what is psuedoephedrine hydrochloride indicated for?
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People, people, people.... this is one of the most commonly mixed up kinds of medications found over (and now behind-the-counter).
Pseudoephedrine HCl, usually abbreviated as PSE, is a DECONGESTANT typically used to clear your nasal passages when you are sick. Technically, it works by constricting small blood vessels - capillaries - in your nose thereby reducing the amount of mucus in your nose. Because you take this medication as a pill, it does have a systemic (body-wide) effect, so it will raise your blood pressure. Don't take this medicine if you have high blood pressure, are on any MAOI's, or if you have diabetes. I'd just recommend an antihistamine-only product in these cases.
It is very effective, however, due to its use in the production of meth, it is being replaced by Phenephrine containing products (PE). In my opinion, the Pseudoephedrine is superior to the newer Pnenylephrine...
Just FYI - antihistamines are, well anti histamine. Histamine is a chemical inside your body that causes irritation, redness, and cold-like watery and itchy eyes, as well as a runny nose. Antihistamines block the way histamine works in the body giving you relief. Some examples of antihistamines are diphenhydramine (Benedryl), loratadine (Claritin), and Chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton).
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dope cook! why do you ask about precursors for meth?
look here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoephedrine_hydrochloride
Stuffy nose and congestion. It dries out mucous. It makes really crappy dope.(meth) Trust me.
It's a antihistamine. It dries up your sinuses and will make you thirsty...some times it can make you a little groggy.
It's a decongestant. In layman terms, it unclogs your stuffed up nose.
Sudafed (its trade name) is an antihistamine used, as you indicated, for temporary relief of cold and allergy symptoms.
This medicine contains the active ingredient pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, which is a type of medicine called a decongestant. It works by stimulating receptors (alpha-receptors) in certain areas of the body, particularly in the lining of the nose and sinuses. Alpha-receptors are present on the muscles in the walls of blood vessels. When these receptors are stimulated by pseudoephedrine, the muscle contracts, which causes the blood vessel to narrow. This allows less fluid to travel through these blood vessels. In the lining of the nose and sinuses, this results in less fluid being pushed out of the blood vessels into these linings. This reduces the production of mucous, thereby relieving the symptoms of nasal congestion. Pseudoephedrine can therefore be used to relieve symptoms such as blocked nose, blocked sinuses and catarrh, in conditions such as colds, flu and nasal allergies, eg hayfever
It's used as a decongestant. runny nose etc. Do not take if you have high blood pressure though...
It's Sudafed, a decongestant.
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