These Cold and Flu Medicines Contain Phenylephrine, the Ingredient the FDA Plans to Ban
Phenylephrine is a medication that’s been used to relieve nasal congestion caused by colds, allergies, and hay fever, per the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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 job at "unstuffing" when taken by mouth.
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's advisory panel ruled it should no longer be considered an effective drug.
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 medications. Here's what you need to know.
FDA to Finally Ban Controversial Ingredient in Popular Decongestants
Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that are staples of the cold and flu aisle in American drug stores, and yet many contain an ingredient that does not work as promised.
FDA moves to pull popular decongestant from shelves amid effectiveness concerns
The safety of phenylephrine isn’t a concern, but its effectiveness has been debated for years. It's found in products like Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Mucinex Sinus-Max.
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FDA wants to pull decongestant found in many cold, allergy medicines
replacing the older ingredient pseudoephedrine, which was moved behind counters because it could be processed into methamphetamine. Some products contain only oral phenylephrine as a single ...
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FDA wants to remove popular decongestants from stores permanently that contain this ingredient
The FDA said there’s evidence that phenylephrine doesn’t work. Brand names like Sudafed, DayQuil and others contain the ingredient, our sister station WSB-TV reported. “It is the FDA’s ...
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FDA proposes pulling decongestants from shelves over one ingredient
Others contain oral phenylephrine and acetaminophen, dextromethorphan or another active ingredient. ExploreFDA says key ingredient in Sudafed, Vicks and Benadryl products doesn’t work “It is ...
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Cold-and-flu remedies could be banned in US as experts say ingredient is not effective
But if it is made final, American stores and websites would be banned from selling medicines containing phenylephrine and pharmaceutical companies would be forced to produce nasal decongestants ...