FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups.
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 medicines from the market, after the agency's scientists concluded that the oral version of the drug is ineffective as a nasal ...
FDA Agrees Ingredient in Cold Medicines Doesn't Work
After what the agency called a thorough review of the data, the Food and Drug Administration has proposed ending the use of an ingredient of many cold and allergy medications because it doesn't work.
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FDA proposes ending use of decongestant found in many cold, allergy medicines
The FDA has proposed ending the use of an ingredient in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medications because it doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion.
FDA proposes removing ineffective decongestant found in most cold medicine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing the removal from the market of a common ingredient found in most oral over-the-counter cold medicines because it doesn’t work.
The FDA wants to ban a common ingredient in over-the-counter cold and allergy medications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it is proposing a new rule to stop the use of an ingredient in popular over-the-counter cold and allergy medications.
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FDA Wants to Ban Popular but Ineffective Cold Remedy Ingredient
The agency made the proposal after finding that the ingredient, known as oral phenylephrine, doesn’t relieve stuffy noses.
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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 ...
FDA moves to pull popular decongestant from shelves amid effectiveness concerns
The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in many popular ...