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Cold and flu medicine sits on a store shelf on September 12, 2023 in Miami, Florida. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel announced that an ingredient in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medications called phenylephrine doesn’t work to get rid of nasal congestion and that the decongestant was no more effective than a placebo. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Nation Dec 23

FDA says decongestant in many cold medicines doesn’t work. What does help?

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Health Nov 28

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Why the FDA wants to pull this common cold medicine ingredient from shelves

With winter setting in around much of the country, many people are also gearing up for cough and cold season. But the Food and Drug Administration now says that phenylephrine, a long-used ingredient in many over-the-counter medicines, is ineffective and…

By Stephanie Sy, Jackson Hudgins

Health Oct 28

Cold and flu medicine sits on a store shelf on September 12, 2023 in Miami, Florida. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel announced that an ingredient in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medications called phenylephrine doesn’t work to get rid of nasal congestion and that the decongestant was no more effective than a placebo. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
What an FDA advisory panel’s finding that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means for cold and flu meds

The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don’t actually work.

By Lucas A. Berenbrok, Colleen Culley, Karen Steinmetz Pater, The Conversation

Health Sep 12

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. Photo by Andrew Kelly/REUTERS
Popular nasal decongestant doesn’t actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say

The Food and Drug Administration convened an expert panel to review the latest data on phenylephrine. That's found in over-the-counter versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other cold medicines sold on pharmacy shelves.

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

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