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FDA panel says common over-the-counter decongestant doesn’t work
mountaineer:
On the rare occasions I've taken a decongestant, it seemed to work for me. :shrug:
Sighlass:
I like to keep a bottle for the good ole Winter colds... The benefits don't last long, but usually long enough to where I can get a hot shower or a steam wrap started. I really could benefit from one of those nasal scrapings surgeries, because I have a small passageway (probable too many pops in the nose as a kid in fights).
corbe:
Sure @Sighlass
Sighlass:
--- Quote from: corbe on September 12, 2023, 05:17:13 pm --- Sure @Sighlass
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Lol, does coke mess up one's sinuses? I live a very sheltered life, aside from a beer or two, and trying pot once in college. In a word, I'm pretty "boring", I guess. Hold it, I did smoke cigs for 20 years.
mountaineer:
--- Quote --- Sudafed, Benadryl and most decongestants don’t work: FDA advisory panel
By Marc Lallanilla
Published Sep. 12, 2023, 3:48 p.m. ET
NY Post
An advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration stated today that virtually all over-the-counter decongestants simply don’t work.
The FDA panel found that phenylephrine — the active ingredient in Sudafed, Benadryl, Robitussin, and other popular decongestants — is nearly useless at reducing nasal congestion.
The advisory panel’s ruling might soon lead to these oral products being pulled off store shelves nationwide. (Nasal sprays containing phenylephrine are unaffected by the ruling.)
“This drug and this oral dose should have been removed from the market a long time ago,” Jennifer Schwartzott, a patient advocate from New York, told NBC News. ...
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Well, that's a puzzler. Benedryl is diphenhydramine 25 mg. It's an antihistamine. Why are they calling it a phenylephine (PE)-based decongestant?
Oh, and phenylephine does work as a decongestant. Its effects are not just "placebo effect." Whenever Mr. M's mentally handicapped brother became congested, he would make annoying snorting sounds trying to clear his sinuses. Mr. M gave him a generic PE tablet, and it cleared him up fairly quickly. We then could take him to church without having him disrupt the service with his snorting. He certainly wasn't able to convince himself it worked - he didn't even know why he was getting that little red pill or what it was supposed to cure.
I guess I'm going to stock up on some PE and generic Benedryl before they unnecessarily ban them. *****rollingeyes*****
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