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Alternatives to pseudephrine?
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Have been wrestling with allergies for some time. Here's what I understand:

- Phenylephrine has been tested to be nothing but a placebo effect (if it used to work for you, I hope you did not read this...). There is a proposal to ban it outright, as there are some real side-effects from long-term use.

- claritin can take up to 2 hours to work, but is quite safe (literally as safe as a sugar pill) and can last 24 hours for most people. If it works for you, I would stiick with it. I use it regularly (as a generic).

- Sudafed is restricted in many states and is quite hard to get. But most pharmacists will tell you there is nothing better for sinuses and some allergies. I cannot use the regular sudafed - makes me jittery. I have been using the 12 hour (slow release) variety when I need to - with claritin. I cannot do the 24 hour variety, keeps me up at night.

- most of the other meds seem to work less well for me (Allegra did nothing for me, Zirtec just came off prescription and only made me sleepy the first 3 days I took it; supposed to take 30 days for full effect; I am not willing to be sleepy for 4 weeks to try it out).

Hopefully someone will come out with a sudafed-like allergy med that cannot be readily converted to meth so we can 'only' get it as a prescription. Here in Minnesota, it's MUCH harder to get sudafed than a regular prescription drug.
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Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by deckeda - 10-18-2008, 05:18 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Wags - 10-18-2008, 05:20 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Markintosh - 10-18-2008, 05:30 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by dad@home - 10-18-2008, 05:50 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by JoeH - 10-18-2008, 06:07 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by MacMagus - 10-18-2008, 06:24 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Dennis S - 10-18-2008, 06:27 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by JoeH - 10-18-2008, 07:14 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Robert M - 10-18-2008, 12:35 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by billb - 10-18-2008, 12:50 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Bill in NC - 10-18-2008, 01:33 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by wurm - 10-18-2008, 02:00 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by tenders - 10-18-2008, 02:14 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Blurb - 10-18-2008, 03:21 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by mattkime - 10-18-2008, 03:53 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by sunfalcon - 10-18-2008, 11:26 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Dennis S - 10-18-2008, 11:37 PM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by Racer X - 10-19-2008, 02:51 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by sekker - 10-19-2008, 03:30 AM
Re: Alternatives to pseudephrine? - by haikuman - 10-19-2008, 06:14 AM

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