Stuffy nose and a pounding head? We've rounded up the 8 best nasal decongestants to help relieve sinus pressure and congestion.

Regular mucus tends to be thin and slippery, and it is generally a constant presence on a day-to-day basis. Meanwhile, phlegm ...

FDA says one of the most common cold medicine ingredients found in Sudafed, Tylenol sinus and Advil congestion relief, is ineffective. What to know.

After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves Last year, FDA advisers unanimously voted that oral phenylephrine is ineffective.

NBC News asked experts what they would recommend instead to ease nasal congestion now that oral phenylephrine has been deemed ineffective.

While pseudoephedrine and phenylephrine are both nasal decongestants, they work in your body in different ways, says Purvi Parikh, MD, an allergist with the Allergy & Asthma Network.

Decongestants relieve stuffy nose by shrinking tissues, while antihistamines block histamine to reduce sneezing and runny nose. Both help manage cold symptoms.

Medically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmD When you have nasal congestion, you may consider using products containing either phenylephrine or pseudoephedrine. These are two common ingredients in ...

I take 5 mg of Crestor and a multivitamin daily. I recently took a generic 12-hour, maximum-strength nasal decongestant to manage typical sinus pressure and congestion.

An FDA panel met and decided that the current data doesn’t support the recommendation of oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant. Now we wait for the FDA as a whole to take action. If they ...

To start, “phenylephrine is metabolized more quickly [than pseudoephedrine], [so] it can be less effective for nasal decongestion than pseudoephedrine,” Dr. Lee says.

Oral phenylephrine was shown to be ineffective for treating nasal congestion over a year ago. This week, the FDA took the first steps toward removing it from pharmacy shelves.