Phenylephrine is an oral decongestant and vasoconstrictor,” said Valley Health Pharmacist Dr. Aaron Stone. “By that, it means ...
Nov. 7 (UPI) --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined commonly used oral phenylephrine is "not effective" and has proposed its removal from over-the-counter nasal decongestants.
(The Hill) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing the removal from the market of ... phenylephrine is not effective as a nasal decongestant when taken in liquid or pill form ...
Phenylephrine is also an ingredient in some nasal spray decongestants. The FDA’s proposal does not extend to such products. The proposed FDA order can be found here. Public comments may be ...
Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that ...
"Therefore, in addition to lack of efficacy, there may be no path to evaluating higher doses of oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant," the FDA concluded. An industry group, the Consumer ...
For now, companies may continue to market OTC monograph drug products containing oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant. “This is a proposed order. Only a final order will affect what ...
In a long-sought move, the US Food and Drug ... counter decongestant that the agency concluded last year is not effective at relieving stuffy noses. Specifically, the FDA issued a proposed order ...
(The Hill) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing the removal from the market of a common ingredient ... data found oral phenylephrine is not effective as a nasal decongestant when ...
For nearly two decades now, some scientists have called for the removal of oral phenylephrine from the market. The last time the FDA ... proposed order to remove phenylephrine from oral ...