A Food and Drug Administration-assembled board of advisers has determined that the most popular decongestant ingredient on the market is not actually effective in treating nasal congestion. The group ...

Phenylephrine, the key drug used in leading decongestant brands such as Sudafed, Allegra and Dayquil, is nothing more than a placebo when taken orally, according to the latest research from a Food and ...

The popular decongestants Sudafed and DayQuil, among others, don’t actually work, according to advisers to the Food and Drug Administration. An advisory panel voted unanimously on Tuesday against the ...

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 ...

Just before cold and flu season is set to kick off, the Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel last month reported that an oral decongestant Americans have relied on for nearly 20 years is no ...

Those over-the-counter decongestants you probably have in your medicine cabinet aren't going to help your cold or allergies, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel ruled Tuesday. The panel ...

Oral decongestants like Sudafed PE and Dayquil are under scrutiny—and soon there might only be one such drug left available to consumers: pseudoephedrine. On September 12, a group of U.S. Food and ...

When you’re feeling awful because of a cold, you just want something to fix you—if not to cure you, at least to help you temporarily feel better. Unfortunately a lot of remedies are placebos, but some ...