WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators gave a warning to Procter & Gamble on Wednesday for adding vitamin C to its Vicks cold formulas, a combination not allowed by federal regulations. The Food and ...

Phenylephrine is a key ingredient found in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medications across the country, including Sudafed PE, Vicks Nyquil Sinex Nighttime Sinus Relief and Benadryl Allergy ...

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 ...

"We really should not have products on the market that are not effective," a panel committee member said of phenylephrine getty If you’ve found that lately you still feel stuffy after taking a ...

Just as cold and flu season arrives, the Food and Drug Administration has proposed pulling many decongestants from store shelves. The reason? An administration review found oral phenylephrine — a ...

Want to cook chicken in NyQuil? Overdose on antihistamines? Swallow laundry detergent pods? While most of us would recoil in horror from such dangerous suggestions, adolescents and young adults ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Procter & Gamble Co on Wednesday that its Vicks DayQuil and NyQuil products with vitamin C have false and misleading ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory group determined on Tuesday that phenylephrine, a fundamental component of many over-the-counter (OTC) cold and allergy drugs, is inefficient for treating ...

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