Benadryl the traditional drug is diphenhydramine. This is the same ingredient in a bunch of sleep aids.
Phenylephrine, IIRC, is the replacement for pseudphedrine. A perfectly safe and effective drug (pseudophedrine) that they heavily restrict because the tweakers can use it to make meth.
I would have to agree with the article that phenylphrine is useless. It only exists because purchasing pseudophedrine is such a royal PITA otherwise nobody would use phenylphrine.
I have sinus allergies and have used diphenhydramine and pseudophedrine for decades - I actually started using Benadryl when it was prescription-only. I just live with a stuffy nose now because of the ridiculous hoops I have to jump through to get pseudophedrine, and nothing else really works as well for me.
I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy pseudophedrine, which is both ironic and stupid.
This isn't exactly what it sounds.
Benadryl the traditional drug is diphenhydramine. This is the same ingredient in a bunch of sleep aids.
Phenylephrine, IIRC, is the replacement for pseudphedrine. A perfectly safe and effective drug (pseudophedrine) that they heavily restrict because the tweakers can use it to make meth.
I would have to agree with the article that phenylphrine is useless. It only exists because purchasing pseudophedrine is such a royal PITA otherwise nobody would use phenylphrine.
I have sinus allergies and have used diphenhydramine and pseudophedrine for decades - I actually started using Benadryl when it was prescription-only. I just live with a stuffy nose now because of the ridiculous hoops I have to jump through to get pseudophedrine, and nothing else really works as well for me.
I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy pseudophedrine, which is both ironic and stupid.
In the US, they just keep it behind the counter and you can only buy so much, but its 15 doses per day.
You don't think that's ridiculous?
Especially when it comes in a 10-pack?
Yes, but that doesn't prevent me from taking it because it is the best product. Its not the medicine's fault there are horseshit rules.
My Grandpa swore by Pipe Tobacco as a natural decongestant.
Never had the opportunity to learn what Tobacco he used though.