Bronkaid and Primatene now banned in USA? As of December 31?

[ax1]

Wanted to order Bronkaid for my breathing issues, and it seems that everywhere I go its out of stock and discontinued by the manufacturer.

If there is a thread about this post link, if not wtf the goverment just sucks and now they just want more and more people to go black market and get riskier products.

[TheDarkHalf]

First I've heard of this. Maybe you can find some online. I've never had problems getting anything at CVS/Walgreens.

[ax1]

First I've heard of this. Maybe you can find some online. I've never had problems getting anything at CVS/Walgreens.

This is as of December 31st 2011. Actually some Wall-marts here in the NY area state some of their stores are in stock but quantities are limited.

Even Drugstore dot com says product is discontinued by the manufacturer.

[TheDarkHalf]

http://www.wvasthma.org/Portals/4/Is...scontinued.pdf

That's really a shame. I'm surprised this wasnt discussed sooner. I would have stocked up. I'm gonna hit up my local CVS soon and see if they have anything left.

I was able to find some Ephedrine HCL 8mg online.

[ax1]

http://www.wvasthma.org/Portals/4/Is...scontinued.pdf

That's really a shame. I'm surprised this wasnt discussed sooner. I would have stocked up. I'm gonna hit up my local CVS soon and see if they have anything left.

I was able to find some Ephedrine HCL 8mg online.

Rumor is those 8mg pills may be going up in price too. I think Im with you and looking at that option now.

I thought they were just going to ban the Primatene mist type products for environmental issues, but the capsules being gone was a shock unless they will change something to get them back on the shelves.

I might contact Bayer tomorrow see if I can get an answer.

[Grambo]

Interesting, I haven't heard about any loss of ephedrine. I k we about the mist. I wonder of it is just the actual brand names of the products.

Something I feel like I would have heard but will check when I intern next.

[CopyCat]

What the hell do tablets and caps have to do with chlorofluorocarbons?

I as well will swing by cvs/Walgreens tomorrow. And am also surprised this hasn't hit the boards yet. Bummer.

[swollen87]

With the price of adderal on the street so low, and how easy it is to get a script why not just go that route

[ax1]

With the price of adderal on the street so low, and how easy it is to get a script why not just go that route

Ephedrine historically has an extremely safe data record and does exactly what you need it to do. Also, Im not a fan of taking powerful psychostimulant's and generally in my opinion I suggest people dont even if they do have ADHD.

[mattrag]

Damn. I need to stock up on this asap...

[ax1]

What I dont understand is what do the pills have to do with the inhalers?

http://www.wvasthma.org/Portals/4/Is...scontinued.pdf

"Over-the-counter inhaler medications such as Epinephrine (Primatene Mist, AsthmaNefrin) and
Ephedrine/gauifensin (Bronkaid caps, Primatene tabs) will no longer be manufactured or available to
be purchased after December 31, 2011 due to the CFC phase-out."

[ax1]

The online pharmacy does state that Primatene will be available in 1-2 weeks even though that is also unusually out of stock...

Also, I know Wallgreens makes their generic brand so maybe it not every manufacturer thats discontinuing it, or maybe there needed to be changes in the manufacturing process.

All Im saying is no one should come to conclusions yet, will keep updated.

[monstermash]

damn. thanks for the heads up ax1 .

[Grambo]

The online pharmacy does state that Primatene will be available in 1-2 weeks even though that is also unusually out of stock...

Also, I know Wallgreens makes their generic brand so maybe it not every manufacturer thats discontinuing it, or maybe there needed to be changes in the manufacturing process.

All Im saying is no one should come to conclusions yet, will keep updated.

This is my thoughts as they specifically list the brand names and not all ephedrine. There are several generics out there. I feel like I would have heard more about this and can't find one thing besides this page about it. I found one site that said the pills would still be available in an article in Sept/ Novem.

[Grambo]

That document posted is from WV so it's possible it is just a state thing. Though that's not even an official document really and there's nothing on FDA website or any pharmacy news websites I look at daily.

[ax1]

That document posted is from WV so it's possible it is just a state thing. Though that's not even an official document really and there's nothing on FDA website or any pharmacy news websites I look at daily.

Well thats good news for sure

[CopyCat]

That document posted is from WV so it's possible it is just a state thing. Though that's not even an official document really and there's nothing on FDA website or any pharmacy news websites I look at daily.

Well the first line states that the FDA in accordance with the Montreal protocol so I would assume its nationwide. As I do know the us has been on like a 2 decade long road to reduce CFC. Still not sure what tablets have to do with it since they do not require any kind of propellent.

Other thought in regards to just the brand is if they are gunning for the aerosol propellent then it would cover more than just a particular brand I would assume. But it all may come in stages etc.

I haven't yet, but I would guess that if we google FDA, us govt, CFCs, and Montreal protocol as the key words well find more info.

[Rodja]

Discontinued and banned are very different. I checked Walgreens and it said nothing about Bronkaid being D/C'd Bayer.

[oufinny]

This is as of December 31st 2011. Actually some Wall-marts here in the NY area state some of their stores are in stock but quantities are limited.

Even Drugstore dot com says product is discontinued by the manufacturer.

Just an FYI man, I found a very legit place to get the NYC stack and real ECA and Ephedra. Many people swear by it, PM me if you want to know the company though I have a feeling you already do.

[TheDarkHalf]

Well hopefully we can get some light shed on this....i feel like if it was an overall ban there would have been a hell of a lot more noise about it.