More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, ...
It was added to cold and flu remedies in the 1990s when another ingredient went behind the counter over illicit meth lab concerns.
The FDA proposed discontinuing the use of phenylephrine, an ingredient in common medications like Sudafed, because it 'is not ...
The agency made the proposal after finding that the ingredient, known as oral phenylephrine, doesn’t relieve stuffy noses.