Pseudoephidrine Returns to NZ Pharmacies by Next Year

Published on February 20, 2024

New Zealanders suffering from the symptoms of cold and flu will be able to breathe a little easier next year. As part of its coalition agreement with the National and New Zealand First parties, the ACT Party has enough support for a bill to return medications containing pseudoephedrine to pharmacies. A previous National government restricted it to prescription-only in 2011, fearing it was being used to make methamphetamine (known as “P” in New Zealand). ACT leader David Seymour pledged to restore over-the-counter sales of the drug during the election campaign. “Older New Zealanders have noticed that being able to find an over-the-counter cold and flu medication that actually helps is getting harder,” Mr. Seymour said in September....

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