Nose is running like a faucet and tickling like crazy. Benadryl doesn't touch it.

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rgG wrote:
I had "faucet nose" last week in conjunction with my cold. It was really bad. I bought some of the generic Sudafed PE, which does not contain pseudiephadrine. Pseudiephadrine really messes me up, and to my surprise, the PE stuff worked just fine. Turned off the faucet so I could get some work done. You can get the store brand, just look for PE in the name, and it is cheap. I bought mine at Target and it was $2.99 for something like 30 tablets.

You would be an outlier, then.

For most people, the efficacy of Sudafed PE is debatable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudafed#Swi...nylephrine

http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abs...ph.1H679v1

"CONCLUSIONS: There is insufficient evidence that oral phenylephrine is effective for nonprescription use as a decongestant. The FDA should reclassify oral phenylephrine from Category I (safe and effective) to Category III, which requires additional studies to show safety and efficacy."

I get the original Sudafed (store brand, though) even though in Iowa they have to run your name through two data bases when you buy it.