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PseudoephedrineThis page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Pseudoephedrine but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns.Overview: Pseudoephedrine (when available) Pseudoephedrine is a sympathomimetic agent, structurally similar to ephedrine, used to relieve nasal and sinus congestion and reduce air-travel-related otalgia in adults. Allergic rhinitis Mechanism Of Action: Pseudoephedrine acts directly on both alpha- and, to a lesser degree, beta-adrenergic receptors. Through direct action on alpha-adrenergic receptors in the mucosa of the respiratory tract, pseudoephedrine produces vasoconstriction. Pseudoephedrine relaxes bronchial smooth muscle by stimulating beta2-adrenergic receptors. Like ephedrine, pseudoephedrine releasing norepinephrine from its storage sites, an indirect effect. News Articles on Pseudoephedrine Pharmacies targeted in series of ram-raids - 30 Aug 2009 The products did not contain pseudoephedrine - a key ingredient used in the manufacture of amphetamines - police said. Less than 45 minutes later the Ipswich Queensland Times 4 held in three meth busts - 30 Aug 2009 Other items located in the vehicle included another large bottle of acid, pseudoephedrine cold tablets that had been removed from the packaging, Jackson County Floridan Two arrested for precursor meth chemicals - 30 Aug 2009 While the investigators did not find anything noteworthy in Smith's vehicle, Dickens' vehicle contained a box of pseudoephedrine pills, sulfuric acid, Picayune Item Two Arrested For Having Too Much Pseudoephedrine - Aug 27, 2009 Detectives say the two made illegal purchases of pseudoephedrine. North Carolina State Law prohibits the purchase of more than two packages of certain WITN Chemists turn to Aussies for help - Aug 29, 2009 The Queensland programme requires anyone buying products containing pseudoephedrine to produce photo identification. Their details are entered in the Stuff.co.nz 'Shake-and-bake' meth new to area - Aug 24, 2009 The “shake-and-bake� approach has become popular because it requires a relatively small number of pills of the decongestant pseudoephedrine — an amount ReporterNews.com Meth Makers Concoct New Formula to Avoid Laws - Aug 27, 2009 The “traditional� way of making large amounts of meth requires an elaborate lab, with flammable liquids and hundreds of pills containing pseudoephedrine. NACS Online 58 arrested on meth charges - Aug 26, 2009 In 2005, state laws began limiting the amount of cold relief medication containing the ingredient pseudoephedrine that could be sold over the counter to two Pekin Daily Times Trip to Washington Co. Lands Two Men In Jail - Aug 28, 2009 A search of Hensley's car reportedly turned up drain cleaner/ Lye, Pseudoephedrine tablets, coffee filters, and a product believed to be Ammonium Nitrate, Bristol Herald Courier Council Votes To Keep New Pseudoephedrine Law - Aug 3, 2009 Council voted 5-2 against repealing an ordinance which limits the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine-containing products in the City of Washington. WashMo.com Man questioned in killing pleads to drug charge - Aug 20, 2009 The US attorney's office in Cedar Rapids says Casey Frederiksen, of Floyd, pleaded guilty Thursday to supplying methamphetamine makers with pseudoephedrine Chicago Tribune Healthy profit margins - Aug 28, 2009 There's a new way to make meth: take a bunch of pseudoephedrine pills and shake 'em up in a pop bottle. Presto! Addiction! And why is pseudoephedrine still The Spokesman Review New meth menace - Aug 28, 2009 The best known method is shake and bake, where a few pseudoephedrine pills (the active drug) are crushed and mixed in a pop bottle with some other readily Edmonton Sun New charge is added in shooting case - Aug 27, 2009 And please heed the breakfast warning from Timmy and lay off that pseudoephedrine before you down your first six pack. " " woah why dont you guys calm down Bonner County Daily Bee Locally Accessed Pseudoephedrine A Major Player - Aug 18, 2009 ..."The Pharmacy Guild speak about the inconvenience and added cost of making pseudoephedrine a prescription only medicine and I agree and by deregistering the Voxy The dangers of methamphetamine - Aug 13, 2009 ...