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

However, nasal decongestant sprays are effective and work within minutes and the decongestion effect lasts ... The products ...

The FDA is proposing many popular over-the-counter cold and allergy medications be removed from store shelves. The agency says a common ingredient they share, phenylephrine, doesn’t actually relieve ...

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

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

Your head hurts. Maybe you were staring at your computer or phone too long. Or you skipped breakfast, didn’t sleep well, or got stressed fighting traffic. But now that it’s here, what can you do to ...

Since January 2024, pharmacists have been able to treat seven common health conditions without a prescription. The NHS have warned of a ‘tripledemic’ of cold, flu and covid this winter season, with GP ...

Despite needing FDA clearance to be on the shelves of your local pharmacy, some popular medicines probably don't work.

It seems that some are just more prone to illnesses than others, but why? Is there anything that accounts for the difference, ...