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Re:CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they'... by delecti on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:33PM (#38006613)
Sudafed makes (or at least made) products with phenylephrine, the useless drug in question. Those products don't contain pseudoephedrine, which can indeed be used as a precursor to making meth.
Re:CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they'... by aug_aug on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:40PM (#38006684)
Actually, Sudafed continues(d?) to make both, you just have to ask for the one with pseudoephedrine which is usually locked behind the counter. Not a meth chef here, but do I have allergies and get migraines, the only thing that seems to help is pseudoephedrine. When they introduced this crap however long ago I could immediately tell it did nothing compared to the 'original' version. Not surprised at all by this revelation/confirmation years later.
Re:CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they'... by wging on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:43PM (#38006716)
Sudafed also makes pseudoephedrine HCl, which works. That’s why their name is a contraction of ‘pseudoephedrine’.