[verum ago]

There’s never been any evidence phenylephrine is anything better than a placebo for nasal congestion. This is overdue.

Do NOT however, get it confused with pseudoephedrine- that’s the good stuff. (The one you have to show ID for thanks to it being easy to cook into meth).

Sudafed PE- worthless

Regular Sudafed: great decongestant

I’m seeing a lot of news stories failing to distinguish between the two, and a lot of misinformed people.

[PghBaldy]

I agree. I take the one I have to show my driver’s license to buy. Only thing that helps me.

[Blueflag]

what’s a few hard to pronounce syllables here and there. It’s all good for what ails ya, eh?

[FredZarguna]

The semi-ban on pseudoephedrine is one of the stupidest provisions of the USA Patriot act. It's not "easy" to cook meth with it, and the quantities required to get a decent cook are a red light that any pharmacist could alert law enforcement to.

All the semi-ban has done is make it more difficult for small drug makers to function, while making the Mexican superlabs, which use methylamine (or produce methylamine by reducing precursors with strong bases) all the more profitable.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Benadryl is good for poison ivy. It was also good for my Mom to suppress her radical skin itching problems.

So, if you are against it, DON’T BUY IT, ALL RIGHT???