Federal Law requires anyone buying Sudafed to show ID?

[madinmaryland]

My wife was at CVS last weekend buying some Musenex for her congestion (one box only), and was requested by the store clerk to show id and sign a sheet indicating that she had bought the stuff.

Is this for real?

:wtf:

[Beaverhausen]

1. I think you can make meth from it

anyone?

[madinmaryland]

4. That's what it's made from.

I just dodn't know if there is a federal law that requires this. My wife was shocked, but needed the stuff.

[Horse with no Name]

8. You need a prescription in Oregon to get Sudafed now

If I remember correctly.

[MissB]

37. You can still get some Sudafed over the counter.

Some of the Sudafed formulations are behind the counter.

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. It varies state by state

[Kadie]

5. Yep. I think this is what they slipped into the Patriot Act

If I am not mistaken.

As someone who uses a lot of decongestant, I must say it is a pain. You have to get the stuff from behind the counter, sign paperwork, (I don't think I have showed ID yet). And, they are not stocking as big a selection cause it is a pain for them to keep behind the counter. I am having a hard time finding what I want.

[serryjw]

13. They jumped the gun

Beginning 30 days after President Bush signs the law, expected sometime this week, purchase limits go into effect. One person would be limited to buying 300, 30-mg pills in a month or 120 such pills in a day. The measure would make an exception for "single-use" sales _ individually packaged pseudoephedrine products.

Many retailers, such as Kmart, Walgreens, Target and Wal-Mart, have already adopted guidelines to limit customer access to cold products or to limit their sales.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/blog/2006/03/revised_patriot_act_targets_al.html

[madinmaryland]

17. 120 pills in one day?

If I took that much, I'd probably have a heart attack. I hate taking the stuff, but it does clear up my sinuses. I take it for 4-5 days max.

Nose-spray, now that's ADDICTIVE!

[bee]

47. youre not kidding!

my step father was hooked on that stuff like it was crack. Try & take his nose spray and see what happened to ya... :scared:

[1monster]

22. Not according to the pharmacy where I buy sudaphedrine.

Three hundred tablets a month would be fine. I'm limited to two boxes of 48 tablets a month. And it is already being enforced with a computer database that tells who and when and how many are sold and not just in one store or chain, but all over from what the pharmacist said.

[Lib Grrrrl]

2. YES, It's For Real

because the ingredients in Sudafed can be misused to manufacture crystal meth.

[spanone]

6. True, but they also require this of the gelcaps..totally useless for meth.

[Horse with no Name]

3. Yep. They enter it into a computer database as well

Sucks eh..it's the war on meth.

[madinmaryland]

7. That's scary. One more way they are eroding

our rights to privacy, in the name of a war on "fill in the blank".

:scared:

:grr:

[Caoimhe]

Yes, they started this crap in Oregon

a few years ago. Required pharmacists and stores to put their Sudafed (or anything with pseudaephedrine *sp*) behind the counter or in a locked display case. Other states followed as people began to see the effects of meth on their communities. A few months ago it was "federally" slipped into another bill it had nothing to do with, and the repukes cried "you can't vote no! that would think meth is okay!" it was total bullshit. I remember that Ron Wyden, my Senator, voted no, because it was tacked to a bill he didn't support (I think it was the Patriot Act like someone said above. But he had the defense that in Oregon we already have these same laws, so it wouldn't affect us either way.

I have yet to see any study showing that putting these medicines behind the counter is actually cutting down on meth creation and use. We are still told daily about the tragedy of meth (and I don't disagree it is a big problem) but where is the follow through on this stuff? If they can't get it at their usual source, you think they won't just use something else or get it another way? They can get gallon jugs of sudafedrine tablets from mexico. Criminals aren't going to stop being criminals just because you make them work harder at it. Drug addicts aren't going to stop being drug addicts just because you make them commit other illegal acts to get their drug.

I hate having to ask for someone to unlock a locked case for me to get sinus medication. They will be locking up pens, light bulbs, soda cans and spoons next. I've seen all of those be used to facilitate drug usage.

When do we hear how these new restrictions have worked? or haven't worked? There is always new laws and rules... often we are even told that it's a trial period, or better safe then sorry.. but bad laws never go away! If we find out things haven't changed for the better, do we ever get to ditch the rule? Seems not.

