Why cant I find the sudafed cold medicine anymore???

[a kennedy]

Getting ready for the next cold and replenishing my cold remedy supplies, and can’t find my good ol’ sudafed. There’s only one kind now and it’s not what I relied previously. What’s up with that??

[HopeAgain]

1. Federal Law

They have to keep it behind the counter. It is an ingredient for making Chrystal Meth

[hlthe2b]

2. If you mean the one with ephedrine (decongestant) that is behind the counter with pharmacist

Because ephedrine is abused to make meth, you have to provide id and sign it out. That is true of every state that I know now.

Don't kill the messenger--that's just the way it is.

[Mister Ed]

3. It can be refined into meth, I think.

That may have to do with more restricted availability.

[elleng]

5. Yes, that's it.

[elleng]

4. Ask the pharmacist.

It's available, but with ID, as pseuphedrine is used to make 'bad' stuff.

[a kennedy]

6. Yes, and ok, I remember that now.......thank you,

I swear tho, that is the only thing that works for my, dripping nose, and watery eyes, just the worst parts of the cold. But right, I do remember that now. How long has that been the case, keeping behind the counter??

[marylandblue]

8. Been maybe 10 years or more

It does work the best. I take it you are lucky enough not to get colds very often?

[a kennedy]

9. usually one a year.......but its been awhile since ive had to buy my drugs.

But wow 10 years since it’s been available.

[Phentex]

19. same here...

it's the only thing that really works for me. I only buy it about every 2 or 3 years and feel like a criminal when I do.

[RobinA]

23. Im The Same Way

After the real decongestants went behind the counter I tried the new stuff. Once. I mean one dose. I tossed the rest of it and went to the counter for the stuff that actually works. My sinuses laughed at that junk on the shelves. Completely useless.

[marylandblue]

7. You should see a card in the cold and flu section instead of a box

You can bring the card to the pharmacy counter and they take the precious medicine from the secret high security vault in the subbasement.

[a kennedy]

11. Thanks.....

[hlthe2b]

10. because this guy hijacked the entire supply...

[a kennedy]

13. Ha ha, should have known.....

[True Dough]

24. Crystal Blue Persuasion...

[dawg day]

27. LOl, that was a good episode

[MiniMe]

12. Ask at the pharmacy counter

They have it, they just can't keep it out any more

[a kennedy]

15. Yah, thanks.....I did forget about that they took it out of circulation.

[TheDebbieDee]

14. Imagine that! It's harder to buy pseudophed

Than it is to buy a handgun...

[a kennedy]

16. Discussing isnt it??

[itsrobert]

17. Trump voters

And their meth problems.

[Glorfindel]

18. I felt that way about Mucinex-D. Nothing else even came close to working as well.

Then I discovered Flonase through my dentist, of all people. He said it was "life-changing." He was right. And it's nonprescription and you don't have to ask for it at the pharmacy counter. Give it a shot. It's $15 to $20 for a month's supply - one squirt into each nostril daily. It's also available as a generic medication, but I haven't tried that yet. Should work just as well.

[a kennedy]

20. Ohhhhhhhhh, sounds promising......

Thanks.

[zanana1]

21. I used to like Alka Seltzer Plus.

It's not so "plus" anymore!

[Mosby]

22. I use sudafed frequently

What I noticed is that a lot of retailers jacked up the price when it went behind the counter. Right now in my area Fry's and CVS have the best prices. It used to be super cheap, I could get a 100 count bottle for like 5 bucks. Today you can't even get a 100 count package.

I use it mostly to keep my eustachion tube open per my ENT dr.

[TeamPooka]

25. Meth. nt

[dawg day]

26. You can get it from the pharmacist.

They'll make you sign for it. It can be used to create meth, supposedly.

But you just have to sign for it-- no big deal. It's just silly it's treated more cautiously than alcohol and tobacco.

[Orange Free State]

29. My son needed White-out ...

....for a report in high school and Staples wouldn’t sell it to him because he was not legally an adult. God knows what people are doing with it. It’s not my world any more.

[applegrove]

28. Some groups came out with a study that said certain cough medicines active

ingredient was useless too. So there is that.

[rogerballard]

30. I had to buy some cold medicine...

for my roommate, not only did they ask for ID, they entered all my info from my license into the computer. I remember I think back in the 90's I would come home to Michigan from Colorado, we would cross the border into Canada (Sarnia) to gamble, you could buy aspirin with codeine but only if you went to the pharmacy, no prescription. I don't know if they still do that. I wonder if Imodium might be next, I read an article about people taking so much Imodium it produced some sort of LSD high ? Crazy.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. I got "proofed" last night when I just bought some Dayquil. And it hasn't helped at all.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

32. A very long time ago it was possible to get cough medicine with codeine.

You did have to sign for it, but it was obtainable. At some point it became totally unobtainable. Well, maybe by prescription, but I never researched that. Too bad, because sometimes I get a persistent cough.

[murielm99]

33. I had to get some of that cough medicine with codeine.

It was a prescription.

On another occasion, I went to the counter with the little card that sits on the shelf in the place of sudafed. I asked them why there was a card over there. I felt stupid when they told me. They did take all my information from my license, even though I get prescriptions filled there regularly.