{"id":2030013,"date":"2023-09-12T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sudafed-and-dayquil-among-decongestants-that-dont-actually-work-according-to-fda-advisers\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T22:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:45:22","slug":"sudafed-and-dayquil-among-decongestants-that-dont-actually-work-according-to-fda-advisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sudafed-and-dayquil-among-decongestants-that-dont-actually-work-according-to-fda-advisers\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA advisers say Sudafed and DayQuil are ineffective decongestants."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsudafed-and-dayquil-among-decongestants-that-dont-actually-work-according-to-fda-advisers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2030013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Truth About Popular Decongestants: Do They \u200dReally \u200cWork?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to debunk \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fb-board-to-open-public-comments-on-ban-of-president-trump\/\" title=\"FB board to open public comments on ban of President Trump\">common misconception<\/a>. You may have relied\u200c on \u2064decongestants like Sudafed and DayQuil to\u2063 relieve \u200dyour\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-ear-condition-warns-of-coronary-disease-press-this-spot-on-the-ears\/\" title=\"This Ear Condition Warns of Coronary Disease\u2014Press This Spot on the Ears\">stuffy nose<\/a>, but according to advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), these popular remedies may not be as effective as you think.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sudafed-and-dayquil-among-decongestants-that-dont-actually-work-according-to-fda-advisers\/\" title=\"FDA advisers say Sudafed and DayQuil are ineffective decongestants.\">advisory panel recently voted unanimously<\/a> against the effectiveness of phenylephrine, the key ingredient in\u200c these over-the-counter decongestants. Since 2006, phenylephrine \u2063has been the go-to ingredient after \u200cpseudoephedrine was moved behind the counter due to its potential for misuse in \u2062the production of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<h3>Questioning the \u2063Effectiveness<\/h3>\n<p>Dr.\u200c Mark Dykewicz, an allergy specialist at the Saint Louis University\u2064 School of Medicine, expressed\u2064 his doubts about phenylephrine&#8217;s\u200c efficacy.\u200c &#8220;Modern studies, when well conducted, are not showing any\u200b improvement in\u200c congestion\u2064 with phenylephrine,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>These concerns were further fueled\u2063 by University of\u2062 Florida researchers who petitioned the\u200d FDA to remove most products containing phenylephrine. Their studies \u200dfailed\u200d to demonstrate its effectiveness,\u200c prompting\u2062 them to challenge the drug once again after an\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-lose-again-on-pushing-for-millions-of-illegal-immigrants-to-apply-for-legal-residency\/\" title=\"Democrats Lose Again On Pushing For Millions Of Illegal Immigrants To Apply For Legal Residency\">initial attempt<\/a> \u200bin 2007.<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Removal from Shelves<\/h3>\n<p>If the FDA\u200c follows the panel&#8217;s recommendation, \u2062major\u200c drugmakers\u2064 like Johnson &#038; Johnson and\u200b Bayer will be required to remove\u2064 all products containing phenylephrine from store shelves. This decision could \u2064have a significant impact on the availability of these popular decongestants.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u200b worth noting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-cia-pick-was-president-of-think-tank-that-took-millions-from-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities-report\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s CIA Pick Was President Of Think Tank That Took Millions From Chinese Communist Party-Tied Entities: Report\">advisory group<\/a> also ruled out conducting \u2064tests with higher doses of phenylephrine due\u2064 to\u200b potential\u200b safety concerns. Dr. \u2062Paul \u2063Pisaric of\u2064 Archwell Health in Oklahoma emphasized the importance of this \u2063issue, stating, &#8220;I think \u2063there&#8217;s a \u200csafety issue there. I think this is a done deal as far as\u2064 I&#8217;m concerned. It doesn&#8217;t \u200dwork.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, the \u200cnext time you reach for a\u2063 decongestant, it might\u200c be worth considering alternative options. The effectiveness of these popular\u2064 remedies is now being called \u2063into \u2062question,\u200c and it&#8217;s essential to stay informed about the \u200clatest developments in the world of \u2063medicine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> for more from\u2064 The Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FDA approved its use as a replacement for pseudoephedrine. However, recent studies suggest that phenylephrine is ineffective in relieving nasal congestion. The advisory panel&#8217;s unanimous vote raises concerns about the efficacy of popular decongestants like Sudafed and DayQuil, casting doubt on their ability to provide relief to consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2030014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}