[OhioChick]

9. A while back........

I also heard that if you didn't have a driver's license, to bring your SS card.

[Pirate Smile]

10. We've had to do this via state law for around a year. It is weird at

first but you get used to it. Big Meth problem.

[davepc]

11. Another great success in the war on drugs. Have a cold = meth head

[Broken_Hero]

12. Sudafed...yeah..

I bought some generic sudaphendrine(cant spell it sorry)...adn the whole process was a ...effing pain in the ass. It took me roughly, half an hour to go through the process. They had to check my ID, put my informartion in their computer system, and i am assuming"background check" of some sort, cause it took a long "time" for them to approve me, getting the sudaphendrine...it sucked, btw, this was at walmarts pharm last december....and yes, sudaphendrine, is a drug they use in meth...

The law to me, seems kind of...stupid. But again, to each their own...pretty soon, we are going to have to bend over for a full body cavity search to buy aspirin, cause aspirin is used to make the "new wonder drug" out there...

[madinmaryland]

14. My biggest concern is what is this "database"

and who is tracking it and what are they putting in this database?

:scared:

[Broken_Hero]

50. you and me both...:) n/t

[gkhouston]

15. yeah, it's for real

you'll probably notice, as time goes on, that the stores carry fewer and fewer products with pseudo-ephedrine in them. I can no longer find the children's Sudafed tablets in Houston at all, and now have to sign for the children's syrup, although that used to still be on the shelves, as it's supposedly useless for making meth. There are adult dosages of alternative decongestants available off-the-shelf, but no tablets for kids under 12. :grr:

[benEzra]

41. And the "alternatives" generally suck...

did some research on the pharmacology of "Sudafed PE" (pseudoephedrine free) and there's a reason that crap wasn't commonly sold until the Drug Warriors decided that regular Sudafed is Public Enemy Number One...

It's not dangerous, but its ONLY virtue is that it can't be used to make meth. The downside is, it has only one of the two modes of action that regular sudafed has.

[SmokingJacket]

69. I took some of the fake stuff this morning.

Because my local grocery no longer has sudafed, and I don't feel like having people stare at my like I'm a drug addict anyway.

It didn't do a thing but make me woozy.

[suffragette]

76. I talked to a pharmacist about this

and she agreed that stuff isn't nearly as effective as the regular formula.

It's ridiculous, but entirely fits the pattern this administration has encouraged in the country. Cast the widest possible net (think Patriot Act or TSA) without regard to how much inconvenience or restrictions it imposes or even whether or not it is an effective approach. In doing this, ignore genuine responses and solutions to underlying causes that might lead to more effective strategies.
Then blame someone else when the original problem inevitably continues.

[SPKrazy]

16. Stupid Law, No Reduction In Meth Consumption

only in small labs

but better meth comes from Mexico

cheaper, better,

the law is a stoopid one

[jmowreader]

49. I would rather the methheads BUY their meth

The real problem with meth labs isn't the drug that comes out of them. Fuck it, man, I say if they want to do meth we throw their asses in a room with 50 lbs of meth and just use meth until they explode. Doesn't bother me one bit.

Meth labs are hazmat sites. I expect that in five years or less, a meth lab is going to make the Superfund list. You can make meth using either anhydrous ammonia, or Coleman fuel and lye. Either way it's dangerous...and believe me when I tell you that methheads don't handle their hazardous chemicals with the respect and care they deserve.

[Renew Deal]

18. Watch this documentary

And it will suddenly all make sense.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth

[madinmaryland]

19. I'm not denying that meth is bad.

I'm just struck by how they gov is reacting to this.

[Renew Deal]

20. They are probably not going far enough.

It's that bad.

[madinmaryland]

23. What would you suggest they do in addition to this?

[Renew Deal]

25. Get rid of Sudafed

Ban it if necessary. Don't commercially sell it or make it prescription based. And lots and lots of rehab programs.

[madinmaryland]

31. Is there anything effective that can replace

psuedophedrine?

Do you know someone who has had issues with meth?

[Renew Deal]

36. I don't know any product names

and No. I'd like to keep it that way.

[justice1]

52. I know lots of people with meth problems.

One night after I left a party, someone high on meth, burned the hosts 6-year old daughters kittens alive.

I could go on with stories, but you get the idea.

Banning pseudo ephedrine has definitely impacted the manufacturing of meth where I live.

