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Catherine Collingwood Estes Nov 8, 2024

"Pharmacy professors point to new data showing #phenylephrine did no better than a placebo when swallowed." #FDA #OTC #drugs https://buff.ly/4fEfgNb

FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market

The FDA says oral phenylephrine, used in many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, "is not effective as a nasal decongestant."

smeg Nov 8, 2024

FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-cold-medicine-phenylephrine-ineffective/

#fda #cold #medicine #pharmacy #flu #decongestant #phenylephrine #otc #otcdrugs #otcmedicine #coldandflu #science

FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market

The FDA says oral phenylephrine, used in many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, "is not effective as a nasal decongestant."

Old and Tired Nov 8, 2024

This whole thing is bizarre. It was evident from the start (at least to me) that this new ingredient, phenylephrine, wasn't effective in pill form. That the FDA approved it was a joke and a disservice to people who need OTC medication for congestion.

It would be interesting to see if making allergy suffers lives more difficult had any meaningful effect on the production or usage of meth at all. #Pseudoephedrine #Phenylephrine #Allergies #FDA #HealthCare

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FDA Wants to Pull Ineffective Decongestant From Stores: It was added to cold and flu remedies in the 1990s when another ingredient went behind the counter over illicit meth lab concerns | The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/health/fda-decongestant-over-the-counter.html

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Nov 8, 2024

After decades, #FDA finally moves to pull ineffective #decongestant off shelves
Last year, FDA advisors unanimously voted that oral #phenylephrine is ineffective.
Specifically, FDA issued a proposed order to remove oral phenylephrine from the list of drugs that drugmakers can include in over-the-counter products—also known as the OTC monograph. Once removed, drug makers will no longer be able to include phenylephrine in products for the temporary relief nasal congestion.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/fda-proposes-ditching-common-decongestant-for-being-completely-useless/

After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves

Last year, FDA advisors unanimously voted that oral phenylephrine is ineffective.

Ars Technica

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Nov 8, 2024

#FDA Proposes Removing Ineffective Nasal #Decongestant From Stores
It was added to cold and flu remedies in 90s when another ingredient went behind counter over illicit meth lab concerns. Experts show #phenylephrine, an ingredient of products like Tylenol, Mucinex and Benadryl, did not work as a decongestant. FDA emphasized the ingredient was not considered unsafe. This is one step closer to getting products containing it pulled from store shelves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/health/fda-decongestant-over-the-counter.html
https://archive.ph/8nuG0

F.D.A. Wants to Pull Ineffective Decongestant From Stores

It was added to cold and flu remedies in the 1990s when another ingredient went behind the counter over illicit meth lab concerns.

The New York Times

Joe Vilas Nov 8, 2024

Sigh. Finally, but sigh. So are we going to get another useless drug as a replacement, or are they going to stick pseudoephedrine back directly on shelves for consumers, or what?
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/fda-proposes-ditching-common-decongestant-for-being-completely-useless/
#drugs #health #phenylephrine #decongestants #pseudoephedrine

After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves

Last year, FDA advisors unanimously voted that oral phenylephrine is ineffective.

Ars Technica

(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈Sep 17, 2024

Anyone who uses #Theraflu, save 50% and buy Amazon Basics! I cannot tell the difference in taste & it works just as well! #COVID #CovidIsNotOver

ALSO, Phenylephrine HCI is STILL in this product! It does NOTHING when taken orally - by conclusion of an FDA committee!

"the current scientific data do not support that the recommended dosage of orally administered #phenylephrine is effective as a nasal decongestant."

Take another decongestant along with the #Theraflu!

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-clarifies-results-recent-advisory-committee-meeting-oral-phenylephrine

FDA clarifies results of recent AC meeting on oral phenylephrine

FDA held a Non-prescription Drug Advisory Committee meeting Sept. 11-12, 2023

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Matt Hodgkinson Jan 17, 2024

It took five decades from the 1970s for the FDA to finally admit last year that oral phenylephrine, used as a decongestant in Sudafed and Lemsip, doesn't actually do anything.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-two-pharmacists-figured-out-that-decongestants-dont-work/

#ColdAndFlu #Phenylephrine #FDA #Decongestants #Lemsip #Sudafed #ClinicalPharmacology

How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don’t Work

A loophole in FDA processes means older drugs such as those in oral decongestants weren’t properly tested. Here’s how we learned the most popular one doesn’t work

Scientific American

enmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Nov 4, 2023

US pharmacies are taking Big Pharma's phenylephrine based cold meds off the shelves after it has been conclusively shown they are no more effective than a placebo.

Meanwhile they continue to stock homeopathic cold remedies even though they are literally placebos. Do they think homeopathy users are just too gullible to sue them for misrepresenting water as medicine?

For something that works go behind the counter for pseudoephedrine.

https://youtu.be/Cg2yjLhEUcU?si=YfgP_OI-Fhx61Ki0

#woo #homeopathy #phenylephrine