Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed that a common decongestant, Phenylephrine, isn’t actually effective, leaving consumers wondering about the best methods to treat their colds.
Government regulators must follow a public, multistep process to remove the ingredient from FDA’s list of drugs approved for over-the-counter decongestants. For six months, the FDA must take ...
Government regulators must follow a public, multistep process to remove the ingredient from FDA's list of drugs approved for over-the-counter decongestants. For six months, the FDA must take ...
An FDA panel’s decision that phenylephrine is not an effective decongestant applies only to oral medications. The drug is ...
NyQuil and Theraflu -- from oral medications, citing evidence of its ineffectiveness as a nasal decongestant. “Based on our review of available data, and consistent with the advice of the advisory ...