“If you buy pseudoephedrine, even one box, and you know or have reason to know it will be used for manufacturing methamphetamine, you have committed a Richmond Register Banning cold tablet sales 'won't stop P' - Aug 17, 2009 Banning over the counter sales of cold tablets containing pseudoephedrine will not stop the manufacturing of P, an industry body says. Stuff.co.nz Methamphetamine Making Comeback in the Chattanooga Area - Aug 26, 2009 Hall, "Groups of people will form a conspiracy and they'll go and buy pseudoephedrine tablets cold medicine from all pharmacies throughout the state of WDEF News 12 Stellar Trust Supports Pseudoephedrine Ban - Aug 17, 2009 ...the very good work that pharmacists and others have undertaken to restrict access to over-the-counter medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, Voxy Police say instant cold packs are being used to make meth - Aug 24, 2009 First, it was pseudoephedrine. Now, more meth making ingredients have officials in Indiana on edge. As you know, pseudoephedrine, commonly known as Sudafed, WNDU-TV Danger lurks in allergy aisle - Aug 23, 2009 They need to know that I crave - require - pseudoephedrine to get me through my days and nights. Why pseudoephedrine? It's the main ingredient in sinus and Times Daily Life sentence in meth lab explosion sends message - Aug 11, 2009 He had flasks up to 5 feet tall, hundreds of pounds of pseudoephedrine, gallons of chemicals and the ability to make more than 5 pounds of meth per batch. Kansas City Star Four arrested in two Blount meth busts - Aug 13, 2009 Four people were arrested Wednesday after two separate investigations into suspicious purchases of pseudoephedrine -- a chief component in Maryville Daily Times Meth labs dangerous, on the rise - Aug 20, 2009 Johnson said the number increased after a new method — which uses only one or two boxes of pills containing pseudoephedrine — was discovered. Gadsden Times Hearings set for four involved in Zeeland meth bust - Aug 24, 2009 Police had tracked the suspects through pseudoephedrine logs in the Holland area. They said it appeared the upstairs tenant tried to seal off his apartment HollandSentinel.com Effingham Deputies Bust Meth Lab - Aug 19, 2009 Mathew David Wright, 32, of Bloomingdale, has been charged with trafficking methamphetamine, and unlawful possession of pseudoephedrine. WSAV-TV Banning pseudoephedrine is not the answer to "P" - Aug 18, 2009 ...“The problem is not pseudoephedrine, it is methamphetamine. Pseudoephedrine-based medications are perfectly safe and effective when used as directed. Scoop.co.nz (press release) Scolr Pharma Q2 loss: $1.6M Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - Aug 7, 2009 Our operating strategy is to preserve our capital by limiting clinical and development expenses to our ibuprofen and pseudoephedrine lead products while Bizjournals.com Man calls seized phone for drug deal - Aug 20, 2009 Butherus, authorities said, asked the agent he thought was Meppelink if he had any pseudoephedrine tablets. The agent, in return, asked Butherus if he could Burlington Hawk Eye State police seize drug paraphernalia - Aug 25, 2009 A subsequent search of Armesteadt revealed a syringe, a sliver canister with a spoon and a black pouch containing 16 grams of crushed pseudoephedrine in it, Russellville Courier Argentina seizes over 4 tons of meth ingredients - Aug 12, 2009 Mario Crespo, director of investigations for the customs service, says a total of 4.2 metric tons (4.6 tons) of pseudoephedrine was confiscated at several The Associated Press Hawkins County man already accused of drug trafficking facing ... - Aug 17, 2009 Hawkins County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit Sgt. Lynn Campbell stated in an arrest warrant that he'd been reviewing pseudoephedrine purchase logs Kingsport Times News Two sentenced in meth ring bust - Aug 14, 2009 Pseudoephedrine is a substance found in some over-the-counter cold and allergy pills that can be used to make meth in large amounts. Odessa American Paul Holmes: Time to declare outright war on P - Aug 22, 2009 But, as I say, the banning of sales of medicines containing pseudoephedrine to any Tom, Dick or Harry sends a message of intent. New Zealand Herald Case against accused drug dealer dismissed - Aug 28, 2009 Mexican officials say Ye Gon was involved in one of the Western hemisphere's largest networks for trafficking pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in The Associated Press Salem Man Arrested After Drugs Allegedly Found in Home - Aug 22, 2009 The deputy reported finding a large amount of pseudoephedrine, a small amount of finished meth and three types of prescription medicine. WJBD Online Meth bill in Jefferson County has doubters - Aug 18, 2009 All spoke in favor of requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine purchases. Sgt. Jason Grellner of the Franklin County Narcotics Unit also spoke during the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Waterloo firefighter sentenced on meth charges - Aug 24, 2009 ...more than five grams of methamphetamine, possession of lithium and posession of pseudoephedrine Monday afternoon in Black Hawk County District Court. Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier Czech player Minar denies doping, positive test reported (Roundup) - Aug 24, 2009 The substance involved was said to be a derivative of the banned stimulant pseudoephedrine. 'I have never consciously taken a banned substance,' the Monsters and Critics.com 'Pseudo shopping' admitted - Aug 24, 2009 He also faces three charges of possessing a precursor substance, namely pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, intending the substance be used for the commission of Otago Daily Times 6 in DeKalb arrested on Rx drug charges - Aug 19, 2009 Six DeKalb County residents were arrested Monday in connection with illegal purchases of the decongestant drugs pseudoephedrine and ephedrine. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 11 arrested in crackdown on southern NH meth labs - Aug 13, 2009 Administration said the suspects went to various retailers to buy the ingredients to make meth, including ephedrine- and pseudoephedrine-based products. Boston Herald Drug arrests made in Caddo, Bossier parishes - Aug 27, 2009 They reported finding lithium batteries, about 165 pseudoephedrine tablets, fertilizer, tubing and other items needed to construct a meth lab. Shreveport Times Six busted in Tangipahoa meth lab raid - Aug 11, 2009 Panepinto said after agents arrived at the actual home, they found a burn pile with pseudoephedrine, a chemical used in the creation of meth, and double-A WWL Review urges cold medicine ban for kids - Aug 19, 2009 Photo / Glenn Jeffrey Your Views Should the Government ban pseudoephedrine in NZ? A Health Ministry review group wants to ban giving cough and cold New Zealand Herald Pharmacy logs on cold-tablet buyers help police nab meth makers - Aug 4, 2009 Since official logs of customers buying common over-the-counter cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine began Times-Georgian Meth-makers getting around restrictions - Aug 9, 2009 Then, a new Ohio law in 2006 limited the purchase of common cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in home-manufactured meth. Columbus Dispatch Police: Meth was hidden in man's underwear - Aug 17, 2009 Investigators also found 40 pseudoephedrine pills in the vehicle. Pseudoephedrine, a common ingredient in cold medicines, is a key component in meth Evansville Courier & Press Brand Names/Synonyms: Pseudoephedrine is also known by the following brand names and/or synonyms&Laquo;Psi&Raquo;-Ephedrin; &Laquo;Psi&Raquo;-Ephedrine; Afrinol; Balminil Decongestant Syrup; Benylin Decongestant; Besan; Cenafed; D-Isoephedrine; D-Pseudoephedrine; Decofed; Dimetapp Decongestant; Dimetapp Decongestant Pediatric Drops; Drixoral N.D.; Drixoral Nasal Decongestant; Efidac 24 Pseudoephedrine Hcl; Efidac/24; Eltor 120; Genaphed; HSDB 3177; Isoephedrine; Maxenal; Myfedrine; Novafed; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; Pedia Care; Pseudo; Pseudo 60's; Pseudo-12; Pseudoefedrina [Inn-Spanish]; Pseudoephedrine; Pseudoephedrine D-Form; Pseudoephedrine Ephedrine; Pseudoephedrine Hcl; Pseudoephedrinum [Inn-Latin]; Psi-Ephedrin; Psi-Ephedrine; Robidrine; Sudafed; Sudafed 12 Hour; Sudafed Decongestant; Sudafed Decongestant 12 Hour; Sudafed Decongestant Extra Strength; Trans-Ephedrine; Triaminic; Triaminic Am Decongestant Formula; Triaminic Infant Oral Decongestant Drops Drug Category: Pseudoephedrine is categorized under the following by the FDA: Adrenergic Agents; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Bronchodilator Agents; Central Nervous System Agents; Sympathomimetic; ATC:R01BA02 Dosage Forms: tablets, Oral liquid, nasal spray Absorption: Pseudoephedrine is readily and almost completely absorbed from the GI tract and there is no evidence of first-pass metabolism Interactions: Interactions for Pseudoephedrine: MAO inhibitors and beta adrenergic blockers increase the effects of pseudoephedrine. Sympathomimetics may reduce the antihypertensive effects of methyldopa, mecamylamine, reserpine and veratrum alkaloids. Chemical IUPAC Name: 2-methylamino-1-phenyl-propan-1-ol : |
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