The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine - a common ingredient in many popular over-the-counter decongestants - from the market, citing evidence that it doesn't work.
ByThe FDA is moving to remove Phenylephrine, a popular nasal decongestant, from shelves. It's in some cold medicine s like Sudafed , Mucinex and DayQuil.The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine - a common ingredient in many popular over-the-counter decongestants - from the market, citing evidence that it doesn't work.
In a preemptive move, CVS stopped selling products with phenylephrine last year after an FDA advisory committee declared that it was ineffective. Other major pharmacies, including Walgreens and Rite Aid, still stock products containing the drug for now. The safety of phenylephrine isn't a concern, but its effectiveness has been debated for years. In 2007, an FDA advisory panel that reviewed available studies deemed that phenylephrine "may be effective" as a decongestant, although it recommended further research.
Phenylephrine is also used in nasal sprays for congestion relief, but Michele noted that the FDA's proposal targets only oral forms of the drug.
Medicines With Phenylephrine Products Containing Phenylephrine Sudafed Nasal Phenylephrine Phenylephrine Decongestant Cold Medicine Mucinex Dayquil 15527049
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