I really wish they’d come up with a decent decongestant that actually worked on me that did not contain pseudo ephedrine, which as you may or may not know, is a stimulant. And, you guessed it, it can cause breakouts in those of us that are prone to breakouts from anything that causes the stimulation of the nervous system. This includes things like caffeine, ma huang, which is an herb but also a very powerful stimulant that will make your heart race and disrupt your hormonal harmony, and ephedrine, or pseudo ephedrine, which is present in many nasal decongestants like Sudafed and the like. You know, those ones that you now have to take a tag up to the pharmacy to purchase, because so many meth labs were purchasing products that contained this pseudo ephedrine in bulk to make crystal meth, a lethal street drug that is highly addictive and a huge scourge now in many communities. It’s no wonder that this stuff is used to make a serious street drug, it is definitely quite a powerful stimulant, as both my body and my acne will tell you. I had to use Sudafed for a few days, and at first I thought I might be ok and actually not break out this time from using the decongestant (the only one that really works for me, but I can also use Mucinex with no side effects). However, after the fourth day, lo and behold, my chine and my nose sprouted those tell tale zits that told me that I hadn’t somehow miraculously gotten over my sensitivity to these products, but I just had a few days before it caught up to my skin for whatever reason this time. If you have a cold, and you are sensitive to stimulants, then you may want to talk to your doctor about good alternatives that will help decongest you and clear the excess phlegm in your lungs and nose and nasal passages. The other one I use, as I mentioned, which is stimulant free and does not appear to have any negative effects on my complexion, is Mucinex, which is basically a product that you take once a day with a full glass of water. It is supposed to help break up heavy mucus in the lungs and help to expel it from you via coughing much more easily. It advertises that it makes your coughs “more productive” and I have found that it does indeed do that for me. And no breakouts. However, I still liked to use the Sudafed for during the day when my congestion got really bad also, hence I paid the price with a few nice little new zits. They’re on their way to clearing already though.

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