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 agree, ...

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 ...

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Does a common ingredient used in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines actually work to get rid of nasal congestion? That’s the question the Food and Drug Administration will pose to a ...

Now that CVS has pulled Sudafed, Benadryl, Mucinex and other popular over-the-counter decongestants off the shelves, consumers are left wondering what options are still available. The CVS action comes ...

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 ...

The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is likely no better than a dummy pill, according to government experts who reviewed the latest research on ...

Maybe it’s Mucinex or Sudafed that always helps you get over the hump with a nasty cold, or maybe you’re more of a NyQuil person. Whichever cough and decongestant medicine you buy over-the-counter ...

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 ...

Here’s what the science says about what helps with a stuffy nose, what doesn’t and how else to breathe easier.