Does Phenylephrine Work? Effective Alternatives as FDA Moves to Ban Ingredient in OTC Decongestants
Common decongestants may soon be pulled from shelves. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday its proposal ...
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 ...
Pharmacies are yanking cold medicines from shelves. So what are the options now?
The FDA has proposed ending the use of a common ingredient found in many cold and allergy medicines — and some pharmacies ...
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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 ...
These Cold and Flu Medicines Contain Phenylephrine, the Ingredient the FDA Plans to Ban
Phenylephrine is a medication that’s been used to relieve nasal congestion caused by colds, allergies, and hay fever, per the ...
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Which Decongestants Are Effective? Why the FDA Wants to Pull a Popular Medicine Ingredient
Phenylephrine is included in many cold and flu products, but a scientific panel last year found that it doesn't really do its ...
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FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant in cold medicines
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups.
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 ...
Ineffective cough syrup ingredient should be axed officially, FDA says
However, the FDA's action is only related to orally administered phenylephrine and not the nasal spray form. Last year, an outside panel of experts made headlines when they unanimously voted against ...
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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 seeks to remove ingredient from cold medicines after data shows it does not work
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking the first step to remove an ingredient in non-prescription cold medicines ...