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Yet we have "medicine" that you can buy that in fact is not at all effective (Phenylephrine, for example).

• nkozyra 4y ago
  A long tail from the ephedra plant, once similarly an unregulated supplement that absolutely does stuff.
  • dllthomas 4y ago
    If you're unfamiliar, see https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/uselessness-phenylephrine https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/uselessness-phenyl.... Where do you think Derek goes wrong?
    • nkozyra 4y ago
      I don't. I was replying to someone who was dismissing non "medicine" Phenylephrine is useless, but ephedrine and pseudo are not, derived from a non "medicine."
      • dllthomas 4y ago
        Ah, I misunderstood you.
• Tao332 4y ago
  I saw it recently used in the cocktail being administered by an anesthesiologist during surgery. It seems to have a use in staving off hypotension during that sort of thing. Is it a nasal decongestant? Hell no.
  • throwaway92394 4y ago
    Yeah I was going to say - definitely a real drug just a bad nasal decongestant - and generally overshadowed by other phenethylamines.