tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10003856.post1383552856745593876..comments2023-08-08T20:33:36.701-05:00Comments on Incidental findings: Better living through chemistryincidental findingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13555979339487207044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10003856.post-78606823652648475512007-06-03T17:45:00.000-05:002007-06-03T17:45:00.000-05:00I learned the hard way that pseudoephidrine is now...I learned the hard way that pseudoephidrine is now behind the counter. Worse than that though, the packaging for the new generic "sudafed" I usually get looks just like the old packaging -- at least to a groggy stuffed up sick person wandering the isles. The pills are the same color and size. The packaging inside is the same. But the dosage is half. I spent the last two days mistakenly double-dosing phenylephrine with absolutely no relief (it did give me a splitting headache though). Seriously, last night it was so bad that I was licking a spoon full of wasabi to get any sort of relief. OK -- I should have read the directions but I've used pseudofed whenever I get a head cold for 10 or 15 years. I'm familiar with the suggested dosage and in my miserable state, didn't think to look. While this was a mistake on my part, I think it is also a mistake to make the packaging and the pills so similar to a familiar remedy that the mistake is easily made. Today I went to the drug store and had my privacy violated to get a package of real pseudoephedrine and within 30 minutes I could breath through my nose. First time in two days. As an added bonus, I'm not blowing my nose every 60 seconds now either -- my nose is really raw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com