Not for years. Years ago, they put pseudophedrine in it. Back then it worked beautifully and I'll admit it gave me a high. Then they took that out of it and put something in it that is much less effective for me, but it is OK to sell off the general shelves. Ditto for Tylenol Sinus. This new junk doesn't even touch my sinus issues and actually makes me feel worse half of the time. Coricidine makes me feel downright sick.

I'm not entirely sure why, but my old pharmacist said that I shouldn't even take the cold/allergy pills on the general shelves. She said the only thing I should use are the nasal spray, but again, they do nothing or even make me feel worse.

You can still get pseudophedrine, but in the US (at least in my state) you have to ask for it at the pharmacy counter and present your driver's license. They track how much you buy. Perhaps you know that people used to buy large quantities of pseudophedrine to make crystal methamphetamine, a dangerous and addictive drug. They can't make that from the current DayQuil you buy off the general shelves.

My psychiatrist forbids me from taking pseudophedrine. I cannot buy it at pharmacies where the pharmacists know me. I used to get it elsewhere when I really suffered from my sinusitis. It really helped better than prescription stuff from my Ears Nose and Throat doctor (a nasal spray, of course) the. Also, there was a period when I was abusing it because of excess sedation. I confessed that to my psychiatrist. That was when he really got angry at me.

Mania was significant in my past course of bipolar disorder. It took me a while to get used to the idea of seeking stability. Later in my course, depression finally started to dominate. That's a dangerous time when many with bipolar like mine start seeking out highs.