Oral medicines containing phenylephrine are to be pulled from shelves in the US due to a lack of evidence of their effectiveness.
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If phenylephrine works no better than a placebo, then what else might help with colds and flu?
The US Food and Drug Administration has reported that the decongestant phenylephrine, taken in oral form, does not work.
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