# Stupid Sudafed laws **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257 "2013-05-13T20:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257/61 "2014-07-26T04:29:36Z")
I miss being able to go to the Navy PX and buy a bottle of 200 Sudafed tablets. BTW, pharmacists are not amused if you tell them, “If I were cooking meth, I would be \*\*\*much \*\*\*thinner.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257/62 "2014-07-26T20:20:02Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > They may or may not reject the sale. There are stories on the net of people visited by law enforcement when they accidentally bought too much because it was in an ingredient in combo products. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Blackcloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@Blackcloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackcloud)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257/63 "2015-09-10T15:10:35Z")
Seems like you should be able to buy 3 10-day boxes and 1 5-day box each month, giving you 35 doses per month. These are the 24 hour ones, that is, but the same principle should apply to the 12 hour doses. AND you wouldn’t reach your limit. (3 x 2.4g =7.2g; + 1.2g = 8.4g total… 3 times 10-day package plus one 5-day package.) Correct me if I’m wrong, since I have the same problem. Also, I’ve heard it goes by ADDRESS, not individual… can anyone verify this? I rent a house on a property with 3 others, we share the same address… landlord sorts out the mail! I don’t need to be penalized for amounts my neighbors buy, and vice versa, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257/64 "2015-09-10T17:20:40Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I feel like a tweaker when I’m going through the drills at the pharmacy counter and I’m being leered at by the pharmacist like I’m part of a underground drug ring. I can’t help it. ☹ Me too. I once told a pharmacist that I’ve had far too much expensive dental work to become a meth addict. And also, if I were a meth head, I’d be considerably thinner. Sigh. I remember being able to buy bottles of 300-count Sudafed (the red, 4-6 hour pills) at the Navy Exchange back in the late 80s. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257/65 "2015-09-10T18:18:11Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Sigh. I remember being able to buy bottles of 300-count Sudafed (the red, 4-6 hour pills) at the Navy Exchange back in the late 80s. Yeah, you mentioned that last year, except it was 200-count bottles. This tale just keeps getting taller! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257/66 "2015-09-10T18:30:23Z")
> [@Blackcloud](#): > > Seems like you should be able to buy 3 10-day boxes and 1 5-day box each month, giving you 35 doses per month. These are the 24 hour ones, that is, but the same principle should apply to the 12 hour doses. AND you wouldn’t reach your limit. (3 x 2.4g =7.2g; + 1.2g = 8.4g total… 3 times 10-day package plus one 5-day package.) Correct me if I’m wrong, since I have the same problem. Also, I’ve heard it goes by ADDRESS, not individual… can anyone verify this? I rent a house on a property with 3 others, we share the same address… landlord sorts out the mail! I don’t need to be penalized for amounts my neighbors buy, and vice versa, I’m sure. Yeah, you can do that, my complaint was not that there wasn’t a way, it was that there wasn’t a convenient way to buy consistent packaging on a reasonable schedule, not being tied tight to dates and random day purchases, because. At least it’s no longer a problem for me - I’m not using sudafed any more. Conflicted with other meds. Here in Texas, it is not your address, it is your Driver’s Licence number that tracks your purchases. My experience is every purchase is run through a verification check before you buy. If you’ve hit your limit, you cannot buy, and you get a rejection notice instead. It doesn’t tell you your count, so you have to go to the website to check that. Having the feds come knock on your door after the fact seems unnecessarily outdated. I guess some states aren’t in the 21st century yet? It should be obvious how it’s implemented, but if you aren’t sure and you’re buying sudafed, ask the pharmacist. If you don’t know and aren’t buying, you could try googling for your state. But then, why do you need to know? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sudafed-laws/658257.md?page=3)