Hello,
When i was about 18ish, i remember my mum saying she took dodo tablets to help her breathing.
Now i know she used to cover us in goose grease to help us breath better when we were kids.
I have since found out it probably was just goose grease & had no affect on our breathing.
But, does anyone else remember these dodo tabs?
If so, could they have possibly helped at all?
Or was my dear old ma a wind up merchant?
my aunt used to take dodo tablets also.they where a decongestant tablet i think....... my mum nearly killed her when she said i should b on them for my asthma
Hello
Dodo tablets had Theophylline in them!
And ephedrine and caffeine, apparently they can be abused!
I think they may still be available.
BUT be careful if anyone tries them - they are available OTC.
In short, yes they would have helped.
Kate
Hello
Dodo tablets had Theophylline in them!
And ephedrine and caffeine, apparently they can be abused!
I think they may still be available.
BUT be careful if anyone tries them - they are available OTC.
In short, yes they would have helped.
Kate
You are wrong. The Do-Do tablets this guy Is talking about were banned In the late 1980's as they contained PSEUDO-EPHEDRINE, which is similar to AMPHETAMINE and Is used In Its manufacture. (See my reply).
i jsut looked them up online..they ahve 100mg of theophylline....but having a look at my theophylline tablets they can be bought over the counter apprently...on the box you need a wee thing that says POM on it and they have a OTC on it instead.....i think in some places theo can be bought pver the counter which is worrying.
You are wrong. The Do-Do tablets this guy Is talking about were banned In the late 1980's as they contained PSEUDO-EPHEDRINE, which is similar to AMPHETAMINE and Is used In Its manufacture. (See my reply).
thanks
Thankyou all for your replies. Now i know they do actually exist.
I now wonder why they are available otc as people who may have mild asthma could be using them instead of seeing doc!!
No, your old Mum was being truthful. Do-Do were little circular tablets, brown and grainy In appearance and came in a green and white box. They could be bought over the counter in any pharmacy without prescription and were often abused as taking a few extra kept you awake and increased breathing and heart-rate. The main active ingredient was pseudo-ephedrine, which is used in the manufacture of Amphetamine and so they were banned.
I remember taking these around 40 years ago ran out of inhaler one weekend and was frantic. They worked well but warned asthmatics not to take. so yes they did help
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