Interesting. They push the free stuff thru CVS for medicare. $25 a month free with the Advantage program. They even call to make sure people know that they have it, and haven't used it. It makes me so suspicious that I never go to CVS, ever. Now I need to avoid Target and Walgreens. I make a really good flu syrup with organic elderberries, honey and colloidal silver. I don't get sick anymore anyway. Not since 2020. I don't trust doctors and drug stores anymore. My tinfoil hat just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Are you talking about the fake Sudafed they're taking off the market? Because I don't think any Mucinex or generic Mucinex has been taken off the market or will be. And that fake Sudafed is being taken down because it's ineffective and it certainly is.
Bloomberg’s analysis also found carbomers containing benzene were used to make Walgreens’ version of the oral pain reliever Anbesol, Walmart’s Equate brand face moisturizer with sunscreen, and Rite Aid’s version of Bengay muscle rub.
The Food and Drug Administration last year sought to have pharmaceutical companies phase out the use of benzene by 2025, but industry protests led the agency to extend the deadline to 2026.
Earlier this year, a private New Haven, Conn.-based laboratory petitioned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after it said it tested 66 different products, including acne creams such as Clearasil and face washes, and found “unacceptably high” levels of benzene.
Benzene has also been found in artificial colorings and sweeteners used to make popular snacks and cereals such as Lucky Charms, Froot Loops, Skittles, Nerds, M&M’s and Doritos.
This really hits home. We have been buying the Generic version at BJ's Wholesale because it is close to 50% cheaper than the name brand, as Mrs. Tdbo uses it. Fortunately the BJ Brand uses the same extended release compound as the name brand.
If you read the Post story this came from, this applies only to the extended release version. If you get the 400 mg, not extended release, version it wouldn't have the carbomer they're talking about.
thanks for helping to clear that up. we were just taking some of this a couple weeks ago to clear up some congestion from an annoying cold/flu that started to creep in.
the generics helped to push it out quickly -- did not or would not bother with any sorts of "extended release" stuff
I take it all the time because have a lung disorder. I much prefer the 400 mg. In fact, I don't like extended release in anything. For me at least, it's not extended release - it's just nothing after the first few hours. The 400 mg can be hard to find. The Walmart version is something like 88 cents a bottle for 15 tablets and Dollar Tree has it too.
I treat medicine and food brands like I treat my worst enemies: If they have one problem with bad chemicals or handling, they don't get a second chance for any of their other products either.
Interesting. They push the free stuff thru CVS for medicare. $25 a month free with the Advantage program. They even call to make sure people know that they have it, and haven't used it. It makes me so suspicious that I never go to CVS, ever. Now I need to avoid Target and Walgreens. I make a really good flu syrup with organic elderberries, honey and colloidal silver. I don't get sick anymore anyway. Not since 2020. I don't trust doctors and drug stores anymore. My tinfoil hat just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
The only way I go to CVS is using coupons to buy organic baby soap or cream for my body. That’s all
Are you talking about the fake Sudafed they're taking off the market? Because I don't think any Mucinex or generic Mucinex has been taken off the market or will be. And that fake Sudafed is being taken down because it's ineffective and it certainly is.
https://www.walmart.com/c/kp/generic-mucinex It clearly isn't pulled.
This really hits home. We have been buying the Generic version at BJ's Wholesale because it is close to 50% cheaper than the name brand, as Mrs. Tdbo uses it. Fortunately the BJ Brand uses the same extended release compound as the name brand.
If you read the Post story this came from, this applies only to the extended release version. If you get the 400 mg, not extended release, version it wouldn't have the carbomer they're talking about.
thanks for helping to clear that up. we were just taking some of this a couple weeks ago to clear up some congestion from an annoying cold/flu that started to creep in.
the generics helped to push it out quickly -- did not or would not bother with any sorts of "extended release" stuff
I take it all the time because have a lung disorder. I much prefer the 400 mg. In fact, I don't like extended release in anything. For me at least, it's not extended release - it's just nothing after the first few hours. The 400 mg can be hard to find. The Walmart version is something like 88 cents a bottle for 15 tablets and Dollar Tree has it too.
I treat medicine and food brands like I treat my worst enemies: If they have one problem with bad chemicals or handling, they don't get a second chance for any of their other products either.
They should know better.
Probably the name-brand OTC meds as well
Hm we use the generic version from Costco, wonder if it has that ingredient too?
Mine from BJs says "made in India" so not NJ...
So what's the big deal?
At least you get rid of the sniffles