Oral phenylephrine was shown to be ineffective for treating nasal congestion over a year go. This week, the FDA took the ...

Common decongestants may soon be pulled from shelves. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday its proposal ...

Phenylephrine is included in many cold and flu products, but a scientific panel last year found that it doesn't really do its ...

Phenylephrine is both the most common decongestant on pharmacy shelves, and arguably the worst at its job. Last year, the FDA ...

Flying with a cold can leave you feeling plugged up and uncomfortable. Fortunately, some effective ways exist to relieve this ...

LEMSIP and other popular cold and flu tablets should be pulled from Britain’s shelves because they don’t work, experts have ...

It is also an ingredient in nasal ... spray form. Last year, an outside panel of experts unanimously voted against the effectiveness of orally administered phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant ...

WASHINGTON -- The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine - a common ingredient in many popular over-the-counter decongestants - from the market ...

Nasal sprays containing phenylephrine are still considered effective decongestants, Woodcock said, because it goes right to the source of congestion and is better-absorbed by the body.

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

Currently, oral phenylephrine is widely used as a nasal decongestant active ingredient ... Phenylephrine is also an ingredient in nasal sprays to treat congestion. The FDA’s action is only ...