Drixoral Substitute (Page 3)

Great news! I have FINALLY found the substitute for Drixoral Cold & Allergy and wish someone had told me before I had to suffer with allergy symptoms for so long. It's a combination of one Mucinex DM tablet and one Aleve-D Sinus & Cold tablet; take one of each at the same time and within an hour you'll feel like a brand new person! Mucinex DM is an OTC expectorant and cough supressant and Aleve-D (an extended release medicine) can be found behind the counter (you have to ask for it and show ID), but I found both at Walmart. I know the name brands cost more, but do not bother buying substitutions because they simply will not work; since Drixoral has not been available, I already have tried soooooo many that didn't help at all. Good Luck and I hope this works as well for you as it did for me.

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You are soooo right! This substitute works GREAT! I have always used Drixoral and was devastated when it was no longer available. Thank you Dex for finding this combo that works so well. If you like Drixoral, you are in luck! It works great!

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I have found a compounding pharmacy that essentially duplicates the drixoral formulation. It requires a prescription but it has the same effect for me and depending on quantity purchased 50-75 cents for a 12 hour tablet.

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Do you know why Drixoral isn't available anymore? It's because it worked to well. The makers of the drug took it off the market and reformulated it and put it back up under a different name. A pharmacist told me this. This is a perfect example of the corruption in the pharamacuetical industry. I remember when it was still available. It didn't matter if you were taking it for allergies, or even coming down with the flu, the Drixoral would kick it with only 1 or 2 doses.

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I purchased bromphed sr 12/120 capsules from Dick's pharmacy in Twin Falls, ID. Compounding pharmacies in Idaho require a prescription. It works the same as drixoral because it is the same.

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Another substitute for Drixoral is Bromfed DM liquid. It is by prescription. But I got some today and it seems to work like the Drixoral did. Same ingredients but not as many mg of them. It is a nice butterscotch flavor and no nasty after taste to it. I hope that helps everyone until we find Drixoral again somewhere.

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Why can't they just make it a class A drug and require a prescription ?

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Can you please tell me the name, location and phone number of the compounding pharmacy that can make up the ingredients like drixoral? Thank you! {edited for privacy}

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Re: Susan (# 47)


Ala-hist is made with the same ingredients. It can be found on the website for Ala-hist by Poly Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Their number is 1-800-882-1041 and they are located in Huntsville, AL 35763.

National Drug Code: 50991-814-16

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Susan (#47) --

The information Robyn gave is correct. Let me add a couple of things.

We bought Ala-Hist IR (2mg dexbrompheniramine - DBP) from Poly Pharmaceuticals a couple of weeks ago. They have an online store for Ala-Hist products (alahist.com). IR is available over-the-counter.

My wife takes it together with pseudoephedrine (PE), which duplicates the original Drixoral formula, but I believe the strength is less. I seem to recall that the old 12-hour Drixoral was 6mg DBP and 120mg PE, but I can't find the information online anymore. I mention it because Poly also offers Ala-Hist PE, which is 2mg DBP and 10mg PE, for the same price as IR, so that's worth considering.

They were very easy to order from, and I've exchanged emails with their operations manager. Apparently the online store is fairly new.

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To those who are struggling and can’t order from Canada or Alahist.com, I offer a simple solution. Pseudoephedrine, is the decongestant in Drixoral. We all know what sudafed or sudafed pe are. Take that. One red pill every 4 hours is the dosage. Then, Chlorphenarimine is a chemical analog of bromphenarimine. Both are antihistamines, and more alike than other antihistamines being recommended here. One little yellow pill every 4 hours. Closest chemically, if you don’t want to order online. Walmart has 50 for $3.

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Quick question... I love Drixoral because it is the only thing that works, but it always knocked me out for the count. Take one pill and I am out for the night. Does this combination have the same effect?

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**NEW From Wikipedia: ...."Since 2015, many allergy sufferers have searched compounding pharmacies in an attempt to replicate the original tablet formulation of Drixoral. However, few, if any compounding pharmacies have been able to obtain the pseudoephedrine component in sufficient quantities to approach any meaningful order fulfillment. The other component active in Drixoral, dexbrompheniramine maleate, has been proven scarcely available. For the prolonged, or longer lasting antihistamine/decongestant relief that many allergy sufferers pursued, Drixoral included the now popular 12-Hour timed release tablet formulation, or coated process of ingredient dissemination. The patented timed-release tablet formulation is another process that has proven tricky for many a compounding pharmacy to exactly replicate. Yet, while the precise Drixoral tablet replication remains somewhat elusive, the pairing of the two active ingredients in Drixoral, pseudoephedrine and dexbrompheniramine maleate, remains possible, though in a less timed-release form.

A small Alabama based pharmaceutical company known as Poly Pharmaceuticals, polypharm.net, markets the dexbrompheniramine maleate component under the name "Ala-hist IR", alahist.com. The 2mg tablet Ala-hist IR form of the major Dixoral antihistamine ingredient dexbrompheniramine maleate, comprises one third of the 6mg timed-release dosage of the Drixoral tablet. Thus, it is possible to use the 12-Hour timed-release Sudafed tablet, the most widely available tablet containing the same 120mg Drixoral dosage of pseudoephedrine, along with the ALa-hist IR 2mg tablet in three separate steps (one 2mg tablet every 4 hours), to obtain a similar delivery originally found in the Dixoral Cold & Sinus formulation."

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexbrompheniramine/pseudoephedrine

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Thank you. I have been wondering what to do. I loved Drixoral too

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Re: Brenda (# 8)

Can a US CITIZEN ORDER THIS MED FTOM OK WITH NO ISSUES. DRIXORAL WAS A GODSEND

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Re: 45yearsonDrixoral (# 19)

Where and how can I get this med?

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