Common decongestants may soon be pulled from shelves. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday its proposal ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a pivotal step in consumer protection by proposing the removal of oral phenylephrine as an active ingredient in over-the-counter ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed an order to ban a popular ingredient in cold and flu medicines as it is seemingly not as effective as other methods. Oral phenylephrine is often ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking the first step to remove an ingredient in non-prescription cold medicines ...

The FDA says oral phenylephrine, used in many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, "is not effective as a nasal ...

An extensive review determined that the ingredient, oral phenylephrine, doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion.

Although ARS Pharmaceuticals’ approval for its epinephrine nasal spray came later than expected, the company ultimately received a thumbs up from the FDA in August and is now moving fast to expand ...

It is also an ingredient in nasal sprays to treat congestion. However, the FDA's action is only related to orally administered phenylephrine and not the nasal spray form. Last year, an outside panel ...

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

On Thursday, the FDA proposed removing oral phenylephrine from the list of approved active ingredients for over-the-counter ...

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

Last September, an FDA advisory panel determined that phenylephrine was not effective when taken in oral form. It is also ...