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It's not easy in my state. It goes like this: go to inside counter of an open pharmacy (can't use drive thru for it). Wait, for a long time (aren't all of your

It's not easy in my state. It goes like this: go to inside counter of an open pharmacy (can't use drive thru for it). Wait, for a long time (aren't all of your pharmacies massively overloaded with 30-60m lines? ours are). Ask for a 96-count sudafed (generic or regular) and hope they have it. If they don't, get 48. If they don't, get 24 (forget that I need 2 tabs every day as prescribed by my doctor -- yet can only buy 1 box/month no matter how many are in it so if I can't get 96 I can't get enough). Provide ID. Hope that the state verification system is up, because in my state it goes down ALL THE TIME and so frequently the process stops here only to be retried at some random future time/place. Do this each and every month as many times as it takes. Forget that meth use has gone up in the face of all this insanity. It now flows in massively from Mexico. IOW, this isn't stopping meth use. Also forget that for years people like me were told that if we didn't like it we should use the drug that just now got officially tagged as having never worked (duh, we all knew this within one day of the first time sudafed went behind the counter). Sudafed is one of the hardest to acquire substances out there, and the burden falls on those who really need it. I'm glad it's easy for you, but it's not for many many people.

HDThoreaun 3y ago
Man, your state sounds horrible. Only problem with pharmacies around here is they're always out of adderall.
- Analemma_ 3y ago
  I have talked about this before, but it really all depends on 1) the area you're in and 2) what kinds of class signals you emanate. I'm a well-dressed white guy in Seattle, and I've never had any trouble buying pseudoephedrine: they just check my ID and then give it to me. Meanwhile I have relatives in a depressed part of the midwest who, with the best love in the world, are visibly lower-class, and they say they get hassled and roadblocked constantly trying to get it. It's pretty naked classism and rather fucked up.
- wutwutwat 3y ago
  But if they have the active ingredient to make meth, there's no need for adderall. Meth is adderall (amphetamine) with a methyl group added to make it cross the blood brain barrier easier/faster. Once metabolised by the body it becomes the same amphetamine as your addys. There are a surprising number of people who dose meth like adderall to treat their adhd symptoms and you'd never know if they didn't tell you. I'm not advocating anyone do meth, the above was said mainly to crack and easy joke about the pharmacy being out of legal speed but in stock on the stuff to make illegal speed
jrockway 3y ago
I asked my doctor to write me a prescription for pseudoephedrine once. They rip open the box (before you get to the pharmacy), dump the pills into a standard pill bottle, and then charge you $5 instead of $11. No ID / signing the ledger required! But yeah, the whole process is very annoying. I think this news about the ineffective stuff being withdrawn is good for us; with more demand for the stuff that works, pharmacies will have to hire more people to comply with the regulations, driving profits down, and finally a lobbyist that matters will be in front of Congress.
titanomachy 3y ago
Do you usually take decongestants for 12+ days? I usually just take them a couple of times on the worst days of a cold, maybe 5 pills every time I get sick. And pharmacies in my city don’t usually have more than 1 or 2 people ahead of me in line.
- epage 3y ago
  All males in my family over produce muccous and have perpetual post-nasal drip leading to a frequent cough that is slowdy taking away our voices. Sudafed access would be great! I've gone to an ENT to try to reduce things but no luck so far.
  - titanomachy 3y ago
    You could try getting an ADHD diagnosis, adderall is a fantastic decongestant. (Joking)
- The_Blade 3y ago
  i was going to say, what planet are you on where you have to wait 60 minutes at the pharmacy, and what you need more than 24 pills for? you're either Jesse Pinkman or sicker than a vintage Jimi Hendrix lick
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  - titanomachy 3y ago
    Love that, I’m going to steal it
  - pixl97 3y ago
    Honestly depends where you are. I lived in a town of around 100k at one point with probably 250k in the surrounding area and we were severely under pharmacied for how much demand there was. There was always a 20+ minute line. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, didn't matter. Now I live in a large metro area and I almost never wait.;
bmurphy1976 3y ago
I never had it that bad, but not having the right stock is an obnoxious and frequent occurrence. If you need it that bad and that consistently, you should definitely have your doctor write a prescription and make the pharmacist do the work to fill it properly.
matwood 3y ago
Wild. I just walk up to the pharmacy inside my grocery store. Adds about 5 minutes to my shopping trip.
parhamn 3y ago
> Sudafed is one of the hardest to acquire substances out there What!?? Regardless, this tip might be helpful: you can get it online with a script without insurance for $2.40 [1] If you need a script you can probably get it from Amazon Clinic Dr chat too for $33 without insurance all via messages only. [2] For the record I've never used it and haven't considered it much beyond my recent amazement how theres a 'startup' for every prescription med now (and Amazon is entering the market strong too). [1] https://pharmacy.amazon.com/Pseudoephedrine-Oral-Tablet/dp/B084BXR91B https://pharmacy.amazon.com/Pseudoephedrine-Oral-Tablet/dp/B...? [2] https://clinic.amazon.com/cough-cold-flu-treatment/dp/B0CK3K1QY8?ref_=sf_ac_cf https://clinic.amazon.com/cough-cold-flu-treatment/dp/B0CK3K...

