# Can any French/Swiss/Canadian Dopers help me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857 "2001-10-01T22:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/1 "2001-10-01T22:39:57Z")
I hope I’m posting in the right forum . . . While traveling in France, I started using a simple over-the-counter product there: UPSA, a fizzing aspirin tablet. I loved this aspirin! It worked as well as ibuprofen and didn’t bother my stomach. On the contrary, it both cured my headache and calmed my tummy after I over-indulged (which I frequently did there). Well, now I can’t use ibuprofen or regular aspirin tablets, and I’d love to be able to purchase UPSA online or otherwise. I’ve done a 'net search on UPSA and have not been able to turn up a thing. Does anyone know how I can get my hands on this stuff. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/2 "2001-10-01T22:57:59Z")
I’ve never heard of that. We get the usual American brands up here. ---
**Author:** ![Ned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Ned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ned)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/3 "2001-10-01T23:50:43Z")
UPSA is a bristol-myers brand name that makes a number of effervescent products including upsarin which is probably what you got. UPSA is mainly marketed in eastern europe and russia, I don’t think their products are available here. You might have better luck searching for an online outlet with upsarin or try a local version like alka seltzer’s. ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/4 "2001-10-02T17:46:24Z")
I know what you are talking about and I am pretty sure you can find it in the States… The closet equivalent would be Alka Seltzer… When I go home I’ll get you some!!! But you goit to wait a year now! ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/5 "2001-10-02T17:46:37Z")
I know what you are talking about and I am pretty sure you can’t find it in the States… The closet equivalent would be Alka Seltzer… When I go home I’ll get you some!!! But you goit to wait a year now! ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/6 "2001-10-02T17:49:54Z")
Sorry I thought I stopped the first one on time… well please read you CAN NOT find UPSA in the States…sorry! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/7 "2001-10-02T18:26:56Z")
Try under the name Dispirin or something similar to that. I had a British roomie that had her mom send it over. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/8 "2001-10-02T18:41:47Z")
I’ve seen fizzing aspirin of some description on this continent, but I don’t recall a brand name. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-french-swiss-canadian-dopers-help-me/84857/9 "2001-10-02T18:49:36Z")
Well, a Google search on fizzing aspirin led me to [this page,](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/aspirinsodiumbicarbonateandcit202073.html) where they say it’s available in the US as Alka-Seltzer Effervescent Pain Reliever and Antacid or Flavored Alka-Seltzer Effervescent Pain Reliever and Antacid.