Which decongestant

[oilandwater]

Im In a French hotel room with no chemist nearby and have a serious sinus problem. Now I have raided my travel medi bag and have a choice.
1. Sines with 12.8 mg of ooopha dooopha BUT that was out of date Nov 2010.
2. Sudafed with only 10mg of ooopha dooopha IN date.

Quick which one please!

[Babu 01]

http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update11...

said:

So the expiration date doesn't really indicate a point at which the medication is no longer effective or has become unsafe to use. Medical authorities state expired drugs are safe to take, even those that expired years ago. A rare exception to this may be tetracycline, but the report on this is controversial among researchers. It's true the effectiveness of a drug may decrease over time, but much of the original potency still remains even a decade after the expiration date.

[oilandwater]

Thank you so much for that. Sinex it is then.
I'm going crazy here I feel as if my head will explode at any minute.

[oilandwater]

Thank you so much for that. Sinex it is then.
I'm going crazy here I feel as if my head will explode at any minute.

[prg1]

ephedrine hydrochloride. Think the strength you can buy over the counter is 0.5%.

[K77 CTR]

Steam inhalations and fluids +++, regular paracetamol/ ibuprofen

[jas xjr]

K77 CTR said:

Steam inhalations and fluids +++, regular paracetamol/ ibuprofen

Steam is good. Get some menthol crystals to put In the water if yOu can

[Mr Gearchange]

prg1 said:

ephedrine hydrochloride. Think the strength you can buy over the counter is 0.5%.

This. Ask for it specifically - nothing else works anywhere near as well.

[oilandwater]

Thank you one and all.

By the way, is your suggested 'ephedrine hydrochloride' the same as 'pseudoephedrine hydrochloride' in Sinutab?

I can breath now. Thank you again for your help.