Here's what you need to know to choose cold medicines that work. Here's why CVS pulled some cold medications off its shelves In mid-September, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced some ...
Only CVS is removing cold medications that contain phenylephrine as the sole active ingredient. One example is one version of Sudafed, called Sudafed PE. Many cold medications are combination ...
They concluded that medications with the ingredient work no better than placebo pills in patients with cold and allergy congestion ... pharmacies aren't waiting. CVS stopped selling products ...
It's doing no good. … It's really a completely pointless drug that's mixed in with a bunch of other medications." READ MORE: CVS pulls popular cold medicines from store shelves The FDA said the ...
There are plenty of cold and flu medications on the market ... committee determined that phenylephrine was ineffective. CVS announced afterward that it would no longer stock products that ...
But before you reach for your go-to flu or cold medicine, you may need to consider ... and most store-brands, like CVS and Walgreens also include the ineffective ingredient.
They concluded that medications with the ingredient work no better than placebo pills in patients with cold and allergy congestion ... aren’t waiting. CVS stopped selling products with ...
FILE - A bottle of Vicks DayQuill cold and flu medicine containing phenylephrine is displayed for sale in a CVS Pharmacy store in Hawthorne, California on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T.