WASHINGTON -- 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 ...

The active ingredient in decongestants doesn't work in oral form, an FDA panel said. Phenylephrine was approved for OTC use in 2007, but the data was inconclusive, an FDA briefing said. Phenylephrine ...

FILE - Sudafed and other common nasal decongestants containing pseudoephedrine are on display behind the counter at Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla., Jan. 11, 2005. The leading decongestant ...

WASHINGTON — Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An FDA panel met and decided that the current data doesn’t support the recommendation of oral phenylephrine as a nasal ...

Phenylephrine is included in many cold and flu products, but a scientific panel last year found that it doesn't really do its job at "unstuffing" when taken by mouth. Jessica was a writer on the ...