They Don’t Sell Nyquil in England
If you’re my friend on facebook you already know this fact because I’ve been moaning about it for the past week. Which is why I haven’t really been posting lately, I’ve been cooped up in bed with my homemade nyquil. Which is this:
Dear Sinus Infection,
I hope you die. Forever.
love,
Christiana
ps. I’m on the road to recovery (which means regular posting), but now Nick is getting sick… 
March 30th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
If you need nyquil, just find out what the ingredients are. Then look for the equivalents. (I’m sure you know paracetamol is acetaminophen). Common ingredients are pseudoephedrine, phenylhydramine, dextromorphan and guaifenesin. Then find medicine that has the same ingredients.
As for your sinus infection: BOO TO IT. I know how much they suck.
Get well soon!
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 am
[...] Christiana knew it was Spring when she had to break out the allergy/sinus meds. [...]
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Hello – I am on Facebook and if I new your name I would send you a F/R! I am an American and met my true love on FB and am now living in the UK with him. So many things are different here! Found your blog because I have a sinus infection and googled Nyquil and your blog came up…LOL! So if you want please send me a F/R on FB!
Thanks.
Sueann
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Sort of ditto Sueann’s post of yesterday, except I didn’t meet my hubby on Facebook. I’m from Seattle and now live in Hastings with my husband from Coventry, and I’m DESPARATE to find some Nyquil! I need some sleep, and Night Nurse is NOT the same thing!
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Night Nurse is useless. My best guess was what is featured above, which works, but obviously isn’t the same. Not to mention I feel a bit safer having nyquil all mixed instead of playing chemist myself.
October 6th, 2010 at 6:49 am
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vicks-Nyquil-Cough-Formula-Cherry/dp/B000GCHRNA
October 6th, 2010 at 8:30 am
Thanks for the link A! At least it’s there now, how else would I explain carrying in several bottles? Though… at £8.24… maybe I will anyway!
November 21st, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Glad to find I’m not the only American missing NyQuil… I’m from Seattle, in the UK for the year studying. Just got sick, so I did a search for “nyquil in UK,” and stumbled onto your blog. Not sure it’s worth £8.29 though!
June 3rd, 2011 at 7:09 am
OMG! Have been in the UK for 2 months and prior to arriving was advised to bring my own cold medicine, but assumed the UK would have medicine so ignored the suggestion. Nyquil is my “go to” cure and am distraught to find out that it is NOT available here….what to do? Will not attempt to prepare a Nyquil knockoff, but instead will suffer miserably
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:48 am
I am feeling the opposite to you all. I am from the UK and am now living in the US (Hawaii) with my husband. I miss so many things from back home. I stumbled across this because I just had to take some NyQuil and was thinking “I’m sure we don’t sell this back home” so did a quick Google search and what do you know? we don’t. The reason being, we would rather not take strong meds for the common cold.
October 3rd, 2011 at 7:57 am
@Shan – but you sell Tylenol/paracetamol with codeine over the counter, which in the US you need a prescription for…
October 15th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Yeah not that I am downing the UK, but codeine is alot stronger than anything in Nyquil. I live in Edinburgh, originally from the US and married to a Canadian. I am missing nyquil bad at the moment. I am super sick and can’t sleep for the life of me.
January 9th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Well I am from the UK and was serving in the armed forces, when I was serving in Holland went to an american base on a regular basis…..this is where I found Nyquil, I fell in love with the stuff….I don’t sleep well at the best of times so after a really bad nights sleep or if I had a cold this stuff was a life saver…however if you don’t have any other medicine in the house I wouldn’t recommend taking it during the day…bad mistake! ;( Well done america for this amazing medicine…Uk hurry up and stock it as I am soooo badly in need of it!
January 24th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
I too am an American transplant in the UK and found your blog by searching for NyQuil in the UK! Ha. I’m enjoying reading your statements. It is really different here, that is for sure. I’ve been here 5 years and still struggle with some things.
January 25th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
For those of you who are in the uk looking for nyquil, let me help.
first, there is a reason you wont get it over here… dextromethorphan-hydrobromide is rare in the uk, or is combined with other stuff so you wont get nyquil… but you can replicate its effects
paracetamol for the fever, available anywhere, use upto 1000mg per dose, max 8000mg per 24 hours
1st generation antihistamine to help you sleep (choose from chlorpheniramine maleate, or my favourite, diphenhydramine, now sold as a sleep aid) i recommend 50mg of diphenhydramine or 15mg of chlorpheniramine
cough suppressant, now for this you could use codeine, its usually available combined with the paracetamol, or you could use guafenesin
alcohol, choose your favourite, a beer or two, a couple shots of whiskey or vodka, a glass of wine,
just remember to limit your alcohol intake to less than 3 units per day if your taking paracetamol.
throw some menthol crystals in a bowl of hot but not boiling water and put it near your bed and thats it… enjoy some good sleep.
and next time your in the states, bring some bloody nyquil back!
January 31st, 2012 at 10:25 am
@David McGowan – brilliant!!! Thank you for that post. Of course I too am an American transplant and now have a massive cold that prevented me from sleeping last night. So of course I googled NyQuil and here I am. Now I have to go gather the missing ingredients for home-made NyQuil.