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OTC pseudoephedrine packaging makes it clear you should ask your doctor if you have high blood pressure, heart disease, enlarged prostate or several other condi
by Zak 8y ago
OTC pseudoephedrine packaging makes it clear you should ask your doctor if you have high blood pressure, heart disease, enlarged prostate or several other conditions. I might prefer that it say why, but this is at least enough to get me to google it if I have reason to be concerned about any of those things.
I want to be trusted with medicine that actually works, and that means I need to take some responsibility for understanding the dosing and side effects before I take it.
- tptacek 8y agoYou are trusted this way. Sudafed (and other pseudoephedrine meds) don't require prescriptions. You don't have to justify your purchase when you ask for them. The reason they're behind the counter is to prevent bulk purchase, since pseudoephedrine is basically a few household-chemical steps away from being methamphetamine. Despite that fact, you're still allowed to buy them for any or no reason, in quantities sufficient for any practical use. The annoyance is that there's an ineffective medicine taking their place on the shelves in front of the counter, and no sign saying "don't bother, just ask the pharmacist for the real thing". But you know that now, so this isn't so much a problem for you. The OP you're responding to is just saying, be careful with pseudoephedrine, independent of the law. And they're right; it's been linked to heart attacks and strokes.