Because they ARE cheap and are not as profitable for Big Pharma as their prescription-only meds... which will probably turn out to have Benadryl too, but also a lot of other contaminants that no sane person would ingest.
The same thing happened many decades ago with Lithium Carbonate. LC is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth and it was found to treat bipolar conditions quite well. But no pharmaceutical company would touch it and do the required clinical trials to bring the substance into use, because there was no profit to be made.
It was the Veteran's Administration (back when government actually worked for We The People) who did the clinical trials and got LC approved for use with bipolar patients. Since Big Pharma did not invest anything in clinical trials, they were then free to market their own versions of Lithium Carbonate profitably.
phenylephrine, the drug being targeted, is a shit replacement for Pseudoephedrine which is still available behind the counter. It really doesnt work that well. Pseudoephedrine was put behind the counter due to meth cooks using it en masse as a key ingredient.
Ephedrine is found in ECA-stack(ephedrine/caffeine/aspirin) which has been a legal weight/bodylifting supplement for decades as it is a thermogenic(increases boy-temp and therefor aiding metabolism of fat).
Might be worth considering for anyone that may need something that actually works on occasion, all ECA-stack ingredients are ingredients that people have been using on a constant basis for decades so they are known quantities unlike various 'amazeodrine' alternatives....
these are not the original sudafed, the original is not being trashed. the original is behind the counter b/c it is used to help create meth.
The new one is not used for meth and likely doesn't work, but they use the trusted name like sudafed to sell it.
the FDA is a piece of shit, but I think on this one they may be right. If they force out the new form, the old form that works will still be available, just behind the counter as it has been for a decade plus.
This is critical thinking right here folks. Instead of blindly trusting the FDA, ask questions, research, and come to your own conclusion.
There may be other motives here ($$), but I too found current OTC decongestants to be lacking. Maybe these drugs work against COVID and they're doing to it what they did to Ranitidine.
They don't "ban" things because they "dont work". The way I see it, they are either effective at something they dont want them used for (like a new covid strain or a whole new bug) OR its a $ thing.
Like when they tried to ban NAC back when that was very good at battling covid
Benadryl, if actually included (first I heard, so now I'll need to look again) is also a very effective drug and is really good at what it does, it's just that first generation antihistamines are not great for your brain over time.
They never take these things off the shelf for "not working".
Remember that they were trying to get you to stop buying vitamin C as well.
they aren't talking about banning benadryl antihistamine, so other benadryl with the new type of decongestant.
I am not debating that fda doesn't have alterior motives, but the new version of the decongestants don't work as well as the old, and the old is now behind the counter making it more difficult to get.
It sounds like the new and the old have confused a lot of people as to what they are getting.
They do work, and they're cheap.
Hmmm... I'm baffled as to why they would discontinue these.
Because they ARE cheap and are not as profitable for Big Pharma as their prescription-only meds... which will probably turn out to have Benadryl too, but also a lot of other contaminants that no sane person would ingest.
The same thing happened many decades ago with Lithium Carbonate. LC is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth and it was found to treat bipolar conditions quite well. But no pharmaceutical company would touch it and do the required clinical trials to bring the substance into use, because there was no profit to be made.
It was the Veteran's Administration (back when government actually worked for We The People) who did the clinical trials and got LC approved for use with bipolar patients. Since Big Pharma did not invest anything in clinical trials, they were then free to market their own versions of Lithium Carbonate profitably.
How our world works in one easy lesson.
Yeah I know.
I was being facetious
Heh, I know, I was just making a point about Big Pharma and the profit motive.
The FDA is banning them because they do work.
phenylephrine, the drug being targeted, is a shit replacement for Pseudoephedrine which is still available behind the counter. It really doesnt work that well. Pseudoephedrine was put behind the counter due to meth cooks using it en masse as a key ingredient.
Ephedrine is found in ECA-stack(ephedrine/caffeine/aspirin) which has been a legal weight/bodylifting supplement for decades as it is a thermogenic(increases boy-temp and therefor aiding metabolism of fat).
Might be worth considering for anyone that may need something that actually works on occasion, all ECA-stack ingredients are ingredients that people have been using on a constant basis for decades so they are known quantities unlike various 'amazeodrine' alternatives....
Sudafed is not ephedrine.
these are not the original sudafed, the original is not being trashed. the original is behind the counter b/c it is used to help create meth.
The new one is not used for meth and likely doesn't work, but they use the trusted name like sudafed to sell it.
the FDA is a piece of shit, but I think on this one they may be right. If they force out the new form, the old form that works will still be available, just behind the counter as it has been for a decade plus.
This is critical thinking right here folks. Instead of blindly trusting the FDA, ask questions, research, and come to your own conclusion.
There may be other motives here ($$), but I too found current OTC decongestants to be lacking. Maybe these drugs work against COVID and they're doing to it what they did to Ranitidine.
They don't "ban" things because they "dont work". The way I see it, they are either effective at something they dont want them used for (like a new covid strain or a whole new bug) OR its a $ thing.
Like when they tried to ban NAC back when that was very good at battling covid
I have had no problem with OTCs working.
Benadryl, if actually included (first I heard, so now I'll need to look again) is also a very effective drug and is really good at what it does, it's just that first generation antihistamines are not great for your brain over time.
They never take these things off the shelf for "not working".
Remember that they were trying to get you to stop buying vitamin C as well.
they aren't talking about banning benadryl antihistamine, so other benadryl with the new type of decongestant.
I am not debating that fda doesn't have alterior motives, but the new version of the decongestants don't work as well as the old, and the old is now behind the counter making it more difficult to get.
It sounds like the new and the old have confused a lot of people as to what they are getting.
This needs to be higher!
Jab the nose.
Baffled? You have something in common with the doctors.
Yes... tis the reason I used that word
"Baffled"= ignoring the obvious