The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups.

Phenylephrine is both the most common decongestant on pharmacy shelves ... and little to none of the active ingredient ever ...

Nasal sprays, especially decongestant nasal sprays (DNSs), offer quick relief by shrinking swollen blood vessels in the nasal ...

LEMSIP and other popular cold and flu tablets should be pulled from Britain’s shelves because they don’t work, experts have ...

In April, she’d begun to use a topical nasal-spray decongestant. The over-the-counter ... Your doctor can help find the best way to ease your discomfort. “We sometimes prescribe a short ...

The FDA had proposed removing phenylephrine, a widely used ingredient to treat nasal congestion, from over-the-counter cold ...

Another nasal spray, oxymetazoline, is helpful, but should not be used more than twice in a 24 hour period, and also cannot be used for more than 3 days. Another formerly common decongestant ...

Yesterday, US health officials proposed getting rid of oral drugs containing the decongestant phenylephrine over concerns ...