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Is "Sudafed PE" different than normal Sudafed? I typically take the latter when I have a cold. If it's a placebo, it's a darn effective one!

Edit: Oh I see, my box of Sudafed has a different active ingredient, "pseudoephedrine".

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Sudafed / pseudoephedrine is the real stuff, the stuff that works. It's also the stuff that you use to make meth.

I find it funny that “things you need to cook meth” are such common knowledge among normal people.

Breaking Bad sure had a deep influence!

It's more due to the fact that you can only buy it in tiny amounts "because some people use it to make meth." As far as I know, that restriction predated the show by several years at least.

In the UK ‘Sudafed’ (the brand of decongestants) is available off the shelf, but doesn’t contain pseudoephedrine. There is a different ‘Sudafed’ branded coloured box that you can get from behind the counter by asking someone, that does contain pseudoephedrine.

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