Oral phenylephrine was shown to be ineffective for treating nasal congestion over a year go. This week, the FDA took the ...

Trenkle recommends this spray for anyone who wants a non-decongestant option for allergies, adding that it’s best to start using it daily about a week before you expect to get congested (such as ...

Phenylephrine is both the most common decongestant on pharmacy shelves, and arguably the worst at its job. Last year, the FDA ...

Many people use over-the-counter decongestants for milder symptoms of a virus or to treat their seasonal allergies. This makes them an easy first-line treatment. And according to Dr. Geoffrey ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups.

An FDA advisory committee has unanimously concluded that oral phenylephrine, a decongestant found in many cold and flu ...

The lawsuits claim the companies knew their phenylephrine products were ineffective as decongestants but still marketed and sold them to consumers. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict ...

Oral phenylephrine is used in over-the-counter products like Sudafed and Dayquil to help temporarily relieve the common ...

I take 5 mg of Crestor and a multivitamin daily. I recently took a generic 12-hour, maximum-strength nasal decongestant to manage typical sinus pressure and congestion. Within an hour of taking ...

FDA officials said an agency review of the available data found oral phenylephrine is not effective as a nasal decongestant when taken in liquid or pill form, more than a year after an agency advisory ...