The FDA Is Finally Pulling a Useless Cold Medicine From the Market
And finally, the agency is making plans to pull it from pharmacy and grocery store shelves.The medicines will remain ...
A Popular Decongestant Doesn’t Work. The FDA Is Finally Doing Something About It
Oral phenylephrine was shown to be ineffective for treating nasal congestion over a year go. This week, the FDA took the ...
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FDA to Finally Ban Controversial Ingredient in Popular Decongestants
Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that ...
‘The biggest scam’: Pharmacist exposes ingredients in ZzzQuil, recommends Dollar Tree version instead
Despite needing FDA clearance to be on the shelves of your local pharmacy, some popular medicines probably don't work.
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Which Decongestants Are Effective? Why the FDA Wants to Pull a Popular Medicine Ingredient
Ahead of official agency action, CVS last year pulled a "small number" of medications that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient (think Sudafed PE). The company said it "will ...
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HEALTHY COLORADO: FDA proposes to remove ingredient used in common decongestants due to ineffectiveness
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FDA moves to pull nasal decongestant in some cold medicines from shelves amid effectiveness concerns
Phenylephrine, found in products like Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Mucinex Sinus-Max, has been widely used as a nasal decongestant for decades. The FDA's proposal isn't an immediate order ...
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FDA proposes pulling oral phenylephrine, found in many decongestants, from shelves
Phenylephrine is found in over-the-counter decongestants such as Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Mucinex Sinus-Max, CNN ...
Cold-and-flu remedies could be banned in US as experts say ingredient is not effective
Phenylephrine is the main decongestant ingredient in soluble and tablet-form cold-and-flu medicines such as Lemsip, Beechams, ...