what is the difference between Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine?

Question by Goobery: what is the difference between Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine?
Yes…. I understand they are both pretty much the same drug but what makes them different though?

thats pretty much the question.

and no… im not a drug dealer cooking meth. just always been interested in chemestry

Best answer:

Answer by heyimjason
Hmm.. ephedrine does more as far as raising your metabolism, opening your bronchial tubes, as well as raising your body temperature slightly, and over all giving you the “sped up” effect.

Psuedo may have some of those effects, but is actually more effective as a decongestant than actual ephedrine is.

There’s a slightly different chemical makeup. I’m sure there are diagrams of both chemical makeups that you could probably easily find online.

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