2 hours of pain relief! (Sainsbury's Dispersible Aspirin 300mg Tablets)

Member Name: totallyextreme

Product:	Sainsbury's Dispersible Aspirin 300mg Tablets
Date:	19/10/09 (26 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheap, it works!

Disadvantages: Wears off too quickly

Intro
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After completing my usual sunday session in the gym yesterday, i noticed that i had completely knocked my neck out of kilter! Only being able to see to the right and look down and not up!

Obviously, this was not good, especially as i had a big night lined up with friends at University. Therefore, i thought that getting some aspirin down me had to be the best option.

I popped to the local Sainsburys, where i found this product.


The product
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The box contains 16 aspirin tablets and is part of the Sainsburys range. I had used a variety of different painkillers from supermarkets before, and therefore did not hold out much hope of any effective pain relief.


The price
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However, this was what took my notice. At just 19p for 16 tablets, i didn't think i could really go wrong. I certainly was not going to pay the £3.24 for the branded product which is essentially the same.

Therefore, i quickly bought the product, left the store, and took 3 tablets!


Dosage
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It says on the box to take a maximum of 3 tablets, 4 hourly. However, you must not exceed 4 servings of the product in any 24 hour period.

I believe that when a painkiller product say take up to a number, you should take that number, as nobody wants marginal pain relief do they, you want as much as you can get when you are in pain.


Did it work?
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Yes, after about 30 minutes i began to feel a lot less sore. Obviously, being conscious that i had only masked the pain i was careful not to stretch the neck too much, but it did seem a little better.

This lasted for about 2 hours, when the aspirin wore off. I think this is definately the downside of this product. I spent the further 1.5 hours until another tablet could be taken in absolute agony, and i think this is where the price difference is possibly justifiable.


Summary
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Therefore, this is cheap, and did relieve pain. However, not for the entirety of the dosage window, meaning that you are left for some time in quite considerable pain, which is not really what you want after taking painkillers.

I think that if you want effective pain relief for a longer period of time, then it would probably be best to buy the branded product!

Summary: 4 stars