Despite needing FDA clearance to be on the shelves of your local pharmacy, some popular medicines probably don't work.

That's where over-the-counter (OTC) cold medications like Dayquil, Mucinex, Sudafed, and more can come in super handy. But ...

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in New York dismissed key consumer claims in the multidistrict litigation against ...

Decongestants are relatively inexpensive and readily available. Still, they’re more difficult to obtain than over-the-counter antihistamines. Pseudoephedrine (e.g., Sudafed) is another class of ...

Instead, he directs them behind the counter for a more effective decongestant, pseudoephedrine, or to other medications if the source of congestion is allergies. Medications that contain ...

A BUNGED up nose is one of the many joys cold and flu season brings each year. Though having to dab at your streaming schnoz with tissues can be a real headache, most of us tend to assume that ...

Metoprolol can interact with several types of medications, including certain blood pressure drugs, monoamine oxidase ...

Last year, an FDA advisory committee determined that oral phenylephrine -- the only OTC decongestant, found in popular ...

If this likely outcome were to happen, the only OTC decongestant treatment available to buy at pharmacies without supervision from a pharmacist would be nasal sprays. Pseudoephedrine, the active ...

That's where over-the-counter (OTC) cold medications like Dayquil, Mucinex, Sudafed, and more can come in super handy. But doctors say certain OTC decongestants perform better than others for ...

Some types of over-the-counter decongestants, including the popular phenylephrine and pseudoephedrine have been linked to rare, specific birth defects of the digestive tract, ear and heart. "Major ...