> More and more studies I've read show that over-the-counter medicines often do nothing You make a fantastic claim but provide no evidence whatsoever. Counterp

> More and more studies I've read show that over-the-counter medicines often do nothing You make a fantastic claim but provide no evidence whatsoever. Counterpoint: diphenhydramine (aka Benadryl), ibprofan and other NSAIDs, clotrimazole and other antifungals, ... the list just keeps going. Admittedly, the Sudafed replacement (ie phenylephrine) is not nearly effective as the original (ie pseudoephedrine) for large segments of the population including myself. To that end, one of my favorite mock journal articles of all time is "A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine From N-Methylamphetamine" (http://heterodoxy.cc/meowdocs/pseudo/pseudosynth.pdf http://heterodoxy.cc/meowdocs/pseudo/pseudosynth.pdf).