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It is sold over the counter in most US pharmacies under the Vicks inhaler brand. The active ingredient label conveniently uses a spelling that most people will not recognize which is probably effective in preventing alarm from customers who aren't familiar with the dramatic difference in the effects of the two enantiomers.


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