FDA may begin a process that removes phenylephrine from the market, which would force manufacturers to pull cough and cold medications from store shelves.
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Benedryl is a great sleep aid when taken infrequently.
I guess yummy gummies will have to suffice.
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@sonofzeus Different drugs.
Phenylephrine = Sudafed. Opens you up (decongestant) and keeps you up (awake). Stimulant that can be used to make speed. Can increase blood pressure and heart rate.Diphenhydramine = Benadryl. Antihistamine. Dries you out. Good for allergic reactions (due to histamine). Knocks you out, makes you sleepy. It’s the PM component in most OTC meds e.g. Tylenol PM. Could probably lower blood pressure and heart rate as you fall asleep. Safe for kids.
Many cold meds are antihistamine-decongestants like Nyquil. Benadryl by itself is just diphenhydramine and doesn’t contain phenylephrine. If there’s a Benadryl brand cold & flu product it might contain phenylephrine but not by itself.
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@my4mainecoons THX much for the 411.
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@sonofzeus said in FDA may begin a process that removes phenylephrine from the market, which would force manufacturers to pull cough and cold medications from store shelves.:
@my4mainecoons The caption above includes benedryl. Are they banning it?
The caption is misleading and technically incorrect. Benadryl by itself is safe. A Benadryl brand Cold Medicine that has phenylephrine in it would be pulled.
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Tylenol Severe Cold & Flu contains phenylephrine.
Tylenol PM contains diphenhydramine.
Tylenol by itself is just acetaminophen.
The way that’s worded is like saying that Tylenol contains phenylephrine.
Tylenol Severe Cold & Flu would be pulled but not regular Tylenol, Tylenol PM, Extra Strength Tylenol, Children’s Tylenol, etc.Also, phenylephrine containing products have been in the pharmacy for a few years due to meth manufacturing concerns. So stores will be pulling those cardboard cards not actual product from the shelf; the cards for Claritin D etc. that you bring to the pharmacy to show what you want. “D” means decongestant.
I wonder if that means we no longer will have to show a drivers license to buy cold medicine.
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Sleep aids are linked to increased rates of dementia, fyi. Best not to take them often. This includes diphenhydramine.
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@my4mainecoons said in FDA may begin a process that removes phenylephrine from the market, which would force manufacturers to pull cough and cold medications from store shelves.:
I’ve called Phenylephrine fake Sudafed ever since it was the one that became the easier of the real and fake to purchase. It’s never done anything for me besides making my throat slightly sore.I’m in MS so real Sudafed has needed a Dr’s script for a long time so on the rare occasion I get one of those to go along with treatment for a sinus infection I get to feel great sinus wise for a short while. I use Flonase but it doesn’t really clear out the sinuses. I was given Astelin to use in addition with it to try and help the sinus thing. Only thing I got out of that was a bad taste that lasts for hours and awful nausea to boot.
All I’ve wanted for years is enough real Sudafed to be able to take it every so often when my sinuses get to where they’re hard to take.
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@rowan said in FDA may begin a process that removes phenylephrine from the market, which would force manufacturers to pull cough and cold medications from store shelves.:
I’ve called Phenylephrine fake Sudafed ever since it was the one that became the easier of the real and fake to purchase. It’s never done anything for me
Agreed!
@rowan said in FDA may begin a process that removes phenylephrine from the market, which would force manufacturers to pull cough and cold medications from store shelves.:
I’m in MS so real Sudafed has needed a Dr’s script for a long time
Woah! I had no idea other states were different. I’ve bought it in several states and it was always just behind the pharmacy counter and you had to show your idea and you were limited in how much you could buy, but you still didn’t need a prescription.
