The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7286 p185
14 February 2004

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Nomenclature

Confusion

From Mr R. B. Chatterton, MRPharmS

I wanted to avoid pseudoephedrine so did not purchase Sudafed Dual Relief, believing from the name that the one thing it was sure to contain was pseudoephedrine. I bought Sinutab which had contained phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride when I last had it, and then went to phenylephrine hydrochloride. I now find that Sinutab contains pseudoephedrine and that Sudafed does not. Fortunately the Sinutab declares “new formula” on the pack, but I think Sudafed is a misnomer.

R. B. Chatterton
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

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