An FDA committee has ruled that a key ingredient in popular meds like Dayquil and Sudafed PE doesn’t work. But an alternative ...

The agency now must decide whether products containing the ingredient, like some Sudafed and NyQuil products, should no ...

Phenylephrine is ineffective, an FDA panel says. Here's what to know about substitutes and the power of the placebo effect ...

But new studies of the product have found that while phenylephrine can be effective when applied in nasal spray form, if ...

If the agency decides to ban the ingredient, it could mean products for both kids and adults will be pulled from shelves.

At issue is phenylephrine, an almost-century-old ingredient in versions of Benadryl, Mucinex, Tylenol and other ...

Cold season just got trickier. On Tuesday, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously said that a ...

A common cold medication is not an effective decongestant, according to an FDA advisory panel. We talked to experts about ...

“The switch from pseudoephedrine to phenylephrine was a big mistake,” says Ronald Eccles, who ran the Common Cold Unit at ...

If the FDA adopts the panel’s recommendations, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer and other drugmakers may have to pull oral ...

The primary ingredient in many cold and allergy medications has proven to be ineffective. Here are the U.S. Food and Drug ...