STOCK UP NOW IF YOU USE THESE MEDS!
⚠️The FDA Are Having Some Very Interesting Medications Pulled From Store Shelves.
Doing It On September Of All Months Makes It Even More Interesting.
Meanwhile, The Same FDA Has Approved A Covid-19 Vaxx That Has …
STOCK UP NOW IF YOU USE THESE MEDS!
⚠️The FDA Are Having Some Very Interesting Medications Pulled From Store Shelves.
Doing It On September Of All Months Makes It Even More Interesting.
Meanwhile, The Same FDA Has Approved A Covid-19 Vaxx That Has Been Tested On 4 Rats. 4 Rats.
Forbes: Here’s Why Many Decongestants May Soon Disappear From Store Shelves:
Some of the most common cold medications like Benadryl, Mucinex and variations of Tylenol may soon be forced off shelves after a Food and Drug Administration panel found oral phenylephrine to be ineffective, potentially forcing drug companies to reformulate products and consumers to turn to nasal sprays to fight congestion.
Oral uses of phenylephrine, common in common cold medications including different versions of Benadryl, Mucinex and Tylenol and other liquid medications that promise to be decongestant, were declared ineffective by an FDA advisory panel Tuesday in a unanimous vote.
If the FDA follows the recommendation of the panel and removes oral phenylephrine from its approved list of over-the-counter ingredients, products containing it would no longer be able to be sold in the United States.
The FDA shared multiple studies that concluded oral phenylephrine was no more effective than a placebo, because the drug can’t reach the bloodstream in sufficient levels to provide relief, and questioned the consistency and integrity of older studies that supported its approval for over-the-counter use.
WHAT BRAND DECONGESTANTS ARE AFFECTED BY THE DECISION?
Some of the most common medications containing phenylephrine include Sudafed PE, DayQuil and NyQuil Severe Cold and Flu, Mucinex Cold and Flu, Tylenol Cold and Flu, Tylenol Sinus and Headache, Robitussin Cough and Allergy, Advil Cold and Flu and Benadryl Allergy Plus Congestion.
WHAT KIND OF DECONGESTANTS ACTUALLY WORK?
Nasal spray phenylephrine is still thought to be effective in relieving congestion.
CHIEF CRITICS
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association, which represents over-the-counter drug manufacturers, said removing oral phenylephrine products from store shelves would burden consumers. “The bottom line is that oral phenylephrine is safe and that it works,” said Marcia Howard, the group’s vice president of regulatory and science affairs, citing older research that indicates oral phenylephrine is effective. The association reportedly shared evidence that 1 in 2 U.S. households used oral decongestants over the past year and consumers prefer oral to nasal decongestants 3 to 1, and expressed concerns alternative medications would not be easily available.
Links: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/09/12/heres-why-many-decongestants-may-soon-disappear-from-store-shelves/?sh=3f807fb93f69
