Older & Cheaper

From TechNudge:

Allergy sufferers may get more relief from Pfizer Inc.'s Sudafed than from Merck & Co.'s Singulair, which requires a prescription and costs three times as much, according to a study that was intended to prove the reverse.

The 58-patient study found people reported better relief of their stuffy noses with non-prescription Sudafed. University of Chicago physician Fuad Baroody said he obtained funding for the research from Merck so he could test his theory that Singulair would work better without the jitters associated with Sudafed.

Sometimes the "tried and true" is the better solution to the problem.

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