Where to buy an effective decongestant for a headcold in Taiwan?

Where to buy an effective decongestant for a headcold in Taiwan?

8/12/2016 8:49:10 AM

It turns out that Taiwan, like many other places, made Pseudoephedrine harder to obtain, but perhaps more recently (2010).

So far I did not find out how easy Pseudoephedrine is to obtain. It is not available over-the-counter (OTC).

Many other decongestants and other cold and flu remedies are available over the counter.

Relevant shelf at Watsons, Songshan, Taipei

As elsewhere, Phenylephrine is one of the main OTC alternative active ingredients in place of Pseudoephedrine. It seems that drug companies insist to governments that it is effective while studies mostly find it to be no better than a placebo.

I ended up buying a medicine containing Phenelephrine by mistake. With my watery eyes I thought the box said “Phenylephedrine” and thought that must be one kind of Pseudoephedrine:

Coldenin Day & Night F.C. Tablets

Despite being quite skeptical I did find it much easier to breathe from the next day on. I cannot say whether this is due to the medicine or if I was already on the last day that was going to be bad even had I not taken anything.

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