Extracting Pseudoephedrine from Levocetirizine Tablets: Seeking Guidance and Advice

[roshan]

Hi there, experts,

I have tablets containing levocetirizine hydrochloride 5 mg, sustained-release pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 120 mg, and ferric oxide.

I have a specific query:

I'm looking for guidance on extracting pseudoephedrine from this particular composition.

 

[Pinkman**]

Meth bani ya nhi bani?

 

[Osmosis Vanderwaal]

In years gone by, a long standing joke in circles of Harley owners and people with no teeth, was about a cook so green that they can only make "smurf dope" Smurf dope, you probably guessed, is blue. It's the result of reducing antihistamines that one didn't extract from the pills before trying to cook them. The cure to Smurf dope ( how you get the antihistamine out of the mixture) was to use chlorinated brake cleaner. Trichloroethylene or some such. It's the same thing they are still selling at AutoZone or Walmart today. I haven't looked hard. But I assume it dissolves the antihistamine or it dissolves the pseudoephedrine. Then the 2 chemicals can be separated by filtration.

 

[apexpredator46]

hey man did you extract pseudo and how?