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The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

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Re: The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

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Post by denimnerd42 »

floren wrote: post #9

My assumption has always been: people know pseudoephedrine works, so that's what they want to buy, but you can no longer sell pseudoephedrine over the counter. However, you can offer phenylephrine, which still lets you reasonably name the drug "Sudafed PE" or whatever. Customer browses the shelves, sees "PE" in the drug name, this triggers a vague impression that it contains pseudoephedrine and thus will actually wor…

or maybe like sudafed pe is an advertisement, a reminder to check behind the counter for the real thing

Re: The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

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Post by p_l »

The lack of availability of proper pseudoephedrine in USA led to situation where there are papers describing how to turn methamphetamine into pseudoephedrine, not the other way around.

With explanation in abstract that its easier to buy meth than pseudoephedrine.

Re: The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

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Post by Zak »

I wonder how difficult it would be to get the restrictions on pseudoephedrine rolled back now that it appears unlikely they're accomplishing their original goal of limiting the methamphetamine supply. Concern (legitimate and otherwise) over ability to breathe is a popular topic in politics lately.

Re: The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

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Post by dsp »

p_l wrote: post #13

The lack of availability of proper pseudoephedrine in USA led to situation where there are papers describing how to turn methamphetamine into pseudoephedrine, not the other way around. With explanation in abstract that its easier to buy meth than pseudoephedrine.

lol https://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume19/v19i3/Pse...

Re: The Uselessness of Phenylephrine

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Post by floren »

denimnerd42 wrote: post #11
floren wrote: post #9

My assumption has always been: people know pseudoephedrine works, so that's what they want to buy, but you can no longer sell pseudoephedrine over the counter. However, you can offer phenylephrine, which still lets you reasonably name the drug "Sudafed PE" or whatever. Customer browses the shelves, sees "PE" in the drug name, this triggers a vague impression that it contains pseudoephedrine and thus will actually wor…

or maybe like sudafed pe is an advertisement, a reminder to check behind the counter for the real thing

The "PE" stands for "placebo, essentially"
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