CVS to Pull Cold Medication After FDA Scientists Say They Don’t Work

CVS to Pull Cold Medication After FDA Scientists Say They Don't Work

The era of over-the-counter cold medications is coming to an end. Major retail chain CVS announced this month that it would remove certain cold and cough products containing oral phenylephrine from its shelves. The Food and Drug Administration may soon push for the ingredient to be removed en masse from these over-the-counter products, following a …

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CVS to Remove Some Cold Medicines Containing Decongestant Phenylephrine From Store Shelves

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CVS is voluntarily removing some of the most common cough and cold medications from its store shelves and will no longer sell them, a company spokesperson told CNBC Thursday. The company’s decision comes a month after a panel of FDA advisers unanimously determined that the main ingredient used in many over-the-counter cold and allergy medications …

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Most Common Cold Medications Don’t Work

Most Common Cold Medications Don't Work

Australia, Victoria Melbourne Central Business District CBD Flinders Street pharmacy pharmacy sale … [+] shelves royal jelly Bioglan olive leaf EaseaCold cold flu medicine. (Photo by: Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images We still don’t have a cure for the common cold. However, at your local pharmacy, you …

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