Decongestant nasal sprays can save you from a restless night when a cold clogs up your nose, but pharmacists warn this aid can be a slippery slope. The leaflet that comes with it will – if you read it ...

(The Hill) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing the removal from the market of a common ingredient found in most oral over-the-counter cold medicines because it doesn’t work. The move ...

A decongestant is a medication that helps ease nasal congestion, which happens when something irritates the lining of your nose. This can result from a cold, the flu, or allergies, for example. A ...

With cold and flu season in full swing, odds are you'll find yourself reaching for a medicine to relieve a stuffy nose. But what actually works? Last fall, a Food and Drug Administration advisory ...

Discover the best OTC sinus meds recommended by doctors to relieve congestion, pressure, and pain, so you can finally breathe ...

It’s easy to understand how a medicine like phenylephrine got onto pharmacy shelves in the first place. The common decongestant, used most often as an ingredient in multidrug cold medications like ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has sent out a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine which is commonly used in cold and cough syrups. REUTERS The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to ...

Does a common ingredient used in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines actually work to get rid of nasal congestion? That’s the question the Food and Drug Administration will pose to a ...

When pseudoephedrine moved "behind-the-counter" nearly 20 years ago, it left oral phenylephrine (with brands including Sudafed PE and Suphedrine PE) as the only nasal decongestant available without ...

Histamine is a chemical your immune system makes. It does a few things, such as regulating your sleep cycle. But it also helps send signals between cells, which is part of why you have allergy ...

In a long-sought move, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of abandoning oral doses of a common over-the-counter decongestant that the agency concluded last year ...