In a long-sought move, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of abandoning oral doses of a common over-the-counter decongestant that the agency concluded last ...

The FDA had proposed removing phenylephrine, a widely used ingredient to treat nasal congestion, from over-the-counter cold ...

Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that ...

LEMSIP and other popular cold and flu tablets should be pulled from Britain’s shelves because they don’t work, experts have ...

Phenylephrine is included in many cold and flu products, but a scientific panel last year found that it doesn't really do its ...

Phenylephrine is the main decongestant ingredient in soluble and tablet-form cold-and-flu medicines such as Lemsip, Beechams, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in many popular ...

Just as cold and flu season arrives, the Food and Drug Administration proposes pulling many decongestants from store shelves ... ExploreFDA says key ingredient in Sudafed, Vicks and Benadryl products ...

Phenylephrine, found in products like Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Mucinex Sinus-Max, has been widely used as a nasal decongestant for decades. The FDA's proposal isn't an immediate order ...

A.K. Dear A.K.: Absolutely. This is a known complication from decongestants such as pseudoephedrine (Sudafed). Decongestants are in the class of medicines called “alpha agonists.” ...

Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that ... is more effective than an oral tablet. But most consumers aren ...