Sudafed?

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

This may seem a very small crisis indeed, but for the past couple of weeks I've been unable to get real Sudafed (the behind the counter stuff) at obvious places like CVS and Stop & Shop pharmacies. I keep getting told they're "back-ordered" and the pharmacists seem confounded that it is so.

Sudafed is the only decongestant that works for me WITHOUT putting me to sleep -- I guess I've got a weird personal biochemistry, but at least I have a large assortment of sleep aids should I ever want them. I am the person for whom "do not use while operating heavy machinery" warnings were intended.

Before I start canvassing all the RiteAids, Walgreens, Target Pharmacies and et cetera within reasonable distances, has anybody recently purchased real Pseudepinephrine nearby in the last week or two?

Comments

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

then i was carded for buying vick's cough medicine. fucking retarded.

This reminds me: Has anyone else been carded for buying cold medicine that doesn't even contain pseudoephedrine? I've had this happen a couple of times at CVS in the last several months.

[thesoxgap]

Yes, Target now IDs me for Nyquil.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Some drugstores card for dextromethorphan, which is a cough suppressant. It's not related to pseudoephedrine control, which is trying to block the methamphetamine supply chain. Restricting dextromethorphan comes from concern that somebody will drink several bottles of cough syrup in an attempt to get high. (People do such things, especially when they can't get their hands on alcohol, and it's not at all good for their health.) I think it's store policy rather than state law, but it's store policy at more than one store.