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After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves (arstechnica.com)
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oral phenylephrine:

"three large, carefully designed studies were conducted—two by Merck for the treatment of seasonal allergies and one by Johnson & Johnson for the treatment of the common cold. All three found no significant difference between phenylephrine and a placebo."

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've used this stuff and it worked for me, but yeah, the real stuff (pseudophedrine) is better. Now if they could make pseudophedrine a regular OTC drug again. Nobody really uses it for Breaking Bad shenanigans, I'd hope.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You underestimate the power of drugs

People definitely would use it for breaking bad shenanigans like they did before

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I thought they switched to hijacking railroad tank cars, after seeing the show. You need a ridiculous amount of tablets (or cough syrup or whatever) to make drugs, and the druggies have supposedly switched to more industrial-scale methods by now.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

I think there should be a Breaking Bad sequel where the main character buys meth and turns it back into cold medication.