[benEzra]

46. HELL NO, don't ban it...

meth traffickers can make meth without sudafed (or smuggle it in like cocaine and heroin), but sinus sufferers can't exactly cook up sudafed in our kitchens from play-doh and olive oil...

Believe it or not, some of us buy sudafed because it is a heck of a good decongestant, and it is THE most effective treatment I've found for my frequent headaches (2 sudafed + a BC powder).

[madinmaryland]

48. I'm with you on that.

I know a lot of people that the only thing that will work is sudefed. Banning it is will not solve the meth problem, only force it into the illegal substances category, and send even more people to prison.

[kestrel91316]

51. Sorry. Won't fly with me. I don't often use the stuff, but when I do it's

because it's the ONLY thing that will unstop my nose. And I can't take Benadryl because I get an idiosyncratic reaction to it.

Sudafed is essential to life at times for me. And I ain't no drug addict.

[Renew Deal]

54. I have made it to 29

without Sudafed. I bet you can too. I use Nyquil sometimes. What's in that?

[benEzra]

55. Good for you...

bet you've made it to 29 without Imitrex, too. Doesn't mean there aren't people who need it.

I use Nyquil sometimes. What's in that?

Sudafed, acetaminophen, and a cough suppressant. I believe Nyquil is subject to the same restrictions as sudafed tablets, at least here in NC.

Guess you haven't made it to 29 without using Sudafed, then...

[Renew Deal]

58. Here are the ingredients

Which one is used in Meth?

Active Ingredients (in each 15 ml tablespoon):

Acetaminophen 500mg (pain reliever/fever reducer)
Dextromethorphan HBr 15mg (cough suppressant)
Doxylamine succinate 6.25mg (antihistamine)

Inactive Ingredients:

alcohol, citric acid, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Yellow No. 6, flavor, high fructose corn syrup, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, purified water, saccharin sodium, sodium citrate

alcohol, citric acid, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40, flavor, high fructose corn syrup, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, purified water, saccharin sodium, sodium citrate

http://vicks.com/products/nyquil_liquid.shtml

[benEzra]

65. Nyquil was reformulated late 2005/early 2006 to delete the decongestant

and satisfy the Drug Warriors. Prior to that, NyQuil contained 30 mg pseudoephedrine per dose as a decongestant, but Proctor & Gamble deleted the decongestant only a few months ago and replaced it with an antihistamine so they wouldn't be subject to the Sudafed bans. In other words, the "NyQuil" that has been on the market for many years has been driven completely off the market, and a new medicine is now being marketed under the same name that has no decongestant properties, just an antihistamine. May still work for you, or it may not, but it's not the Nyquil that used to be available on store shelves. Your store brand alternatives may still reflect the old Nyquil formula, but not for long, as the drug warriors will undoubtedly drive them from the shelves also.

FWIW, I have bad reactions to antihistamines and can't take most of them.

[kestrel91316]

56. Nyquil is for at NIGHT. I need something I can take during the day,

and I don't need SIDE EFFECTS because in my work I must be fully alert at all times.

What is with the need to control what other people put in their bodies, because of SOME OTHER PERSON'S psychological problems???? How about we make alcohol illegal because SOME folks can't handle it? How about all controlled substances? Yeah, that's a GREAT idea - let's make KETAMINE illegal (my #1 anesthesia drug in feline practice) because there are irresponsible twits who like to abuse it!!!

IMHO the control freaks don't belong in the DEMOCRATIC party.

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[kestrel91316]

59. So I am supposed to show sensitivity to addicts by suffering myself???

My personal choice is to NOT do meth, BTW.

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[benEzra]

66. Passing idiotic laws to be seen "doing something" about a problem

isn't supposed to be a core Democratic ideal.

Fact: Most meth used in the U.S. is manufactured WITHOUT using domestically purchased sudafed as a feedstock.

Just how does making millions of innocent people SUFFER for lack of a medication, just so politicians on both the right and the left can grandstand and say they're "doing something" about meth, fit into your conception of what the Democratic party should be?

[VTMechEngr]

53. Forget That!

Hell hath no wrath worse than me with a really bad f-ing cold!

[SmokingJacket]

70. You're just outsourcing the problem to Mexico.

If this actually does reduce the number of meth addicts in this country, I'll change my tune -- but from what I've read it seems that banning sudafed in places hasn't had any effect.

