ephedrine

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Precursors for making meth, such as ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine, are still available to the public in cold medicines, although they have been moved behind pharmacy counters to restrict the number of packages that can be bought by a single person.

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  1. noun A white, odorless, powdered or crystalline alkaloid, C10H15NO, isolated from shrubs of the genus Ephedra or made synthetically. It is used in the treatment of allergies and asthma.

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  1. Latin ephedra, horsetail; see ephedra + -ine2.

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  1. Ephedra + -ine.
 

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/ˈɛfədrɪn/
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