FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant in cold medicines
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups.
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FDA Proposes Ban on a 'Useless' Decongestant, Phenylephrine
More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, ...
Ineffective cough syrup ingredient should be axed officially, FDA says
A panel last year said it found evidence the ingredient, used in many popular medicines, did not aid with nasal congestion.
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FDA proposes removing ineffective decongestant found in NyQuil, Benadryl, Sudafed and Mucinex
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing the removal from the market of a common ingredient found in most oral ...
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FDA seeks to pull common but ineffective OTC cold medicine ingredient off the market
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) said on Thursday that they will seek to pull the ...
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U.S. FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines
Oral phenylephrine is a major component of popular products such as Benadryl, Advil and Tylenol. For now, companies may continue to market drug products containing the ingredient as a nasal ...
FDA proposes ending use of decongestant found in many cold, allergy medicines
An extensive review determined that the ingredient, oral phenylephrine, doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion.
Ban Lemsip because 'it doesn't work', say experts after US health chiefs propose pulling cold and flu remedies from chemist shelves
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FDA wants to halt sales of decongestants containing ineffective phenylephrine
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F.D.A. Proposes Removing Ineffective Nasal Decongestant From Stores
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The FDA wants to ban a common ingredient in over-the-counter cold and allergy medications
The rule would remove oral phenylephrine from the administration’s list of approved active ingredients that can be used in ...