But it does piss me off that I'm going to to have to get a prescription drug to deal with my goddam chronic sinus problem -- and I have no prescription coverage.

[Renew Deal]

72. What did we do before Sudafed.

Seriously. What are the alternatives?

[High Plains]

73. That's an absurd suggestion, for a couple of reasons:

1. Sudafed is only one means of manufacturing meth. There are other methods. People will use them.
2. Millions of Americans use Sudafed and similar products to relieve medical problems. Why punish
them for the misuse of a few?
3. Doing things like restricting the sales of Sudafed has had an impact on the number of home meth
labs, which reduces the risk of fire, explosion, or contamination. But it has not had a notable
impact on reducing meth use. Instead, it has led to home-cooked meth being replaced by higher
quality, more potent meth manufactured in real laboratories, mainly in Mexico. In fact, I call
this bill "The Mexican Meth Market Share Enhancement Act."

[Renew Deal]

79. Watch this documentary

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth

1. It will slow down use and reduce the purity which will make it easier to treat people.
2. I don't care. Find an alternative. People survived thousands of years without sudafed.
3. It also reduces the number of people cooking the shit up here, reducing the supply. Hopefully it hurts the purity as well. Some of this meth comes from the US. Banning it here is a start. Getting other countries to ban it as well would be great. Especially Mexico. It's a chemical, so you can't just grow more.

[MissB]

38. I'm with you.

[Jack_DeLeon]

63. Its not that bad...

There are always moral panics and outrage over all kinds of things throughout the course of history.

Yes there have always been various problems with various drugs or things, and the media always blows it out of proportion.

Yes some people have thier lives ruined by drugs but that does not mean that everyone should be forced to change just because of them.

The way you deal with drug addicts is you let them kill themselves off, or you use leathal force to defend yourself against them.

I've never had to defend myself from a drug addict, and I'm not exactly rich nor do I live in a good part of town, but if it were ever necessary I certainly would.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

74. Saw it.

Still doesn't make sense.

In fact that particular episode's got me questioning frontline's credibility.

[1monster]

21. Not only do you have to show ID, but you are limited to o grams per month.

I have four family members who suffer from allergies. I'm allowed to buy ninety-six tablets per month. Even if we only take two tablets per day (as opposed to the two to four tablets a day during the worst allergy seasons, those ninety-six tablets won't take care of the whole family.

I wonder if we can get prescriptions for sudaphedrine and if those too will be in limitied amounts?

[Sinti]

24. The meth market doesn't enrich any important people

or they probably wouldn't put this kind of draconian crap in place.

Meth is evil, I agree

You can see in the pictures on this site how it messes folks up, particularly women oddly enough
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/photos/gallery.ssf?cgi-bin/view_gallery.cgi/olive/view_gallery.ata?g_id=2927

I just don't know if it's evil enough to require people to show ID and sign their book to buy tablets for their head cold.

[Renew Deal]

27. Doesn't Pfizer own the patent?

IIRC

[Sinti]

33. Probably, but they've got to invent the disease it cures

before they can really cash in, know what I mean? }(

[benEzra]

43. Pfizer has a vested interest in driving pseudoephedrine off the market

because THEY make the primary alternatives to it. AFAIK Pfizer strongly supports the Sudafed ban, though I believe they initially opposed it.

[Renew Deal]

44. Nope, It's Pfizer

http://www.sudafed.com

[benEzra]

45. Their patent on sudafed expired a LONG time ago...

I know Pfizer was the original maker of sudafed, but the vast, vast majority of pseudoephedrine on the market (mostly store brands) is NOT made by Pfizer, since Pfizer's patent expired long ago. Pfizer has a much larger share of the phenylephrine ("Sudafed PE") market, as I understand it. And if they manage to invent--and patent--another medication that works as well as sudafed, but which they can patent, they'll make a killing.

The problem with "Sudafed PE" (phenylephrine) is that it is much less effective than pseudoephedrine. From Wikipedia:

Oral phenylephrine is extensively metabolised by monoamine oxidase, an enzyme which is present in the stomach and liver. Therefore, compared to orally-taken pseudoephedrine, it has a reduced bioavailability, and is less effective as a nasal decongestant. Because phenylephrine is a direct selective alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist, it does not cause the release of endogeneous noradrenaline like the pseudoephedrine does.

