The Food and Drug Administration has proposed ending the use of oral phenylephrine, a common ingredient found in many cold and allergy medicines — and some pharmacies already are yanking the popular ...

Pharmacies could pull common over-the-counter cold medications, including Dayquil, Sudafed and Theraflu, from store shelves after Food and Drug Administration experts determined one of the drugs' main ...

The market for over-the-counter cold medicines is worth $8 billion annually, with a hefty portion of that amount spent on drugs marketed as decongestants. But according to new research, the cash many ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it would seek to pull a widely used ingredient in cough and cold medicines from the market, after the agency's scientists concluded that the ...

Consumers might not recognize the drug phenylephrine, which has been making headlines in recent weeks. However, it's been used for temporary relief of nasal congestion since being approved by federal ...

Next time you wake up with a stuffy nose and you head to the drugstore for an over-the-counter cold medication, you may want ...

With cold and flu season in full swing, odds are you'll find yourself reaching for a medicine to relieve a stuffy nose. But what actually works? Last fall, a Food and Drug Administration advisory ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means cold and flu season is here. But before you reach for your go-to flu or cold medicine, you may need to consider pairing it with a nasal spray ...

When pseudoephedrine moved "behind-the-counter" nearly 20 years ago, it left oral phenylephrine (with brands including Sudafed PE and Suphedrine PE) as the only nasal decongestant available without ...

Pseudoephedrine and phenylephrine are both nasal decongestants but can have different side effects. You can only purchase pseudoephedrine from pharmacy staff and have to show your ID. You may know ...