Antihistamines, which you might think would be a good choice for nasal symptoms, can unfortunately affect the bladder.

AS COLD and flu season hits, a GP has issued a warning over a common remedy that could cause symptoms to “come back with a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in many popular ...

Common decongestants may soon be pulled from shelves. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday its proposal ...

QUESTION: Years ago, I got hooked on Afrin and couldn’t sleep at night without it because of the congestion. I was finally ...

Nasacort 24HR Allergy Nasal Spray ... ingredient in the spray is cromolyn sodium in a dosage of 5.2 milligrams. Trenkle recommends this spray for anyone who wants a non-decongestant option for ...

Another nasal spray, oxymetazoline, is helpful, but should not be used more than twice in a 24 hour period, and also cannot be used for more than 3 days. Another formerly common decongestant ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: Years ago, I got hooked on Afrin and couldn’t sleep ... smart approach to overcoming decongestant dependence. Using a nose spray like this for more than a few days ...

I weight 185 pounds, exercise regularly, and am in overall very good health. I take 5 mg of Crestor and a multivitamin daily. I recently took a generic 12-hour, maximum-strength nasal decongestant to ...

In April, she’d begun to use a topical nasal-spray decongestant. The over-the-counter (OTC) drug worked like a charm. By summer, she was still using the spray daily. Yet it was helping for ...

Nasal sprays, especially decongestant nasal sprays (DNSs), offer ... Ingredients like Phenylephrine, Xylometazoline, and Oxymetazoline are common in these sprays, providing almost immediate ...

The FDA's statement simply reaffirmed what our clients had been saying all along: the FDA had not changed its longstanding position that phenylephrine is an effective nasal decongestant ...