How Will the New Meth Limits Affect Allergy Sufferers?
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NORTH JACKSON — A local doctor weighed in on a measure passed by lawmakers to try to curb meth production in the state. The bill, which now just needs the Governor’s signature to become law, limits Tennesseans to about 5 months worth of cold and allergy medicine a year with pseudoephedrine in it without a prescription. Local medical experts say this should have little affect on most West Tennessee allergy sufferers. “Those are large amounts of pseudoephedrine,” Dr. Peter Gardner at Physicians Quality Care said. “I think the only people that they would effect are the people that are using it for nefarious purposes. I don’t think it’s really going to effect the allergy taker.” The senate and Governor Haslam originally wanted stricter limits on the over-the-counter medicines Tennesseans could buy every year without a prescription.
