That time of the year

[asterroc]

Since Wendesday of last week, I've been sneezing near-continually, and dripping when not sneezing. And this is *with* the Claritin-D running thickly thru my veins.

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[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

huh. Sudafed was on the shelves. it didn't occur to me that the Claritin-D might be behind the counter, since the plain Claritin was right there.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I may be mistaken then about Sudafed being pseudoephedrine, or perhaps there are different versions of it. Usually they have little tags/cards with info about each item that's behind the counter so you at least know they have them, but maybe not always.

[demigoth.livejournal.com]

You might already know this, but in a lot of formulations that had pseudoephedrine (dayquil, etc.), they now have two versions; the original one with pseudoephedrine that you need to go to the counter for, and the other containing some other ingredient that doesn't work as well but that is allowed to be sold without pharmacist intervention.

Sometimes the alternate-ingredient packaging will say something like "new safer formula." But what good is safer when it sucks? Hrmph.