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off-the-shelf drub labelling *sigh*
Dec. 28th, 2016 02:42 pmSo, being sick, I decided it was time to buy me some feel-better-when-sick meds. Because they don't really offer meds that actually cure a cold, just that make it less miserable.
I'm glad that 1) They list active ingredients on them. 2) I wasn't so out of it I wasn't willing to read these. and 3) I have some idea what certain things do.
The good news: pseudoephedrine hydrochloride seems, once again, to be readily available in cold meds (at least in Canada). Cause it is one of the most effective decongestants around. (Perhaps one of the few effective ones available.) It is, also, a reasonable effective stimulant.
One brand I was looking at had a regular and a version labelled for "nighttime". The regular had pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, which makes sense for a day-time med. The "nighttime" version had the exact same formulation! Yes, let's put an effective stimulant in our "sleepy" version. Wait, no, we'll just label it differently, not change the formulation.
Then there were at least two brands of cough medecine that had a regular strength and an "extra-strength", where the "extra-strength" had either the same amount of active ingredient, or in one case, the same amount of one active ingredient, but none of a 2nd one -- that is, the "extra-strength" actually had less medecine in it than the regular in the same brand. (And, I checked dosing, too... same recommend dose.)
*sigh*
I'm glad that 1) They list active ingredients on them. 2) I wasn't so out of it I wasn't willing to read these. and 3) I have some idea what certain things do.
The good news: pseudoephedrine hydrochloride seems, once again, to be readily available in cold meds (at least in Canada). Cause it is one of the most effective decongestants around. (Perhaps one of the few effective ones available.) It is, also, a reasonable effective stimulant.
One brand I was looking at had a regular and a version labelled for "nighttime". The regular had pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, which makes sense for a day-time med. The "nighttime" version had the exact same formulation! Yes, let's put an effective stimulant in our "sleepy" version. Wait, no, we'll just label it differently, not change the formulation.
Then there were at least two brands of cough medecine that had a regular strength and an "extra-strength", where the "extra-strength" had either the same amount of active ingredient, or in one case, the same amount of one active ingredient, but none of a 2nd one -- that is, the "extra-strength" actually had less medecine in it than the regular in the same brand. (And, I checked dosing, too... same recommend dose.)
*sigh*
