chrisfeerer, Sudafed (a decongestant) was being abused by people "to get high" and to make methamphetamine. The last I heard, you could get it over the counter, but, you had to sign for it. That could have changed. I actually worked for the pharmaceutical company that manufactured Sudafed. Personally, I couldn't tolerate it for sinus pressure as it hiked up my blood pressure and heart rate too much and made me feel very anxious.

With that said, I remember it helped a lot of people with sinus pressure, sinus headache, ear pain, etc., if you could tolerate the side effects. It's an older drug and I think I think other medications have taken precedence over it such as Mucinex-D, Allegra-D, Claritin-D, etc.,

Blessings to you and yours...