Pseudoephedrine Prescriptions Don’t Get Much Support
Oklahomans say no to pseudoephedrine prescription, survey shows
BY SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
Saturday, March 09, 2013
More than 60 percent of Oklahomans surveyed oppose requiring a prescription for the allergy and cold drug pseudoephedrine, which is a key ingredient in meth labs.
The recent survey by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, which is against requiring a prescription, found 43 percent strongly oppose the idea and 19 percent somewhat oppose the idea.
Making pseudoephedrine available by prescription only was proposed in a bill introduced in last year’s state Legislature. It was hotly debated but wasn’t passed.
Oklahoma limits how much medication with pseudoephedrine that people can buy and tracks purchases in a multistate registry.