FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed that oral phenylephrine, commonly used in cold and cough syrups, not be used as an active ingredient in over-the-counter drugs because it is ineffective, health regulators announced Thursday. Phenylephrine is widely used in a variety of over-the-counter flu and cold medicines, including popular products such as Benadryl, […]
FDA proposes removing ineffective decongestant found in most cold medicine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed that a common ingredient in most oral over-the-counter cold medicines be removed from the market because they are ineffective. This move moves the FDA one step closer to removing products containing oral phenylephrine from store shelves. More than a year after the agency's advisory committee reached a […]