Help with pseudoephedrine info???

Question

Im doing a presentation on pseudoephedrine and need to know what medicines contain pseudoephedrine. I already know cold and flu tablets. Are there any others? Please help me!!!

Answer 1

methamphetamine doesnt contain pseudoephedrine. p-fed is used to make methamphetamine, but the p-fed is converted via reduction (by hydrogenation, electrochemical, or more mundane reactions) to methamphetamine.  Chemistry isn't like baking a cake.  A cake is made with sugar, flour, eggs, etc- and all of these are contained within a cake after baking.  After a proper chemical reaction where p-fed is used, there is NO p-fed left (unless you're a cruddy chemist).  I'm speaking academically, as a scientist.