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I don't keep up to date on my non-prescription PDR, it's 1987! neverthe- less, here is an abbreviated list of products containing pseudoephedrine (either hydrochloride or sulfate): Actifed, Benadryl, Benylin, Bromfed, Congestac, Contac, Cotylenol, Cremacoat, Dimacol, Dorcol, Extra Strength Sine-Aid, Fedrazil, Head and Chest Cold Medicine (Vicks), Mediquell, Novahistine, Pediacare, Robitussin, Ru-Tuss, Ryna, Sinarest, Singlet, Sinutab, Sudafed, Tylenol, Ursinus, Vicks Day Care, Afrinol, Chlor-Trimeton, Disophrol, Drixoral. Cheers, Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks CA 91403 On Tue, 14 May 1996, Don Ball wrote: > Pseudoephedrine can cause severe problems in certain susceptible persons. > Although never diagnosed as having Parkinsons, I have mild to moderate > autonomic dysfunction and I'm one of those. Have significant CNS depression > (not mental depression), anxiety, respiratory difficulties, and hypotension. > There seems to be a family history of anecdotal problems with > pseudoephedrine including an aunt who died after a week of reasonable > recovery for open heart surgery. The only thing different about the day she > died was that the doctors started her on pseudoephedrine because of moderate > hypotension... not an uncommon practice except that I had warned them about > a possible family history. Continued administration of pseudoephedrine > throughout the day resulted in increasingly profound hypotension resulting > in death later in the day. Sympathomimetics can be deadly to some people. > > Don > > > > At 02:16 AM 5/15/96 -0400, you wrote: > >The following is taken verbatim from a package of Tylenol flu, although I > >have seen similar warnings on packages of some other special purpose Tylenol > >products and on products marketed by competitors of McNeil Consumer Products > >Co., who market Tylenol and own the Tylenol trade name: > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > >DRUG INTERACTION PRECAUTION: Do not take this product if you are presently > >taking a prescription drug for high blood pressure or you are now taking a > >prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for > >depression, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease), > >or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug. If you are uncertain whether > >your prescription drug contains an MAOI, consult a health professional > >before taking this product. > > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > >This appears to be due to the pseudoephedrine HCl, and I find information on > >the internet, at this URL: > > > ><http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/ftp/aids/sci.med.aids/AIDS%20Drugs%20Data%20Sh > >eets/Synonym/Dimacol%20[CHEMLINE]> > > > > > >CONTRAINDICATIONS Contraindicated in patients with > > hypersensitivity or idiosyncrasy to > > sympathomimetic amines, severe hypertension, > > or severe coronary artery disease, and in > > those on monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor > > therapy. [PDR 1991] > > > > > >I cannot find similar damning information on the other active ingredients of > >Tylenol flu, so I jump to the conclusion that the pseudoephedrine is the > >culprit. > > > > > >When I first read this last fall, I was at a store with a pharmacy, so I > >asked the pharmacist, whom I consider to be a health professional. He > >replied that drugs with MAOI's were not in common usage, and he did not > >identify Eldepryl as an MAOI. I bought the drug, used it for my cold, and > >identified no adverse reactions. > > > >After reading discussions on this list regarding Eldepryl and Demerol, this > >incident came to mind, and along with it these two questions: > > > >1.) What are the risks of taking these cold pills with Eldepryl? > > > >2.) What is recommended for a cold, sinus trouble, flu, etc., if one can not > >take the over-the-counter medicines which contain pseudoephdrine HCl? > > > >I think that this novice has done enough damage with the above. But I also > >think that these are real concerns, and I would ask the more knowledgeable > >recipients on this list for their advice. > > > >Art Hirsch > >[log in to unmask] > >Lewisville, TX > >Home of the Fighting Farmers > > >