The Old Actifed
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I'm looking for the old formulation of actifed.

Are there any countries that still sell it?

I know you can use it to make drugs, but it's the only thing that works for me (and it helps me sleep too).

I would not have ANY problem having the FBI at my house if I could get some. They'd be sitting on my shelf just exactly like my 16 bottles of shampoo, 42 bars of soap and 18 boxes of bandaids (I'm not a hoarder, I just hate running out of stuff...and stupidly, before that stuff went away, I didn't buy a ton of it).

The stuff they sell behind the counter is a reformulation....it's different.

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Walgreens has wal-act, which is their version of it - you do have to ask for it and sign for this medicine . It is good stuff - trust me ! Just bought some today !

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Actually, Janet, those are the ingredients in the new formulation.

The original Actifed contained Pseudoephedrine and Tripolodine. You can read the details here:

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Actifed&ad=true

The new formulation contains Chlopheniramine and Phenylephrine, to avoid the law that requires products containing Pseudoephedrine to be kept behind the counter and sold in limited quantities.

And no, it is not available anywhere, since the company stopped manufacturing it. The only thing you can do is try to find something with the same ingredients.

Are there any other questions or comments?

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I looked up the active ingredients in OLD Actifed (chlorpheniramine-4mg and phenylephrine-10 mg.) Allerest 12hr and Contac 12h have the same ingredients so ....that's what I will try as an alternative.

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John,

Did anyone ever respond to your posting with a solution of how to find the old actifed? I stock up on stuff and want some, too. I just took my last one today.

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