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You just say the magic incantation.
"These statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. "
Except now the statemenhave been evaluated by the FDA, and they are not happy
I must be in the minority. This stuff works great for me. Totally dries out my sinuses without side effects. I’m very conflicted right now.
Pseudophedrine is clearly effective and still readily available, it's just behind the counter and you have to ask for it (can be used in manufacturing meth). Phenylephrine is the one being pulled here, it was primarily pushed so they could have a cold medicine that didn't have to be behind the counter. The picture here is slightly confusing because it is sudafed, which people generally associate with pseudophedrine, but in this case it's sudafed PE, which is phenylephrine (the one that doesn't work). Check the active ingredient on whatever one you're using.
Yeah, I hate pseudoephedrine. Makes me feel awful. Phenylephrine HCL is the stuff I’ve been using.
If it was getting into the blood it should be doing about the same thing as pseudophedrine since they share a mechanism. You certainly shouldn't take either if they make you feel terrible though, and probably talk to your doctor about it. The way both medications are supposed to work is vasoconstriction, which could be a big problem if there is already high blood pressure for instance.
There's a lot of evidence out there showing no difference between phenylephrine and placebo, probably because of low bio-availability at low doses. One study below, there are many others:
https://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(10)60240-2/fulltext