Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that ...

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

Found in almost every single over-the-counter cold, sinus and allergy medication, oral phenylephrine, is pretty close to ...

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

ExploreFDA says key ingredient in Sudafed, Vicks and Benadryl products doesn’t work “It is the FDA’s role to ensure that drugs are safe and effective,” Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., director of the FDA’s ...

The ingredient that has been found ineffective, phenylephrine, is the one that you'll find in off-the-shelf cold medicines like Sudafed PE, Mucinex FastMax, and Dayquil, to name just a few.

Common oral medicines that have been used for decades as decongestants such as Sudafed, NyQuil and Benadryl may soon be ...

The FDA says oral phenylephrine, used in many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, "is not effective as a nasal ...

Oral phenylephrine is used in over-the-counter products like Sudafed and Dayquil to help temporarily relieve the common ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering removing oral phenylephrine, a common ingredient in many ...

Phenylephrine is the main decongestant ingredient in soluble and tablet-form cold-and-flu medicines such as Lemsip, Beechams, ...