CNN com - Sudafed maker cuts meth ingredient - Dec 23, 2004: "EVANSVILLE, Indiana (AP) -- The maker of Sudafed is offering a new version of the cold and allergy medicine without an ingredient often used to produce the illegal and highly addictive drug methamphetamine in homemade labs.
Pseudoephedrine will be replaced with another substance, phenylephrine, in a new product called Sudafed PE, which will become available Jan. 10 in the United States, Pfizer Inc. spokeswoman Erica Johnson said Wednesday. Pfizer will continue to offer the old Sudafed, too.
Johnson said the new formula will make it easier for consumers to buy the medication and could help curtail meth production."
Read: "Current employees have greater difficulty accessing own employer's medicines off-hours to satisfy their fix. Employer responds by guaranteeing inventory."