The FDA wants these cold medicines off the shelves. Should Canada follow?
The FDA has proposed removing phenylephrine, a common ingredient in decongestants, due to its ineffectiveness, which may ...
The Common Cold and Pregnancy: Everything Women Should Know
It’s true, even the common cold hits differently when you’re expecting. Not only can symptoms be more intense—and annoying, ...
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FDA issue order against common ingredient found in cold and flu medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed an order to ban a popular ingredient in cold and flu medicines as it is seemingly not as effective as other methods. Oral phenylephrine is often ...
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FDA proposes pulling decongestants from shelves over one ingredient
Others contain oral phenylephrine and acetaminophen, dextromethorphan or another active ingredient ... The committee “unanimously concluded that the current scientific data do not support that the ...
FDA reveals the over-the-counter cold and flu meds that are no better than placebo
Thousands of cold and flu products could be on the chopping block after the FDA proposed to pull medications from store shelves that contain phenylephrine.
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FDA to Finally Ban Controversial Ingredient in Popular Decongestants
Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that ...
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 ...
FDA Wants To Pull Popular OTC Decongestant Used For Common Cold Over Effectiveness Concerns
On Thursday, the FDA proposed removing oral phenylephrine from the list of approved active ingredients for over-the-counter ...
Lemsip and other cold and flu decongestants are ‘not effective’ as experts call for ...
LEMSIP and other popular cold and flu tablets should be pulled from Britain’s shelves because they don’t work, experts have ...
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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 ...