These Cold and Flu Medicines Contain Phenylephrine, the Ingredient the FDA Plans to Ban
Phenylephrine is a medication that’s been used to relieve nasal congestion caused by colds, allergies, and hay fever, per the ...
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The FDA Is Finally Pulling a Useless Cold Medicine From the Market
Phenylephrine is both the most common decongestant on pharmacy shelves, and arguably the worst at its job. Last year, the FDA ...
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This Popular Cold Medicine Doesn't Work—Here's What To Buy Instead
Lee, MD, an assistant professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School ... oral phenylephrine has ...
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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 ...
FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market
The FDA says oral phenylephrine, used in many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, "is not effective as a nasal ...
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FDA wants to scrap Benadryl and Sudafed from pharmacies after finding drugs are useless against colds
The FDA wants to pull common cold and flu medications from drugstore shelves after studies found the main ingredient was useless in relieving symptoms. The agency proposed on Thursday ...
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This Popular Cold Medicine Doesn't Work—Here's What To Buy Instead
Lee, MD, an assistant professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard ... oral phenylephrine has stayed in a range of OTC cough and cold medications for nearly 50 years—“even ...