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A Decongestant in Cold Medicines Doesn’t Work at All, an F.D.A. Panel Says. The panel’s vote tees up a likely decision by the agency on whether to essentially ban the ingredient, phenylephrine. (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by btaf45@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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The agency now must decide whether products containing the ingredient, like some Sudafed and NyQuil products, should no longer be sold or perhaps give companies lead time to substitute other ingredients.

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does anyone know if phenylephrine is otherwise harmless? If it's essentially harmless, and assuming all these various products have other ingredients that remain effective, then it seems to me that the easiest thing for the companies to do is to move phenylephrine from the "active ingredients" section to the "inactive ingredients" section.

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just put pseudoephedrine back over the counter again. Christ.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But someone might make a tiny amount of meth. Therefore everyone must suffer.

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

therefore everyone must suffer

You do realize you can walk right up to that counter, point to the good stuff, and they'll just give it to you right?

They didn't just put it behind the counter to be pretty back there.