Some over-the-counter medications can be used to treat symptoms of the common cold. But not all of them are effective.

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed ending the use of oral phenylephrine, a common ingredient found in many cold and allergy medicines.

In winter, it can be more common to suffer with a blocked nose, sore throat and chesty cough. This can see many on the hunt ...

Do not give phenylephrine products that are made for adults to children.” Is phenylephrine the same as Sudafed? Here’s a list ...

Many consumers are finding it harder and harder to find the cough and cold medicines they’ve been buying for years. Some ...

Found in almost every single over-the-counter cold, sinus and allergy medication, oral phenylephrine, is pretty close to being banned by the FDA here in America. The head cheese in charge of all ...

Sudafed, Mucinex, Benadryl, Advil, Tylenol, Vicks, and Dimetapp. These popular brand names appear on oral decongestants that ...

Many popular over-the-counter cold and flu remedies risk being pulled from shelves in the US after its drug regulator ruled a key ingredient to be ineffective. On Thursday, the Food and Drug ...

The ingredient is in some of the best-selling remedies such as Sudafed, Benadryl, Lemsip and Beechams. Hisham Al-Obaidi, a pharmacy lecturer at the University of Reading and an ambulance service ...

Phenylephrine, found in products like Sudafed PE, Vicks DayQuil and Mucinex Sinus-Max, has been widely used as a nasal decongestant for decades. The FDA's proposal isn't an immediate order ...