Chlorpheniramine 4mg and phenylephrine 10mg (KLOR fen IR a meen and FEN il EFF rin)

 Anyone with allergies knows that Actifed is the pill of choice. Anyone with difficulty breathing knows that Actifed lets you take in more air since your airway is less obstructed.

Anyone who has tried to buy Actifed in the last few years knows that somehow drug-type druggie drug makers need Actifed to make meth. (How did they ever figure that out?)

In California, to get Actifed, one has to show picture ID and sign that you will poke yourself in the eye if you're lying that the only reason you want Actifed is because you're sneezing your head off. Once the Solemn Oath Ceremony has been performed, the cashier doles out a two-week supply of the pills.  It works well for the pharmacy since you have to go in every two weeks and Actifed is cheap--about $6.00. It's the fifty dollars of other stuff one throws in the cart that keeps the chain store running.

Today I went for my Actifed. Stop! Red Light! Call for Upper Management!

"I'm sorry Toc. We are no longer allowed to fill that prescription or provide Actifed. You will have to arrange with your doctor for a substitute medication." Now remember--Actifed is an OTC drug--well, behind the counter anyway. It needs no prescription.

I guess people who depend on the antihistamene to breathe more easily will be in the peculiar position of contacting a local drug dealer--not to buy meth--but to buy Actifed! Is it illegal to deal with a drug dealer of illegal drugs to buy the legal drug that only he now has????