Pharmacies are yanking cold medicines from shelves. So what are the options now?
Feeling stuffy and ready to reach for NyQuil, Benadryl, or Sudafed PE? Not so fast. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed ending the use of oral phenylephrine, a common ingredient found ...
FDA considers removing ineffective cold medicine ingredient
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering removing oral phenylephrine, a common ingredient in many ...
Focus at Four: College Station pharmacist talks alternatives for cold medicines being pulled by FDA
Bessem Oben, the manager and COO of GoldStar Pharmacy in College Station, explained to KBTX the active ingredient, ...
FDA wants to pull decongestant found in many cold, allergy medicines
The FDA is proposing the removal of phenylephrine, a popular nasal decongestant, in oral form from over-the-counter use. Here ...
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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 ...
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 ...
FDA reveals the cold and flu meds that are no better than placebo
Thousands of cold and flu products could be on the chopping block after the FDA proposed to pull medications from store ...
What is oral phynylephrine and why does the FDA want to remove it from cold medicine?
Oral phenylephrine is used in over-the-counter products like Sudafed and Dayquil to help temporarily relieve the common ...
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 ...
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FDA proposes oral phenylephrine, found in many decongestants, pulled from shelves
The FDA approved phenylephrine in the 1970s but it was used in more products in 2005 after pseudoephedrine was forced to be ...
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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 ...
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FDA proposes ban on main ingredient in many OTC decongestants
Common oral medicines that have been used for decades as decongestants such as Sudafed, NyQuil and Benadryl may soon be ...