New Law Limits Access to Drug Ingredient
Gov. Tom Vilsack signed a bill in Des Moines restricting access to pseudoephedrine, an ingredient in common cold medicine that’s also used to produce the highly addictive drug methamphetamine.
The law prohibits one-time sales of more than a single package of liquid and liquid gel capsules containing less than 360 milligrams of pseudoephedrine -- about the amount found in children’s cold medicines. Retailers must keep the products locked up.
Packages containing more than 360 milligrams, and any nonliquid pseudoephedrine medications, will have to be bought from a pharmacist.
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