‘Biggest scam ever’: Pharmacist exposes ingredients in ZzzQuil, recommends Dollar Tree brand instead of

Although you need FDA approval to be on the shelves of your pharmacy, some popular medicines are not. At least, according to the licensed pharmacist on TikTok.

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This famous TikTok pharmacist is here to tell you how much your money is worth and what will make you feel sick like never before.

Medication fraud?

Grant Harting (@grant_harting on TikTok) is a tri-state licensed pharmacist and certified in integrative medicine. It is said that his website helps people save money on medicine.

In a viral video with more than 840,000 views, he reveals how popular medicines are really scams. If you have one of these in your medicine cabinet, you may want to replace it with one of Harting’s suggestions.

Starting to turn off the light, then ZzzQuil Sleep Aid it’s more efficient, cheaper and more efficient to find a Dollar Tree brand, he says. Harting says the brand-name version is “alcohol and antihistamine,” and says the Dollar Tree brand costs more.

Bread it is a “chair softener.” However, according to the study, it is actually just a placebo. Instead, he says, experts in research have recommended psyllium fiber supplements (brand name Metamucil) that increase bowel movements.

Plain Mucinex it does not actually treat “lung diseases.” Harting recommends getting a nebulizer that contains saline or soapy water that will have a calming effect.

After that, Harting says Sudafed PE they are “complete garbage garbanzo beans” and can be removed from the market. However, Sudafed (no PE behind it) is better, but you have to ask for it over the counter.

“Consumer beware, there are blood pressure issues and prostate issues that you need to talk to your doctor or pharmacist about,” Harting added.

Finally, Harting says Prevagenthat supposedly improves memory, is a “full stop scam.”

@grant_harting Licensed Pharmacist in Three States Exposes Top 5 Pharmacy Frauds! #asmr #scam ♬ original sound – Grant Harting

Against the FDA

Last year, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel concluded that phenylephrine (a key ingredient in many cold and flu products such as Sudafed PE, Vicks Nyquil Sinex Nighttime Sinus Relief, and Benadryl Allergy Plus Congestion) doesn’t really help. clear nasal congestion, NBC News reports.

Another FDA official said he believed the early studies used to use the drug were “flawed and inconsistent with today’s standards.”

The drug is supposed to reduce congestion by reducing the swelling of the blood vessels in your nasal passages. But, when it is taken orally (as opposed to a nasal spray), it does not reach the nose, which is necessary to reduce congestion.

Not only is it ineffective, but it also comes with side effects, including headaches, insomnia and panic attacks.

It appears that the FDA is still deciding whether these drugs, which actually advertise their side effects, should be pulled from the shelves and reformulated. This could disrupt the product line that pulled in $1.8 billion in sales by 2022.

To be clear, this only applies to oral medications; nasal sprays work well. People tend to prefer the oral form, and one effective alternative is pseudoephedrine, which is found in Sudafed (different from Sudafed PE).

“We had an hour-long speech at a pharmacy school designed to make Prevagen a scam,” reads the top comment.

“I tell ppl all the time that OTC sleep meds are better than Benadryl,” said one person.

“You need a website with all the information collected on the name of garbage and replacing it,” said another.

The Daily Dot reached out to Harting for comment on Instagram and TikTok’s direct message.

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