HDThoreaun 3y ago

Man, your state sounds horrible. Only problem with pharmacies around here is they're always out of adderall.

Analemma_ 3y ago
I have talked about this before, but it really all depends on 1) the area you're in and 2) what kinds of class signals you emanate. I'm a well-dressed white guy in Seattle, and I've never had any trouble buying pseudoephedrine: they just check my ID and then give it to me. Meanwhile I have relatives in a depressed part of the midwest who, with the best love in the world, are visibly lower-class, and they say they get hassled and roadblocked constantly trying to get it. It's pretty naked classism and rather fucked up.
wutwutwat 3y ago
But if they have the active ingredient to make meth, there's no need for adderall. Meth is adderall (amphetamine) with a methyl group added to make it cross the blood brain barrier easier/faster. Once metabolised by the body it becomes the same amphetamine as your addys. There are a surprising number of people who dose meth like adderall to treat their adhd symptoms and you'd never know if they didn't tell you. I'm not advocating anyone do meth, the above was said mainly to crack and easy joke about the pharmacy being out of legal speed but in stock on the stuff to make illegal speed

jrockway 3y ago

I asked my doctor to write me a prescription for pseudoephedrine once. They rip open the box (before you get to the pharmacy), dump the pills into a standard pill bottle, and then charge you $5 instead of $11. No ID / signing the ledger required! But yeah, the whole process is very annoying. I think this news about the ineffective stuff being withdrawn is good for us; with more demand for the stuff that works, pharmacies will have to hire more people to comply with the regulations, driving profits down, and finally a lobbyist that matters will be in front of Congress.

titanomachy 3y ago

Do you usually take decongestants for 12+ days? I usually just take them a couple of times on the worst days of a cold, maybe 5 pills every time I get sick. And pharmacies in my city don’t usually have more than 1 or 2 people ahead of me in line.

epage 3y ago
All males in my family over produce muccous and have perpetual post-nasal drip leading to a frequent cough that is slowdy taking away our voices. Sudafed access would be great! I've gone to an ENT to try to reduce things but no luck so far.
- titanomachy 3y ago
  You could try getting an ADHD diagnosis, adderall is a fantastic decongestant. (Joking)
The_Blade 3y ago
i was going to say, what planet are you on where you have to wait 60 minutes at the pharmacy, and what you need more than 24 pills for? you're either Jesse Pinkman or sicker than a vintage Jimi Hendrix lick
- deleted 3y ago
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- titanomachy 3y ago
  Love that, I’m going to steal it
- pixl97 3y ago
  Honestly depends where you are. I lived in a town of around 100k at one point with probably 250k in the surrounding area and we were severely under pharmacied for how much demand there was. There was always a 20+ minute line. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, didn't matter. Now I live in a large metro area and I almost never wait.;

bmurphy1976 3y ago

I never had it that bad, but not having the right stock is an obnoxious and frequent occurrence. If you need it that bad and that consistently, you should definitely have your doctor write a prescription and make the pharmacist do the work to fill it properly.

matwood 3y ago

Wild. I just walk up to the pharmacy inside my grocery store. Adds about 5 minutes to my shopping trip.

parhamn 3y ago

> Sudafed is one of the hardest to acquire substances out there What!?? Regardless, this tip might be helpful: you can get it online with a script without insurance for $2.40 [1] If you need a script you can probably get it from Amazon Clinic Dr chat too for $33 without insurance all via messages only. [2] For the record I've never used it and haven't considered it much beyond my recent amazement how theres a 'startup' for every prescription med now (and Amazon is entering the market strong too). [1] https://pharmacy.amazon.com/Pseudoephedrine-Oral-Tablet/dp/B084BXR91B https://pharmacy.amazon.com/Pseudoephedrine-Oral-Tablet/dp/B...? [2] https://clinic.amazon.com/cough-cold-flu-treatment/dp/B0CK3K1QY8?ref_=sf_ac_cf https://clinic.amazon.com/cough-cold-flu-treatment/dp/B0CK3K...