Representatives for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, a group that represents OTC drug manufacturers, did not offer any new evidence to counter the FDA’s claims that the drug is ineffective during their presentation Monday.
The group instead said that if oral phenylephrine were not available over the counter, it would be a significant burden to consumers.
But it doesn’t work! Consumers are literally using something that’s no better than the naturopathic bullshit found in the next aisle over!
MAN I hate corporate lobbyists. Outright lying to try and save face.
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” -Upton Sinclair
It’s because the DEA restricted pseudoephedrine, which does work. Duck the war on drugs
Yes, I NEED this shit like 2-3 months of the year due to a severe winter cedar allergy. I can barely function without a strong decongestant and having to show my ID and jump through hoops at the pharmacy to get it instead of just grabbing some off a shelf is so frustrating.
Lol, thinking that the naturopathic shit isnt sitting on the same shelves with almost identical packaging to real medicine.
it would be a significant burden to
consumersour share prices
No shit. The fun part is it DOES have side effects. So it doesn’t do what it’s proclaimed to do, but is a drug. It should be pulled off the shelves.
I’ve been dehydrating myself for shits and giggles apparently lol
Super interestingly, in clinical trials it is less effective than the placebo.
I fucking knew it
I graduated pharmacy school 8 years ago. This was a thing that was taught in school. This is why you should talk to your pharmacist. Guaifenisin is another ‘garbage drug’ that does virtually nothing; just drink more water
Guaifenisin seems to clear my chest congestion up pretty quickly. If I’m placeboing myself, then lalalala I’m not listening.
omg are you serious? I always felt like sudafed PE didn’t do much but I thought mucinex helped a bunch with sinus congestion. now I’m here not sure if anything is real.
Edit for those interested: “extended-release guaifenesin was found to have no effect on all 3 patient-related outcome markers analyzed as measured by the Daily Cough and Phlegm Diary, Spontaneous Symptom Severity Assessment score, and the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey.”
Edit again with more: “The greatest effects of treatment with guaifenesin/pseudoephedrine were observed for nasal congestion and sinus headache. Time to overall relief was shorter with guaifenesin/pseudoephedrine (P = 0.038). Significantly more patients reported “the medication was helping during the day” on Day 2 with guaifenesin/pseudoephedrine (P = 0.002). Patient assessments of symptom relief showed a significant preference for guaifenesin/pseudoephedrine versus placebo”
I’m with the others. Guaifenisin seems to work pretty well. Even on it’s own. And I’m a major skeptic.
Not as well as pseudoephedrine or ibuprofen or acetaminophen, but it’s definitely better than dextromethorphan.
I can’t even pretend to believe that last one does anything. Well, I think idiots use it to get high in a scary way.
Pseudoephedrine definitely works though right?
Yeah man you gotta go to the counter and sign a log book to get the good stuff, thanks methheads. Don’t fall for the PE version on the shelves, that’s a noob trap.
Yes. I have a few months a year where I have to get some type of decongestant and the most cost effective is generic Pseudoephedrine. It works. My mother bought me phenylephrine a few times when I was younger and it just didn’t do anything. Not surprised about this article one bit.
It works very well in my experience
It’s crazy that enough people think this crap works that it’s a billion dollar industry…
I’m near certain that the companies that sell this useless crap are quite aware of how useless it is.
Placebo effect is a real thing. Plus, if it just clears up a bit on its own, you might contribute it to the medicine.
My NP told me to avoid this stuff and just hand over my Photo ID at the back to get the real pseudoephedrine.
Yup, the good stuff is always that 20mg-30mg psedoephedraline they give you the third degree over buying. Worth it.
I keep both the 4 hour and the 12 hour time-released versions at home. There’s no substitute. I’ll gladly spend a few extra minutes at the pharmacy counter to obtain it.
not a huge fan of the 12 hour ones, but take them myself at times. Still, it just seems, at least to me that the 4 hour doses just work better.
Maybe I’m a lightweight, but pseudoephedrine makes me feel weird. I can’t put my finger on it, but maybe a bit jittery and kind of cold. Also hyper - like I’ll want to do chores when I take it
Works better than anything else for my colds, but it also makes me feel odd so I avoid it unless I’m feeling super trash.
It’s basically watered down meth. It’s no joke! That said, it doesn’t make me feel bad at all but everyone’s different and it is a powerful drug.
You know what’s weird? I get severe sinus headaches and regular pseudoenepherine sudafed doesn’t help at all, but these phelylephrine ones do. I’ll even tell my wife “the little reds, not the whites”. Weird.
Have you tried a migraine formulation for that? It sounds like you’re actually benefiting from the systemic effects (vasoconstriction) instead of the reduced mucous production. A formulation would include caffeine that also has vasoconstriction in case this is removed from the market.
Interesting, I’ll take a look
The real pseudoephedrines are also little red pills, at least where I am on the US East Coast.
Weird, here in my area of California the OTC ones are the reds, you have to go to the pharmacist for the white ones.
In my area both are red unless you get the 12-hour controlled-release caplets, those are white. It’s probably just different factories.
It depends on the dosage. The 4hr pseudoephedrine are red. The 12hr are white.
In my area the red ones are the pseudophedrine ones. Never seen the white ones, I just go to the counter because I am not making meth.
Weird, there are what I get in northern California
I forget but wasn’t it also advertised to have a painkilling effect? Maybe the thing it’s doing for you isn’t the decongestant but that?
The power of placebo! It’s the nicest part about placebo too. The more you believe it the more your body does too.
Nah, the drug is still a bio-active drug. It DOES do things, just doesn’t help most with the prescribed symptoms because its mechanism of effect is different.
I actually doubt that. Phenylephrine does have systemic effects that might be beneficial for migraines. That’s not what it was decided to not be effective in with the FDA and not what folks generally use it for. Pseudoephedrine isn’t really that effective for migraines itself.
No… You just spend more money on things that don’t work while convincing yourself that it does.
When I had COVID and got really severe congestion, it was some of the worst sinus pain I’ve ever had in my life. I was at the point where I was trying to use a baby nasal bulb to relieve some pressure. The phenylephrine helped me a lot more than any other medication I was trying, including nasal sprays. I also take other sinus medications though, so I wonder if it’s a case of a medication not working well unless it’s used in conjunction with other things?
I guess it’s possible I experienced a placebo effect, but it seems weird it would do it when nothing else was.
We’ve known this for a decade or more… There’s a lot of bullshit you can buy. The pharmacy aisle isn’t the only place lol.
I got two sinus infections back to back this year and got to learn it the hard way. The doctor was like: “No, you gotta get the REAL stuff!”
This explains why this weekend taking this shit did nothing at all for me
I’m with you that it doesn’t work.
Pseudoephedrine, however, does work.
Just sign your live away and get the real stuff.
Yeah they said it like decades ago. Theres never been evidence it works.
Legally acceptable snake oil I guess.
Not sure why the Lemmy headline says “pill form” – the article says “oral form” does not work.
So if you’re reading this and wondering about pill vs liquid, then you’re missing the actual message.
Changed :)
