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FDA announces common over-the-counter cough and cold medicine doesn’t work
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday its intention to remove oral phenylephrine, a common ingredient in ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati12h
FDA considers removing ineffective cold medicine ingredient
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering removing oral phenylephrine ... "This was an alternative decongestant that especially became popular when pseudoephedrine was ...
About 100 decongestant lawsuits claiming bogus ingredient tossed
A New York federal judge on Tuesday dismissed about 100 lawsuits that claimed Procter & Gamble , Haleon and other companies ...
The Healthy on MSN16h
Multiple Over-the-Counter Decongestants May Be Pulled from the Market, Warns the FDA
For those sniffling, sneezing, stuffy head symptoms lurking right around the corner, see whether your preferred medicine will ...
Researchers Give Animal Cells the Ability to Photosynthesize for the First Time
A Japanese team has developed a technique to insert chloroplasts isolated from algae into animal cells, a feat that could ...
These Cold & Flu Medicines Contain an Ingredient the FDA Plans to Ban
The FDA proposed a ban on phenylephrine, a common decongestant found in cold and cough medications. Here’s why and a list of ...
Managed Healthcare Executive2d
AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo Submit New BLA for Datopotamab in Lung Cancer
After feedback from the FDA, the companies have voluntarily withdrawn the previous biologics licensing application for ...
Does Phenylephrine Work? Effective Alternatives as FDA Moves to Ban Ingredient in OTC Decongestants
Common decongestants may soon be pulled from shelves. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday its proposal ...
FDA seeks to remove ingredient from cold medicines after data shows it does not work
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking the first step to remove an ingredient in non-prescription cold medicines ...
WGN Radio2d
How many hours of sleep should we be getting?
Dr. Jeff Bohmer, Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, joins Bob ...
Earth Times2d
The Uncertain Future of Cold and Flu Remedies in the US
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently ruled that the main decongestant ingredient in popular cold and flu medicines, phenylephrine, is not an effective nasal decongestant. Phenylephrine ...