Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a pervasive health burden affecting over 400 million individuals globally, presenting with a wide ...

Here’s what experts say are effective alternatives to relieve nasal congestion. Pseudoephedrine, the decongestant found in Sudafed, is highly effective in helping people with stuffy noses breathe more ...

In 2006, the federal government mandated that cold medicines containing the effective decongestant pseudoephedrine could only be sold behind pharmacy counters, citing concerns that customers were ...

The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don’t actually work. An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Two decades ago, it became clear that Congress was intent on trying to curtail illicit methamphetamine production by restricting access to pseudoephedrine, a meth precursor that was also widely used ...

A panel of experts has concluded that a common ingredient in over-the-counter decongestants does not work. This could lead to the product being pulled from store shelves. And now some news for anyone ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The leaders of Indiana communities hit hard by methamphetamine are arguing for a state law requiring prescriptions to buy cold and allergy pills that contain the key meth ...

Phenylephrine, the key drug used in leading decongestant brands such as Sudafed, Allegra and Dayquil, is nothing more than a placebo when taken orally, according to the latest research from a Food and ...

Just before cold and flu season is set to kick off, the Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel last month reported that an oral decongestant Americans have relied on for nearly 20 years is no ...

Lucas Berenbrok is part owner of the consulting company, Embarx, LLC. Colleen Culley and Karen Steinmetz Pater do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...