FDA Panel: Common Oral Cold Medicines Like Sudafed Don't Work, Face Potential Removal from Shelves
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FDA advisory panel found that oral phenylephrine, the main ingredient in many cold and allergy meds, is ineffective.
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The panel unanimously voted that oral phenylephrine products like Mucinex and Sudafed don't work against illnesses they are meant to treat.
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FDA could potentially start a process to remove these ineffective oral meds from store shelves, forcing changes.
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A University of Florida study prompted the panel's decision after finding oral phenylephrine didn't alleviate symptoms better than a placebo.
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The researchers petitioned the FDA to remove oral phenylephrine products based on evidence they don't work.