Mastodawn

I know it isn't the fashion any more but when pollen counts were high and one's sinuses and ears throw a fit nothing on earth worked as well as #Sudafed. Lord how I miss that stuff.

cdayzee Feb 11

I think I’m on like day 3 of this gnarly cold I have. Didn’t respond to allergy meds. It’s not covid or influenza A or B. Runny nose but with congestion, cough, sore throat, violent sneezing fits, itchy nose & ears, congested ears. Took some #sudafed yesterday. Just took Tylenol cold & flu.

Hoping something will help. The worst part is not being able to breathe. My shift to start watching the #grandkids is to start tmrw. If I don’t feel better by evening, I’ll let their mom know. She won’t be happy but I’ll likely be watching them anyway. I just don’t want them to get sick.

Robin Frost Dec 28

It's #Winter and yet I'm having some sort of #Allergy fit today. My ears feel like I've just gotten off of a plane and my sinuses are stuffy and my nose is a smidge runny but I'm not sick. Oh how I miss #Sudafed.

Matt Hodgkinson Jan 17, 2024

It took five decades from the 1970s for the FDA to finally admit last year that oral phenylephrine, used as a decongestant in Sudafed and Lemsip, doesn't actually do anything.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-two-pharmacists-figured-out-that-decongestants-dont-work/

#ColdAndFlu #Phenylephrine #FDA #Decongestants #Lemsip #Sudafed #ClinicalPharmacology

How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don’t Work

A loophole in FDA processes means older drugs such as those in oral decongestants weren’t properly tested. Here’s how we learned the most popular one doesn’t work

Scientific American

Zachary Oct 11, 2023

"#Phenylephrine doesn’t work better than a #placebo. So why is it still on shelves?"

I knew it!

https://youtu.be/ZlFF7A8nk0w?si=ybxqqSKAjevNcHW0

#Pharmacy #OverTheCounter #Sudafed

Why useless decongestants are still for sale

YouTube

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Sep 15, 2023

The spectacular downfall of a common, useless cold #medicine
This week's unanimous vote on #phenylephrine's ineffectiveness was decades in the making. Advisers for the #FDA this week voted unanimously, 16 to 0, that oral doses of phenylephrine—found in brand-name products like #Sudafed PE, #Benadryl #Allergy Plus Congestion, #Mucinex Sinus-Max, and Nyquil Severe Cold & Flu—are not effective at treating a stuffy nose.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/the-spectacular-downfall-of-a-common-useless-cold-medicine/