Should DayQuil Be Legal?
This article critiques the over-the-counter cold and flu medication industry, arguing that many products are overpriced and contain ineffective ingredients. It highlights the significant markup on basic medications like acetaminophen when sold in combination products.
These Tylenol and DayQuil pills may look different, but their ingredient lists don’t. (Photo by Matthew Healey/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images) If you walk down the cold and flu aisle at CVS and start looking closely at labels, you will count about 100 products and around six active ingredients. This is the meat and potatoes of the over-the-counter drug industry, which specializes in taking three generic medications and two placebos that cost 5 cents each individually and selling the combination product for $35.
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