Semprex-D, Acrivastine, Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride News

An effort to curb methamphetamine labs by requiring prescriptions for select cold and allergy medications cleared the first round of approvals Monday in Jefferson County.

Jackson County officials have introduced a new system to track people who try to hop from pharmacy to pharmacy to buy large quantities of cold medicines to convert into meth.

Sales of decongestants containing pseudoephedrine the key ingredient for making methamphetamine have plummeted in Washington, Mo., since a city ordinance began requiring prescriptions.

Tulsa Mothers Against MethAmphetamine wants Oklahoma lawmakers to pass a law that would help cut the production of meth across Green Country.

State and federal restrictions on the sale of cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine, aimed at curtailing production of methamphetamine, have not had a noticeable impact on illegal consumption of the drug, which has been declining since the late 1990s.

Sniffling students can continue carrying Sudafed. The Elmbrook School Board has officially decided against a policy change that would have banned that and other over-the-counter medications from district schools.

Ind. Law - "Cold-med law snares allergy sufferers: Pseudoephedrine buyers limited to 3 grams a week" That is the headline to Rebecca S. Green's story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette : A few months ago, conversation on WAJI-FM - " 95.1's "Majic in the Morning" turned from light-hearted banter to law and order - " specifically host Jeannette ...

Few places in America has been hit harder by the methamphetamine problem than Union, Mo.

Leaders of the eastern Missouri town of Union have voted to require prescriptions for certain cold and allergy medications that contain ingredients used to make methamphetamine.

City leaders voted unanimously Monday to make Union the second city in the nation to require prescriptions for select cold and allergy medications in an effort to combat methamphetamine labs.

The City Council approved an ordinance Thursday that will require city pharmacies to install MethCheck, an electronic database that monitors the purchase of some over-the-counter allergy and cold medicine.

School Board members Oct. 13 are expected to approve new limits on student use of non-prescription drugs, but policy changes at the committee level have removed many proposed restrictions.

IN QUESTION: Cold and flu medications containing pseudoephedrine, such as these shown by Kath Potts, a pharmacist at Blenheim's Mortimers and Frasers Unichem Pharmacy, may no longer be available over the counter.

A proposed alternative to popular pseudoephedrine-based cold and flu medicines does not work as well, pharmacists advise.

If you are over the age of 18 and have a hundred bucks, a quick internet search will help you find a doctor sympathetic to your medicinal marijuana needs.

At one point Tuesday, Bay County Commissioner Mike Thomas suggested that what the county was about to do may not be constitutional, but then, the commission did it anyway.

When Sheriff Frank McKeithen this morning requests that the Bay County Commission pass an emergency ordinance to help him combat the local manufacture of methamphetamine, commissioners should take a deep breath and just say "no" - for now.

Comments 0 Recommend 0 Emergency proposal expected to come before county commission Tuesday October 04, 2009 02:15:00 PM By S. BRADY CALHOUN / News Herald Writer PANAMA CITY - Over the last several weeks, Sheriff Frank McKeithen has waged a public battle over meth.

In the coming legislative session, Rep. Lucky Lamons, D-Tulsa, will introduce a law requiring a prescription for purchase of allergy tablets containing pseudoephedrine.

A few months ago, Sally Harpold bought a box of Zyrtec-D allergy medicine for her husband at a pharmacy in Rockville, Indiana.