Pseudoephedrine and phenylephrine are both nasal decongestants but can have different side effects. You can only purchase pseudoephedrine from pharmacy staff and have to show your ID. You may know ...

Pharmacies could pull common over-the-counter cold medications, including Dayquil, Sudafed and Theraflu, from store shelves after Food and Drug Administration experts determined one of the drugs' main ...

Here’s what the science says about what helps with a stuffy nose, what doesn’t and how else to breathe easier.

Next time you wake up with a stuffy nose and you head to the drugstore for an over-the-counter cold medication, you may want ...

With cold and flu season about to kick into high gear, it’s time to restock our medicine cabinets. But you may want to reconsider buying one longtime favorite, which is still available at some stores.

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 ...

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 ...

When you’re stuffed up and struggling to breathe normally, it can feel like you’ll never feel better. That's where over-the-counter (OTC) cold medications like Dayquil, Mucinex, Sudafed, and more can ...

A Food and Drug Administration-assembled board of advisers has determined that the most popular decongestant ingredient on the market is not actually effective in treating nasal congestion. The group ...