#pseudoephedrine — Public Fediverse posts
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Sigh. Finally, but sigh. So are we going to get another useless drug as a replacement, or are they going to stick pseudoephedrine back directly on shelves for consumers, or what?
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/fda-proposes-ditching-common-decongestant-for-being-completely-useless/
#drugs #health #phenylephrine #decongestants #pseudoephedrine -
With the recent discussion of #phenylephrine (which doesn't work as an oral decongestant) and #pseudoephedrine (which DOES work as an oral decongestant, but is kept behind the counter since it can be used to make meth), it's time to revisit a 2013 paper in the Annals of Improbable Research, describing how to make the difficult-to-obtain pseudoephedrine from methamphetamine, which can be obtained any time day or night at open-air retailers in most US cities:
https://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume19/v19i3/Pseudoephedrine.pdf
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"A popular nasal decongestant doesn't actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say"
Phenylephrine became the most popular OTC nasal #decongestant in the USA after 2006 law restricted availability of #pseudoephedrine. Advisers to the FDA concluded that #phenylephrine does not outperform a placebo.