The agency made the proposal after finding that the ingredient, known as oral phenylephrine, doesn’t relieve stuffy noses.

Add-on oral antihistamines or montelukast (Singulair) do not add much benefit. In three separate trials, researchers randomized 3398 adolescent and adult patients with moderate-to-severe SAR ...

If itchy eczema leaves your child unable to fall asleep or sleep through the night, your dermatologist may recommend an antihistamine, but only for a short time. When do dermatologists recommend an ...

It is further common practice to combine oral corticosteroids with antihistamines in the treatment of acute exacerbations of allergic rhinitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect ...

There are many medications to treat allergy symptoms. Oral antihistamines such as Zyrtec or Allegra can help ease sneezing and itching, and decongestants can help alleviate stuffiness. Doctors ...

Treatment includes topical corticosteroids and oral antihistamines. Sea bather's eruption: This allergic rash often occurs after swimming in the ocean and being exposed to jellyfish larvae. These ...

Phenylephrine is both the most common decongestant on pharmacy shelves, and arguably the worst at its job. Last year, the FDA ...

Over-the-counter antihistamines, which reduce or block histamines (chemicals in the body that trigger hives), include: While oral antihistamines are the ones that actually make the hives stop from ...

Newer antihistamines like Claritin (loratidine) and Zyrtec (cetirizine) don't cause drowsiness but may not be as helpful with allergy cough symptoms. Research continues into how specific medications ...

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