The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed removing oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups, as an active ingredient in over-the-counter drugs for nasal congestion ...

A panel recently said it found evidence that phenylephrine, used in many popular medicines, did not aid with nasal congestion. Will Trump implement Project 2025? What to know about the right-wing ...

Australia's drug regulator has issued a safety warning over the medicine Phenergan and related products containing the ...

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But before you reach for your go-to flu or cold medicine, you may need to consider ... The ingredient is called phenylephrine, and it was only found to only be effective in nasal sprays, not ...

Phenylephrine is included in many cold and flu products, but a scientific panel last year found that it doesn't really do its job at "unstuffing" when taken by mouth. Jessica is a writer on the ...

Phenylephrine isn’t just in Sudafed PE. It’s actually the most popular oral decongestant (oral meaning that it’s given as a pill or syrup ... and regular acetaminophen or ibuprofen for ...

The latest data shows that only a tiny fraction of phenylephrine is absorbed into the body when digested from a pill or syrup containing phenylephrine. This is different from other formulations ...

Phenylephrine became a popular ingredient in over-the-counter cold medicine in 2006, when the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act was signed into law. Before then, an effective oral decongestant ...