Fraggin' stupid intended side-effects!

[elfs]

We ran out of Children's Sudafed this evening and every store I stopped by to pick some up had either stopped carrying it or had locked it up and nobody on the floor had the key. Washington state has implemented a law making Sudafed a "behind the counter only" medicine, and I have to sign a form whenever I want to buy some. Y'know, I'd rather the people of my state be free to fry their own brains in whatever imaginative way they want than to have to sign a form that nobody will ever see just so my kid doesn't go to bed with a runny nose. Grr...

Any bets Sudafed and Tylenol stop making the children's stuff because it's just too damned hard to sell? And any bets what's left gets more expensive as stores tack on the significantly higher handling fees because it's no longer part of the distribution routine at their end of the supply chain?

Comments

[mothball-07.livejournal.com]

It's just a bit of inconvenience

Well, no. That's the problem. If it *were* just a bit of an inconvenience, that would be one thing. Only being able to buy one bottle at a time : inconvenience. Not being able to get it in the middle of the night because there's nobody authorized with a key at that hour : problem. Distributors changing the drugs they sell to get around this : SERIOUS problem.

But the bigger issue is that it's part of the nanny state. I'm tired of the solution to every bad choice and show of irresponsibility being that I have to give up more of my autonomy.

[edichka2.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I still disagree. It's not that hard to plan in advance and buy a bottle when you're well and out grocery shopping. I'm pretty confident that pseudoephedrine will continue to be available, given its utility and safety when used as intended.

I question whether not having everything you want available at market, any time you want it, is the same as giving up your autonomy.

Best wishes (and see you tonight),
- Eddie

[omahas.livejournal.com]

It's not that hard to plan in advance and buy a bottle when you're well and out grocery shopping.

In fact, Elf went out to go pick it up *because* when I went out shopping earlier in the week, I couldn't find it in the two places I went to (one of them a pharmacy).

That's a *problem*

[edichka2.livejournal.com]

You can call around in advance.

- Eddie, obviously with an opinion on this matter