Joe VilasNov 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
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 9, 2024

She ate a #poppyseed #salad from #Costco just before #givingbirth. Then the #state took her #baby away.

#Hospitals use #drugtests that return #falsepositives from #poppyseed #bagels, #decongestants and #Zantac. Yet #newborns are being taken from parents based on the #results.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Healthcare #Pregnancy #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/09/09/drug-test-pregnancy-pennsylvania-california/75103949007/

She ate a poppy seed salad just before giving birth. Then they took her baby away.

Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels and Zantac. Yet newborns are taken from parents based on the results.

USA TODAY
Matt HodgkinsonJan 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
MATAK79Sep 16, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/09/14/fda-decongestant-move-shows-agency-does-more-harm-than-good/

Jesus the #nypost is such an angry #maga rag lol I just wanted clarification on the decongestant thing and they just rant about the FDA’s performance for years lol. They’re like your Ex wife when you were married, bringing up every mistake ever made in your life because you made one today. #decongestants #news

Thank the FDA as you cough and sniffle your way through the winter

Is the FDA pulling cold medicine off shelves? Likely soon, because it’s a bureaucratic nightmare that no longer has the public interest at heart.

New York Post
doctorambientSep 12, 2023

Well, it certainly never worked for me. Not even a little. So I'm not exactly surprised by this.

#decongestants #placebo #wellness #medicine #pharmaceuticals #pharma

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FDA says the decongestant in OTC Benadryl, Nyquil, Sudafed, and Mucinex don't actually work https://boingboing.net/2023/09/12/fda-says-the-decongestant-in-otc-benadryl-nyquil-sudafed-and-mucinex-dont-actually-work.html #boingboing #allergies #colds #drugs #medical #medicine #pharma #placebo

mastodon.cloud
LaffySep 12, 2023

⚠️ “#FDA advisory panel declared an ingredient in widely used oral #decongestants doesn’t work, setting the stage for dozens of products to be removed from U.S. store shelves. 

At issue is phenylephrine, an almost-century-old ingredient in versions of Benadryl, Mucinex, Tylenol and other over-the-counter pills, syrups and liquids to clear up congested noses.”
- The Wall Street Journal https://apple.news/A0v6rsr0eQSi20SYLIdoRIg

Decongestant in Cold Medicines Found Ineffective — The Wall Street Journal

FDA advisory panel’s declaration paves way for removal of dozens of medicines in the U.S.

AI6YR BenSep 11, 2023
"Oral formulations of phenylephrine, an ingredient in commonly used decongestants like Sudafed PE, don't work at standard or even higher doses, the FDA says" #phenylephrine #Coughmedicine #decongestants #medicine https://www.axios.com/2023/09/11/fda-common-cold-medication-sudafed-nyquil?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
FDA drills in on common cold medications

Long-running questions have swirled about the effectiveness of an ingredient in Sudafed PE and some versions of NyQuil.

Axios
SSFC KDT (MOVED)Apr 11, 2023

nobody:

me considering buying #decongestants:

I don't want to make #meth, I just want to breathe!

THE METH MAN DOESN'T MAKE YOU SIGN A BOOK!

#sudafed