A Popular Decongestant Doesn’t Work. What Does? - Scientific American

Scientists who advise the FDA recently concluded that phenylephrine, a common decongestant in cold medicines, doesn’t work. We’ll talk about what actually does. [Clip: Show theme music] ... Read More

Phenylephrine, popular decongestant, found ineffective, FDA panel says

The advisers essentially backed the conclusions of an FDA scientific review published ahead of this week’s meeting, which found numerous flaws with the 1960s and 1970s studies originally used to ... Read More

Sharyl Attkisson: Why most decongestants don’t work, after years of FDA inaction

Decongestants with the same brand name may contain two different active ingredients. And, by nearly every account, one of them doesn’t work. Read More

Common decongestant may be worthless, study finds

In a new study of more than 500 adult allergy sufferers, researchers found that the common, over-the-counter(OTC) decongestant, phenylephrine, was no better at unclogging noses than placebo—even ... Read More

FDA advisory panel says widely used decongestant considered ineffective

If the FDA finds phenylephrine ineffective, drugmakers could be forced to pull certain drugs from store shelves in the U.S. Consumers might also have to seek behind-the-counter pills, nasal sprays ... Read More

The most common oral decongestant in the US does not work, FDA finds

The FDA ruled that phenylephrine, a key ingredient in many over-the-counter cold medications, does not actually work to treat nasal congestion when taken orally. The agency will now need to ... Read More

FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market - MSN

A number of common over-the-counter nasal decongestants have relied on phenylephrine alone or in combination with other ingredients for years, including some cold and cough versions of Advil ... Read More

Popular decongestant doesn't work, FDA panel finds - Newsday

A decongestant found in popular nonprescription cold medications including some types of Sudafed, DayQuil and Mucinex doesn’t work, according to a panel of experts reviewing the ingredient ... Read More

FDA proposes removing ineffective decongestant found in most cold ... - MSN

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing the removal from the market of a common ingredient found in most oral over-the-counter cold medicines because it doesn’t work. Read More

FDA panel to reevaluate the most common over-the-counter ... - CBS News

The Food and Drug Administration plans to ask a panel of its outside advisers to reconsider whether the most common decongestant ingredient available over the counter, phenylephrine, is effective. Read More

CVS removing decongestant from shelves after FDA panel says it's ...

CVS Health is planning to remove one type of a common decongestant from shelves after an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was ineffective earlier this year. The ... Read More

FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market

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