FWIW, I strongly suspect that it is the endogeneous noradrenaline effect that causes regular sudafed to be SO effective against headaches when used in combination with an NSAID like aspirin or ibuprofen. I suffer from serious headaches on a fairly regular basis, and BC + 2 sudafed always take care of it with no side effects.

[Neil Lisst]

28. I generally oppose all rules, regs, and laws that are intrusive.

They always have "a good reason" for encroaching on the rights of the 1000 to get the 1 guy who is buying too much Sudafed, or doing whatever.

[MadHound]

26. More War on Drugs stupidity.

Sudafed is a key ingredient in the manufacture of meth. And while limiting the supply of Sudafed, all these laws do is force the manufacture of meth to Mexico, at least until some garage chemist figures out how to get the neccessary ingredient straight from the source, the ephedrin plant and its relatives. Then they'll try to ban some more plants:eyes:

Quite frankly this is all foolishness. We should just go ahead and legalize meth and other drugs. Control them like we do alcohol, and if people want them, great. Mankind seems to have an innate need to alter their state of concious in one way or the other, and will do so no matter what obstacles are put in front of them. Rather than dealing with the secondary crime wave caused by illegal drugs, along with the toxic waste sites and the health problems caused by homemade drugs, just legalize the shit. After the initial "euphoria" spree of people taking drugs, the usage rate will actually go below what it is now, and we will have a large revenue source to fund education and addiction programs.

[MsTryska]

29. I thought Mucinex was 100% Guafenisin?

or however you spell it.


in either case - i don't believe it's federal, but i think it's state by state.

right now in Georgia it's soem wierd thing where you can only by pseudoephedrine containing products at pharmacies, and you might have to show your license, or give oyur information, or sign a sheet or soemthing.


My pharmacists said that msot likely it will be turned into a prescription only thing. I don't mind really, since that will make my motnhly allergy meds a few dollars cheaper.

[madinmaryland]

35. I don't use mucinex or sudefed, as I have

high blood pressure and should not be taking that stuff. I have taken Clariton for allergies, but have not had to sign anything for that. Must not have psuedophedrine in it.

[MsTryska]

40. Nope - regular claritin has no pseudoephedrine

It's readily available as are the pseudoephedrine free Cold and Allergy formulas.

Unfortunately claritin makes me really sleepy when i take it even tho it alleges to be non-drowsy, so I have to have the D-12 formula, with real live pseudoephedrine in it to balance it all out.

I hope this ban on pseudoephedrine works at reducing meth labs, (much like making quaaludes prescription only stoped their abuse) but it definitely makes my life more complicated.

the ironic thing, is that i can still buy "truckdrivers" with pure ephedrine in them at my local gas station. They are bound with guafenisin tho, which i believe makes it more difficult for meth labs to produce crystal from.

Which surprises me even more about the Mucinex control. I know it has Guafenisin in it, because that's what breaks up mucus, the pseudoephedrine i'm not sure about.

oops - i stand corrected - Mucinex does have a pseudoephedrine containing formula, per their website:

http://www.mucinex.com/12_facts.asp

[wicket]

30. Saw a sign stating the same policy in my pharmacy this morning

n/t

[derby378]

32. It's the law in Oklahoma and Texas, too

First passed in OK, then the meth dealers started hitting TX pharmacies for Sudafed and Mini-Thins, so guess what? Now we've got a similar law.

[countryjake]

39. While I do not trust how those databases might be further used against...

innocent people, if you could see the destruction the meth problem has wreaked on common country people, you'd understand why it's being done. With the displacement, joblessness, and hopelessness of rural kids, we have a generation coming up who are building a trade around this poison, crowding and financially supporting the justice system with each bust, and ultimately destroying their lives. Pinpointing the creators of this crap and discouraging easy access to the ingredients which make production profitable for ordinary people who wouldn't normally engage in such activities might be a help in stopping the use and addiction to meth.

I'd rather see those products made very hard to obtain, rather than yet another list of potential targets in the government's growing "database". Curbing a drug problem by treating the symptoms, rather than examining a failing economy and the state of those who have reached such desperation is not actually a very wise solution.

