Advil Cold and Sinus

Active Ingredient(s): Ibuprofen + Pseudoephedrine
FDA Approved: * September 19, 1989
Pharm Company: * WYETH CONS
Category: Allergies, Cough & Cold

Pseudoephedrine (PSE) is a sympathomimetic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes. It may be used as a nasal/sinus decongestant, as a stimulant, or as a wakefulness-promoting agent[4] in higher doses.[5] It was first characterized in 1889, by the German chemists Ladenburg and Oelschlägel, who used a sample that had been isolated from Ephedra vulgaris by the Merck pharmaceutical corporation of Darmstadt, Germany.[6] The... [wikipedia]

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