The major drugstore chain will stop selling some decongestants that contain phenylephrine, which is thought to be ineffective.
The era of a common over-the-counter cold medicine is coming to an end. Major retail chain CVS said this month that it will be pulling some cold and cough products made with oral phenylephrine from its shelves. The Food and Drug Administration may soon push for the ingredient to be removed en masse from these OTC products, following a recent unanimous endorsement of its ineffectiveness by outside experts.
The FDA isn’t obligated to follow the lead of its advisory committees, but it rarely disagrees with their recommendations. And it appears that CVS has seen the writing on the wall. On Friday, the Associated Press reported that the company will remove some number of oral decongestants that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient. CVS hasn’t clarified exactly which products will be taken down, though it appears to be a small selection.
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