WASHINGTON (AP) — Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines ...

As frustrating as colds and allergies may be to those who suffer from them, even more sobering is the notion that popular remedies we think are treating them may be ineffective at relieving our stuffy ...

The Food and Drug Administration plans to ask a panel of its outside advisers to reconsider whether the most common decongestant ingredient available over the counter, phenylephrine, is effective.

Florida, Miami Beach, Walgreens pharmacy, Over the counter Allergy relief medication. (Photo by: Jeff Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Florida, Miami Beach, ...

Does a common ingredient used in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines actually work to get rid of nasal congestion? Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

WASHINGTON -- The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine - a common ingredient in many popular over-the-counter decongestants - from the market, citing ...

Pseudoephedrine is more effective for nasal congestion than phenylephrine. Oral phenylephrine does not effectively treat congestion. Pseudoephedrine products have purchase restrictions and require a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What's happening with phenylephrine? (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) With cold and flu season about to kick ...

FILE - Sudafed and other common nasal decongestants containing pseudoephedrine are on display behind the counter at Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla., Jan. 11, 2005. The leading decongestant ...

In 2005 federal law compelled retailers nationwide to move pseudoephedrine, sold as Sudafed, from over the counter (OTC) to behind it to combat its use in making illicit methamphetamine. This switch ...