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

The FDA had proposed removing phenylephrine, a widely used ingredient to treat nasal congestion, from over-the-counter cold medications. Here's what you need to know.

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

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

It's common in over-the-counter cold and flu medicines, but it doesn't work. This is the ingredient the FDA plans to pull ...

When you’re feeling under the weather, you likely grab your go-to cough and cold medicine. But are all the ingredients ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently evaluating the effectiveness of widely-used decongestants found in popular over-the-counter cold remedies such as Sudafed, Dayquil, and Mucinex ...

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

The over-the-counter staples ... urgently pulled 20 different cold and flu remedies from shelves over fears they could trigger deadly allergic reactions. The medicines regulator ruled that ...

There are new concerns that phenylephrine, an ingredient in common over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines is ineffective. The FDA said the ingredient is safe but many popular medicines are being ...

If you're suffering from a blocked or stuffy nose, you'll likely reach for a staple over-the-counter ... medication like anti hypertensives." Sun Health reporter Isabel Shaw put nine well-known ...

Cold and flu season is upon us and Americans will be flocking to pharmacy shelves to pick up some medicine to alleviate their ...