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What kind of drug is phenylephrine? It's in your cold medicine and the FDA is targeting it.
But before you reach for your go-to flu or cold medicine, you may need to consider pairing it with a nasal spray for any congestion ... The ingredient is called phenylephrine, and it was only ...
Phenylephrine Vs. Pseudoephedrine: Doctors Explain Which Cold Medicine Is Most Effective
“Many retailers stopped selling products that contained oral phenylephrine because of this,” Dr. Johnson-Arbor says. There ...
Doctor Warns of the Dangerous Mistake You're Making During a Nosebleed
An ear, nose and throat doctor explains why tipping your head back with a nosebleed could make things worse and what you ...
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Got a cold? A placebo might help
Amid doubts over a common decongestant, evidence suggests the placebo effect can still help people suffering from a cold.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution1mon
FDA says decongestant in many cold medicines doesn't work. So what does?
Experts reviewed several recent, large studies indicating that phenylephrine was no better than a placebo at clearing nasal passageways. They also revisited studies from the 1960s and 1970s that ...
Australian law firm files class action against Johnson & Johnson over 'ineffective' cold and flu medication
Lawyers allege the company falsely stated medications such as Codral Day and Night, Sudafed PE and Benadryl PE relieve congestion.
FOX8 Cleveland1mon
FDA says decongestant in many cold medicines doesn’t work. So what does?
Experts reviewed several recent, large studies indicating that phenylephrine was no better than a placebo at clearing nasal passageways. They also revisited studies from the 1960s and 1970s that ...