[benEzra]

42. Here in NC, if my wife buys two boxes of sudafed per 2-wk paycheck,

she commits a CRIME, since she "should have known" that you can only buy 3 boxes in any arbitrary 30-day period. The second offense is a FELONY, and you lose your civil rights for the rest of your life. The state tracks every sudafed purchase she makes, and if she accidentally buys more than 3 packs in any 30-day period, the database flags her as a criminal. Welcome to the land of the free and the home of the brave...

Meanwhile, IIRC the majority of meth is imported from Mexico, which is not affected by sudafed bans, and can easily be smuggled in disguised as a routine cocaine shipment. Or, the meth traffickers could just smuggle in raw pseudoephedrine, were they so inclined, or switch to a different recipe for meth.

It would seem to me that doing a better job of tracking bulk anhydrous ammonia might be a little bit smarter than busting Grandma at CVS for buying her fourth pack of sudafed, but these aren't rational times...

[Greybnk48]

61. In WIS. I now have to sign for my Clariton-D

it's still OTC, but if you buy the stuff that includes a decongestant, you have to sign for it.

[SPKrazy]

71. Yes, Claritin D, The Choice Of Meth Cooks All Over!

:sarcasm:

I've had the same thing here in Arkansas for a year.

Sign the book, show your ID, they write it all down, I end up feeling like I've done something wrong.

I liked it better when it was prescription, then I could get it cheaper with insurance, and there were no questions period.

[Jack_DeLeon]

62. Just another example of how the war on drugs...

hurts the average person and in some instances keeps effective medication out of thier hands.

[Jack_DeLeon]

64. hope nobody calls the DEA on me.

:eyes:

[benEzra]

67. Well, the zealots have succeeded in driving NyQuil off the market...

the old formula was phased out in 2005 or early 2006. What is now sold under the brand name NyQuil is a substantially different medicine, with an antihistamine instead of a decongestant.

Here's a blog on the topic: The New DayQuil (and NyQuil) Blows ... A Lot

Well, Vicks has released new formulations of both NyQuil and DayQuil, removing the decongestant ingredient from NyQuil entirely, and replacing it will a far less effective decongestant in DayQuil. They both contain an antihistamine called doxylamine succinate, but as far as my nose can tell, it's not doing a damned thing. That's right, my Thanksgiving Holiday trip to the cabin has resulted in my whole family catching what we refer to as, the crud.

Back to my rant ... When I asked Annie to pick up the NyQuil, it hadn't occurred to me to have her check the ingredients or look for something better, and it hadn't occurred to me either. We'd always picked up the same product because it worked, dammit. This? This doesn't work worth shit.

An article from last year from the LA Times: Got a Cold? Methamphetamine Crackdown Will Affect You"

The newer cold medications — expected to hit the market this fall — are slightly less effective than most products now available. Over time, however, the new products could replace many of the medications consumers have used for decades because their ingredients can't easily be used to make methamphetamines.

One product, Sudafed PE, is already available, and as many as half a dozen other reformulated medications are expected soon. They will not contain pseudoephedrine, a popular decongestant that has been used in many cold and allergy medications such as NyQuil, Tylenol Flu and Claritin-D. Pseudoephedrine is a key ingredient in producing methamphetamines when it's boiled and mixed with household ingredients.

...

Newer medications use a different decongestant, phenylephrine, which is considerably more difficult and expensive to convert into methamphetamines. The drawback for consumers is that the medications are slightly less effective in treating colds and allergies in some people, according to several manufacturers and doctors.

[SmokingJacket]

68. If you can even buy it anymore.

My local grocery store no longer stocks it, because there's no pharmacy counter to hide it behind. So, I'm shit out of luck -- it's the one cheap, effective, non-prescription thing that helps my sinus congestion.

I haven't had time to drive around looking for somewhere that does carry it -- thanks meth heads!!! Fuck you!!!

[VOX]

75. In So. Cal., it's all behind the counter now, too...

You pull a card from the shelf, go and turn that in at the counter, sign and pay.

Quite a hassle for seasonal allergies. :grr:

[gollygee]

77. yes and it's annoying as hell

I use Claritin-D for my allergies. I wish it were still a prescription. I wouldn't be treated like I was buying contraband and it would cost me less.

[nickinSTL]

78. I didn't know it's gone federal

they passed a law in Missouri to require ID to purchase pseudoephedrine a couple years ago because rural MO has a serious meth problem.