(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in many ...

More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, ...

In a long-sought move, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of abandoning oral doses of a ...

A number of common over-the-counter nasal decongestants have relied on phenylephrine alone or in combination with other ...

Despite needing FDA clearance to be on the shelves of your local pharmacy, some popular medicines probably don't work.

The FDA announced on Thursday a proposed order to remove oral phenylephrine as an active ingredient in over-the-counter (OTC) ...

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in New York dismissed key consumer claims in the multidistrict litigation against ...

A lot of common OTC drugs have multi-symptom formulas, which Kann said can lead to taking unnecessary medicine with ...

Does phenylephrine work? Doctors explain how to choose between cold medicines like Dayquil and Sudafed PE for congestion, ...

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