  :D Ginnie

Then stop crossposting this garbage into unrelated groups. Followups set.

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Good grief, I have to pay more attention.  I didn’t even realize I was responding and posting to all those groups as well.  I have to pay more attention. Michelle

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Geeze, I’ll excuse the rudeness, and chalk it up to a bad day. Surely a group like sci.med.pharmacy realizes the value of humor to offset the depression and frustration of chronic pain, like we folks in alt…migraine have to deal with in our daily lives. In the interest of helping both groups get a better understanding of how pharmaceuticals and pharmacies impact the lives of chronic pain people, I’d like to invite your group to drop in on our group, alt.support.headaches.migraine. We discuss medications constantly, and are always examining what’s working for one member, what’s not, what combinations of drugs and other modalities are helping us win the battle over head pain. Our arsenal inludes preventives, abortives, rescue drugs, psychoactive drugs, a huge spectrum of medications; calcium channel blockers, beta-adrenergic blocking agents, ergot drugs, NSAIDS, new combinations like COX-2 inhibitors and leukotriene blockers, anti-seizure medications, antidepressants including tricyclics, SSRIs and MAOIs, antihistamine/ antiserotonin drugs, plus a raft of others that don’t fall neatly into categories yet. Plus the antipsychotic drugs, the triptans, DHEs, the narcotics in c-iv through c-ii. You’d be surprised how many of us are on fentanyl, to widely varying degrees. And our group isn’t your average tension/stress headache bunch; we tend to be the most difficult migraine cases, who have spent years, and struggled with doctor after doctor, to be sufficiently and humanely treated for chronic and severe pain. So, if you’re interested, join us. If you do, you *will* encounter frequent, and frequently ribald, jokes! We are a funny bunch. Ginnie One thing we don’t stand on here in alt…migraine is ceremony! We get off-topic  - didn’t I just say this to someonne else? – at the drop of a syllabbananababble! Pain seems to like us wandering off the "topic" and onto something normal.  :D Ginnie Then stop crossposting this garbage into unrelated groups. Followups set.

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