Alternative is probably based on phenylephrine. It has been been out for a while, so expect to see a generic before too long. It is reputed to be as effective as psuedoephedrine and slightly safer (fewer side effects).
All this is going to do is drive psuedoephidrine off the US market, which may be the actual intent of the legislation in the first place. Of course, the pharmacuetical companies will still sell it overseas, which in effect will make CM an import drug once again. Since the advent of small meth labs using the red phosphorous or other processes has been a large part of the reason that the the problem of the violent meth gangs running out of Mexico has declined so precipitously (ain’t competative market pressures amazing?), expect that situation to heat back up rather quickly.
Comment by Terry — Sunday, July 31, 2024 @ 8:41 am
Indeed.
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Sunday, July 31, 2024 @ 8:57 am
Wisconsin recently restricted these type of sales. I rarely use any cold medication. The one I use is Advil Cold gelcaps. It contains pseudoephedrine but in a liquid form. That makes is tougher to use in making crystal meth. Lucky me.
My kids have allergies and I buy the Wal-mart generic form of Claritin-D for my middle son. The used to sell it in a 10 pack but now they only seem to have it in the 5 pack. I was going to buy 2 boxes of the 5 pack (as one box won’t last a whole week) and the computer wouldn’t allow me to buy both boxes. To me this is completely rediculous because you can still buy the brand name in a 10 pack but it is more expensive than 2 of the generic five packs. So irritating!
Comment by Jan — Monday, August 1, 2024 @ 12:11 pm
[...] aluminum foil.” What I find highly problematic about all of this (which is linked to the whole business about limiting law-abiding access to pseuodephedrine), is that because catching the methhe [...]
Alternative is probably based on phenylephrine. It has been been out for a while, so expect to see a generic before too long. It is reputed to be as effective as psuedoephedrine and slightly safer (fewer side effects).
All this is going to do is drive psuedoephidrine off the US market, which may be the actual intent of the legislation in the first place. Of course, the pharmacuetical companies will still sell it overseas, which in effect will make CM an import drug once again. Since the advent of small meth labs using the red phosphorous or other processes has been a large part of the reason that the the problem of the violent meth gangs running out of Mexico has declined so precipitously (ain’t competative market pressures amazing?), expect that situation to heat back up rather quickly.
Comment by Terry — Sunday, July 31, 2024 @ 8:41 am
Indeed.
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Sunday, July 31, 2024 @ 8:57 am
Wisconsin recently restricted these type of sales. I rarely use any cold medication. The one I use is Advil Cold gelcaps. It contains pseudoephedrine but in a liquid form. That makes is tougher to use in making crystal meth. Lucky me.
Comment by Sean Hackbarth — Sunday, July 31, 2024 @ 11:16 pm
My kids have allergies and I buy the Wal-mart generic form of Claritin-D for my middle son. The used to sell it in a 10 pack but now they only seem to have it in the 5 pack. I was going to buy 2 boxes of the 5 pack (as one box won’t last a whole week) and the computer wouldn’t allow me to buy both boxes. To me this is completely rediculous because you can still buy the brand name in a 10 pack but it is more expensive than 2 of the generic five packs. So irritating!
Comment by Jan — Monday, August 1, 2024 @ 12:11 pm
[...] aluminum foil.” What I find highly problematic about all of this (which is linked to the whole business about limiting law-abiding access to pseuodephedrine), is that because catching the methhe [...]
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