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The move brings FDA one step closer to getting products containing oral phenylephrine pulled from stores. FDA officials said an agency review of the available data found…
While the FDA has issued a proposal, it has yet to issue a final order, which would determine the future availability of products containing oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant.
On Nov. 7, the Food and Drug administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine — a decongestant found in products by brands including Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Theraflu ...
In a preemptive move, CVS stopped selling products with phenylephrine last year after an FDA advisory committee declared that it was ineffective. Other major pharmacies, including Walgreens and ...
Phenylephrine, a popular ingredient in many over-the-counter allergy and cold medicines, is ineffective in tablet form, an independent advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration ...
Like many other over-the-counter ingredients, phenylephrine was essentially grandfathered into approval during a sweeping FDA review begun in 1972. It has been sold in various forms for more than ...
Do over-the-counter decongestants like Sudafed PE work? Doctors have said oral phenylephrine is ineffective to relieve nasal congestion. An FDA panel will reevaluate the evidence.
The FDA notes the proposed order is not based on safety concerns, and that the presence of oral phenylephrine in these medicines does not affect how other active ingredients treat symptoms.