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Women are taking Mucinex and other cold medicines to get pregnant. Does it work?
Trying to get pregnant ... for Women and Babies, agrees. “There are no randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials on this, and those are considered the gold standard in medicine ...
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These Women Claim Mucinex Helped Them Get Pregnant — Can the Cold Medicine Really Help?
When I was trying to get pregnant with my first child in 2012, I was willing to try just about anything. From tracking my ...
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Why some women are taking a cold remedy to help them get pregnant—and what the evidence says
Why would a medicine designed to relieve cough and cold symptoms help women get pregnant? During unprotected sexual intercourse, sperm are deposited at the top of the vagina. To reach and ...
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Colds in pregnancy
The frustrating thing about catching a cold when you're pregnant is that you can't necessarily treat it with your usual medicines or remedies - these may be harmful for your baby. “It’s ethically ...
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Can Mucinex help you get pregnant? Women claim the cough and cold medicine is boosting their fertility
Women are claiming Mucinex, the common over-the-counter cough and cold medicine, helped them get pregnant. Between at-home remedies and cycle tracking, there are many suggested practices to help ...
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FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it would seek to pull a widely used ingredient in cough and cold ...
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The Mucinex Method: Women Swear The Cold And Flu Drug Has Increased Their Chances Of Pregnancy
with women asserting that using Mucinex, a well-known cold and flu remedy, boosted their chances of getting pregnant. Mucinex, which contains guaifenesin and pseudoephedrine, is a cough medicine ...
FDA proposes ending use of decongestant found in many cold, allergy medicines
An extensive review determined that the ingredient, oral phenylephrine, doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion.
U.S. FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups, as an ...
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FDA Plans to Ban Ineffective Cold Medicine Ingredient—How It Will Affect You
The FDA had proposed removing phenylephrine, a widely used ingredient to treat nasal congestion, from over-the-counter cold ...
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Why some women are taking a cold remedy to help them get pregnant – and what the evidence says
Why would a medicine designed to relieve cough and cold symptoms help women get pregnant? During unprotected sexual intercourse, sperm are deposited at the top of the vagina. To reach and ...
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Why Some Women Are Taking A Cold Remedy To Help Them Get Pregnant And What The Evidence Says
Why would a medicine designed to relieve cough and cold symptoms help women get pregnant? During unprotected sexual intercourse, sperm are deposited at the top of the vagina. To reach and ...