Mark BoszkoFeb 9
I realize taking meth right before bed wasn’t the greatest idea, but I need to breathe, and it comes down to either sleeping or breathing, I’ll take breathing every time. #pseudoephedrine
Old and TiredNov 8, 2024

This whole thing is bizarre. It was evident from the start (at least to me) that this new ingredient, phenylephrine, wasn't effective in pill form. That the FDA approved it was a joke and a disservice to people who need OTC medication for congestion.

It would be interesting to see if making allergy suffers lives more difficult had any meaningful effect on the production or usage of meth at all. #Pseudoephedrine #Phenylephrine #Allergies #FDA #HealthCare

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FDA Wants to Pull Ineffective Decongestant From Stores: It was added to cold and flu remedies in the 1990s when another ingredient went behind the counter over illicit meth lab concerns | The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/health/fda-decongestant-over-the-counter.html

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Joe VilasNov 8, 2024
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
After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves

Last year, FDA advisors unanimously voted that oral phenylephrine is ineffective.

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Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovNov 8, 2024
@arstechnica What about #pseudoephedrine ?
IFR (she/her)May 23, 2024

I’ve been struggling with a #headache behind my right eyebrow since Friday last week. I’ve reluctantly been taking paracetamol and/or ibuprofen with varying degrees of success ever since, it dulls the pain rather than eliminates it, and it keeps coming back and I just can’t shift it.

It was crippling me earlier #today and I don’t know why it’s taken me almost a week to suddenly think “#Sinuses!” but I got there in the end and honestly, #pseudoephedrine might just be the best thing ever.

KiwiNikkiFeb 25, 2024

I read that #pseudoephedrine is bad for anyone who has had #Covid19. Can I find that research now…? Nope. I remember it was something to do with blood pressure, heart issues (?) and only to be used under strict medical care.

Anyone know which article it was? I do read a lot of Nature and bmj.

The foolOct 23, 2023
Hé #doctoctoc, t'es bien d'accord avec moi, la #pseudoéphédrine et son risque #avc, ça doit bien faire au moins 25 ans qu'on le sait et qu'on le dit, non ?
Matti Schneider 🇫🇷Oct 23, 2023
L’agence nationale de sécurité du #médicaments déconseille la #pseudoéphédrine (rhinadvil, dolirhume…) en raison d’un risque « très faible » mais valable « quelles que soient la dose et la durée du traitement » d’infarctus du myocarde et d’AVC.
https://ansm.sante.fr/actualites/en-cas-de-rhume-evitez-les-medicaments-vasoconstricteurs-par-voie-orale
Jennifer Hamilton, MD PhDSep 16, 2023
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
@rvaughnmd
parvXtlSep 14, 2023

TLDR: #snort #phenylephrine nasal spray|drops, #notSwallow tablets; or get 🎶The Real Thing in #pseudoephedrine.
#parv_note

A popular [oral] nasal decongestant doesn't actually relieve congestion, #FDA advisers say, 20230912,
by Associated Press,
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/1199159009/a-popular-nasal-decongestant-doesnt-actually-relieve-congestion-fda-advisers-say
#coldMedicine