That's a common and ongoing problem we've found in the UK Ewen. If you have a look on the UK forum, you'll find a huge long thread about it!

You can actually ring up and complain to Boots... who have no right to refuse you them and who, for folk who "don't support the diet", seem very happy to make money selling the Atkins book!

They are available through Boots online, or you can do what most of us do and refuse to give them your money when they have such a lousy attitude.

A lot of folk have found their local chemist is perfectly happy to sell them. Personally I get mine from Carblife.co.uk who sell a pack of 50 for £4 plus £1.80 P&P (the cheapest online price I've found so far) and usually deliver the next day.

Hope that helps. Do drop by the UK forum some time; you'll find loads of UK specific advice (together with some totally off topic derranged ramblings! ) there and its a lovely bunch of folk.