Comments on: Pseudoephedrine Stupidity – Confessions of a Drug Addict http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/ Humor, Fatherhood, Technology, Coffee Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ana http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-133184 Ana Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:00:04 +0000 http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/#comment-133184 I totally agree with you. Once again, the majority is being punished for the idiocy of a few. Another similar situation happened with ephedra, the natural supplemental herb used for energy and weight loss. It was OTC for years, now it's been totally banned in the U.S just because a few people ignored the instructions and hazards and basically overdosed on it, ending up dead from heart attacks and such. My friends and I used ephedra responsibly for years for weight control, and it worked wonders. I still order it off the internet. So people can still get it. How has banning it really accomplished anything ? And now people who legitimately need pseudoephedrine are made to feel like criminals for purchasing it. But don't worry, you can still drink and smoke yourself to death and that's A-Okay. Idiots !! I totally agree with you. Once again, the majority is being punished for the idiocy of a few.

Another similar situation happened with ephedra, the natural supplemental herb used for energy and weight loss. It was OTC for years, now it’s been totally banned in the U.S just because a few people ignored the instructions and hazards and basically overdosed on it, ending up dead from heart attacks and such. My friends and I used ephedra responsibly for years for weight control, and it worked wonders. I still order it off the internet. So people can still get it. How has banning it really accomplished anything ? And now people who legitimately need pseudoephedrine are made to feel like criminals for purchasing it. But don’t worry, you can still drink and smoke yourself to death and that’s A-Okay. Idiots !!

]]> By: Allen http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-108748 Allen Sat, 30 May 2009 23:13:53 +0000 http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/#comment-108748 Actually, the situation is even worse than you report. The actual federal law is stupid, but reasonable --- it restricts you to 3.6 grams/day, which is exactly what the manufacturer recommends (60mg every 4 hours). A 24-dose box is a 4-day supply. In California, Longs (now CVS) restricts you to three boxes (a 12-day supply) per month --- 3/8 of the amount the the law proscribes). Walmart has the same stupid rules. In effect, the drug stores have rewritten the law to by considerably more restrictive than it actually is. Actually, the situation is even worse than you report. The actual federal law is stupid, but reasonable — it restricts you to 3.6 grams/day, which is exactly what the manufacturer recommends (60mg every 4 hours). A 24-dose box is a 4-day supply. In California, Longs (now CVS) restricts you to three boxes (a 12-day supply) per month — 3/8 of the amount the the law proscribes). Walmart has the same stupid rules. In effect, the drug stores have rewritten the law to by considerably more restrictive than it actually is.

]]> By: Suffering Another Sinus Infection http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-92629 Suffering Another Sinus Infection Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:55:53 +0000 http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/#comment-92629 There have only been three drugs in my lifetime of allergies and sinus infections that had positive impacts for me, seldane, phenylpropanolamine, and pseudoephedrine of at least 120mg. Uncle Sam has denied me of all of these. It is no surprise that I require more steroids and surgeries each time one is removed from the marketplace. I can gulp down 800mg of the guiafenesen that now fills the aisles, and all I get is a headache, not even a good placebo effect. Thank you Uncle Sam. It is always nice to live in a free country where I can go after my happiness, as long as happiness involves going through surgeries I can't afford anymore because I can't work because I can't breathe or sleep. There have only been three drugs in my lifetime of allergies and sinus infections that had positive impacts for me, seldane, phenylpropanolamine, and pseudoephedrine of at least 120mg. Uncle Sam has denied me of all of these. It is no surprise that I require more steroids and surgeries each time one is removed from the marketplace. I can gulp down 800mg of the guiafenesen that now fills the aisles, and all I get is a headache, not even a good placebo effect. Thank you Uncle Sam. It is always nice to live in a free country where I can go after my happiness, as long as happiness involves going through surgeries I can’t afford anymore because I can’t work because I can’t breathe or sleep.

]]> By: Melissa Newkirk http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-75767 Melissa Newkirk Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/#comment-75767 I have to say, Tom, you made me laugh for the first time in the last couple of hours. I just had my Walmart experience. I felt totally humiliated when asking for my SECOND box EVER!! I just finally gave in and admitted that I have allergies and found this generic Sudafed last month for the first time and started taking it at night. Wow..no more sleep apnea, no snoring, feeling rested in the morning...hallelujah! I go to buy my second box...ever...and POW! Guess what, I am over the limit..no explanations..no examples..same as you. I call my mom, furious, she and I do research and find it is 9 gm per month, which, as you say, is 3 boxes. I only bought 1 box with 20 tablets in the last month!! What is going on?!! So...with much ado, I wrote the fda, who is probably going to wire tap me and keep an eye on my computer at the law firm where I work..oh yeah, and my cell phone...all because I just want my second box of generic sudafed so I can sleep and breathe. I was told I can get a prescription from my doctor, but seeing I don't have any health problems other than allergies, I don't really want to start paying $80 for a visit to explain to the doctor that I have allergies, him write me a prescription, and I go back and get it filled like I could have done in the first place. Funniest thing is, if they checked my math scores, they would know I could never: 1) get into a chemistry class and 2) understand what I heard there to make anything, much less meth!!\ Thanks for letting me vent. I feel better. I have to say, Tom, you made me laugh for the first time in the last couple of hours. I just had my Walmart experience. I felt totally humiliated when asking for my SECOND box EVER!! I just finally gave in and admitted that I have allergies and found this generic Sudafed last month for the first time and started taking it at night. Wow..no more sleep apnea, no snoring, feeling rested in the morning…hallelujah! I go to buy my second box…ever…and POW! Guess what, I am over the limit..no explanations..no examples..same as you.

I call my mom, furious, she and I do research and find it is 9 gm per month, which, as you say, is 3 boxes. I only bought 1 box with 20 tablets in the last month!! What is going on?!! So…with much ado, I wrote the fda, who is probably going to wire tap me and keep an eye on my computer at the law firm where I work..oh yeah, and my cell phone…all because I just want my second box of generic sudafed so I can sleep and breathe.

I was told I can get a prescription from my doctor, but seeing I don’t have any health problems other than allergies, I don’t really want to start paying $80 for a visit to explain to the doctor that I have allergies, him write me a prescription, and I go back and get it filled like I could have done in the first place.

Funniest thing is, if they checked my math scores, they would know I could never: 1) get into a chemistry class and 2) understand what I heard there to make anything, much less meth!!\

Thanks for letting me vent. I feel better.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/comment-page-1/#comment-64298 Jennifer Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:48:13 +0000 http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2006/05/08/pseudoephedrine-stupidity-confessions-of-a-drug-addict/#comment-64298 I'm with you all. It is ridiculous. I stopped taking actifed when they started giving us dirty looks for buying it. I figure if I die because my infected sinuses cause heart failure, then maybe my loved ones can wage a wrongful death suit against the federal government. But, my mom still takes it. We are travelling and I cannot find any place that sells it, ID or not. It's very frustrating. I’m with you all. It is ridiculous. I stopped taking actifed when they started giving us dirty looks for buying it. I figure if I die because my infected sinuses cause heart failure, then maybe my loved ones can wage a wrongful death suit against the federal government.

But, my mom still takes it. We are travelling and I cannot find any place that sells it, ID or not. It’s very frustrating.

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