FDA moves to pull popular decongestant from shelves amid effectiveness concerns
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, citing evidence that it doesn’t work.
FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market
The FDA's proposal comes more than a year after the agency's outside advisers voted against continued use of the ingredient, called oral phenylephrine, citing concerns with the initial data used to support its approval and new data questioning its ...
FDA says commonly used decongestant 'not effective,' proposes removal
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined commonly used oral phenylephrine is "not effective" and has proposed its removal from over-the-counter nasal decongestants. "It is the FDA's role to ensure that drugs are safe and effective,
U.S. FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups, as an active ingredient in over-the-counter drugs for nasal congestion, stating it is not effective,
FDA Proposes Ban on a 'Useless' Decongestant, Phenylephrine
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that it be removed from common over-the-counter decongestants.
FDA proposes removing ineffective decongestant found in most cold medicine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to remove from the market a common ingredient found in most oral over-the-counter cold medicines because it doesn’t work. The move brings FDA one step closer to getting products containing oral ...
FDA proposes removing popular decongestant found in cold meds
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to officially remove a popular ingredient in many cold and allergy medications – oral phenylephrine.
FDA Wants to Ban Popular but Ineffective Cold Remedy Ingredient
U.S. health officials proposed banning an ingredient used in popular oral decongestants, a step toward removing dozens of ...
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FDA seeks to pull common but ineffective OTC cold medicine ingredient off the market
The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) said on Thursday that they will seek to pull the common ingredient phenylephrine off ...
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FDA proposes ending use of decongestant found in many cold, allergy medicines
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After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves
Specifically, the FDA issued a proposed order to remove oral phenylephrine from the list of drugs that drugmakers can ...
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