# All hail the Mighty Pseudoephedrine! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043 "2009-10-08T13:10:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JerseyFrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/1 "2009-10-08T13:10:21Z")
Thank you, o hidden behind the counter one. Thank you for allowing me to purchase your 120mg relief without a prescription. Thank you for being available last night at 8:50pm just as the pharmacy was locking up. I know you have a reputation for causing insomnia, but without you I would not have slept at all last night. Glory to you Mighty Pseudoephedrine! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/2 "2009-10-08T13:42:34Z")
Why don’t you just ask the pharmacist for it? It doesn’t require a prescription, just a signature. You just can’t buy more than 3.6 grams of it a day. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/3 "2009-10-08T13:53:01Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Why don’t you just ask the pharmacist for it? I thought that is what he did? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/4 "2009-10-08T13:53:30Z")
I have some old pre-ban Sudafed lying around in a cabinet. I have a perhaps irrational but pressing inkling that I should save it. Anyone know any tweakers who want to buy a few pills? Mods: that’s a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/5 "2009-10-08T14:04:07Z")
I’ve sworn of any meds containing pseudoephedrine. Anything that gets me THAT tweaked can’t be good, regardless of the fact that it’s a perfectly legal over-the-counter drug. It’s like ADD in pill format as far as my brain is concerned… definitely not what I want to pop before heading into work for the day. ---
**Author:** ![JerseyFrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/6 "2009-10-08T14:05:30Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Why don’t you just ask the pharmacist for it? It doesn’t require a prescription, just a signature. You just can’t buy more than 3.6 grams of it a day. I think you mistook hyperbole for sarcasm. I got the pseudoephedrine and it’s fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/7 "2009-10-08T14:18:00Z")
> [@JerseyFrank](#): > > I think you mistook hyperbole for sarcasm. I got the pseudoephedrine and it’s fabulous. Never mind, I thought you found a box hidden on the regular shelves. My mistake. I still have a small stock of phenylpropanolamine (PPA) decongestant left over from before it was taken off the market. Much better than pseudoephedrine! Now you can buy PPA for your dog, for urinary incontinence. But not for your own nose. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/8 "2009-10-08T15:57:33Z")
…Makes note to call vet about my basketball dog… He dribbles all over the place! Of course, I wouldn’t do that. Last time we tried, I just spit out the pill and ate the hamburger it was wrapped in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/9 "2009-10-08T16:10:14Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Of course, I wouldn’t do that. Last time we tried, I just spit out the pill and ate the hamburger it was wrapped in. 😃 Have your SO push it waaay down your throat, then rub your neck. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/10 "2009-10-08T16:20:55Z")
**Qadgop** - The last time I got PPA for my incontinent dog, they gave me 180 pills without so much as a signature (not the meat-flavored ones, either!). And it’s cheap. However, now she’s on something else that the vet has specially compounded, which works much better than PPA. StG ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/11 "2009-10-08T17:16:25Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Have your SO push it waaay down your throat :o ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/12 "2009-10-09T01:28:22Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Have your SO push it waaay down your throat, then rub your neck. Putting it in the back of the mouth and then blowing into his nose also works as well. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/13 "2009-10-09T08:31:55Z")
Embedding it in peanut butter helps me get pills down. er I mean the dog’s pills down. My dog. Yea. That I have. That takes pills. I’ll just be over here, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/14 "2009-10-09T11:03:25Z")
I use cream cheese, myself. Never fails. Also, all hail. I prefer Advil’s Allergy and Sinus/Cold and Sinus, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/15 "2009-10-09T11:11:13Z")
Here, you need to produce a drivers licence to buy anything with pseudo ephedrine. What bugs me is my doctor told me to buy something (Clarinase is the Australian name) for allergies as it won’t affect blood pressure medication. Yet on every packet it says it will affect that medication. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/16 "2009-10-09T12:33:20Z")
> [@JerseyFrank](#): > > I know you have a reputation for causing insomnia, but without you I would not have slept at all last night. Pseudophedrine will keep me awake at night, but I’ve found that Walgreen’s brand of Nyquil still has real pseudo in it and _won’t_ keep me awake. Yes, you have to be frisked by the pharmacist to get it, but you can buy two bottles at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Kenyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kenyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenyth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/17 "2009-10-09T14:27:02Z")
Primatine mist tabs are THE answer to getting up at 5:30, working a full shift, then trying to stay awake through a four hour night class. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/18 "2009-10-09T14:51:50Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Embedding it in peanut butter helps me get pills down. er I mean the dog’s pills down. My dog. Yea. That I have. That takes pills. > I’ll just be over here, thanks. I always grease up the cat’s pills with butter. Cats LIKE butter, and it makes the pills nice and slippery. Yeah, they’re hard to hold, but on the other hand, they slide down the throat very easily. Fortunately, my cats rarely need to be medicated. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/19 "2009-10-09T15:05:33Z")
As a _slight_ hijack, I just have to say this: I don’t mind _too much_ having to beg my pharmacist for pseudoephedrine (that crap you can still buy right off the shelf does _nothing_ for me). However, I would really like to see some studies that prove that having to show ID to buy the stuff really _does_ cut down on production of meth. Otherwise, it’s just a PITA I have to go through so some bureaucrats can pretend they’re doing something to “fight the war on drugs” :rolleyes: . ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043/20 "2009-10-09T16:51:11Z")
I too just bought my allotted dose. I couldn’t get to the pharmacy during their hours, and have just taken some to relieve this 2 day old sinus headache.🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043.md?page=2)