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FDA rules TODAY that ingredient in Benadryl and Sudafed from pharmacy shelves don't work
Daily Mail ^ | September 12, 2023 | Cassidy Morrison

Posted on 09/12/2023 10:15:56 AM PDT by Dahoser

A Food and Drug Administration panel today unanimously ruled that a medicine used by millions for a stuffy nose does not work.

Phenylephrine is the most common active compound in over-the-counter drugs like Benadryl Allergy Plus Congestion, Sudafed PE, and Tylenol Cold and Flu Severe Day & Night.

But an FDA panel said after a two-day review that the oral decongestant ‘is not effective’ at standard or even high doses.

Their ruling is not binding but it strongly suggests that the agency could soon heed their advice and pull its approval, which would force companies to pull or reformulate their products.

The ingredient is protected under the FDA’s Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective (GRASE) designation, but a reversal of its approval could mean manufacturers including Bayer and Johnson and Johnson might need to reformulate.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benadryl; bigpharma; cronycapitalism; fda; phenylephrine; sudafed; tylenol
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To: BobinIL
You can't, They already track how much you buy to make sure you’re not making Meth

You can stock up on whatever you are using now that works for you before they reformulate it to uselessness.

61 posted on 09/12/2023 11:11:04 AM PDT by null and void (I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
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To: pepsi_junkie

That’s because of the antihistamine ingredient, not the decongestant.


62 posted on 09/12/2023 11:11:37 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: BobinIL

No, this article is about the unrestricted Sudo replacement, which does not work. That is OTC and uncontrolled.


63 posted on 09/12/2023 11:13:19 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: Dahoser

Benadryl works great. I’ve used it for years to dry up a runny nose.


64 posted on 09/12/2023 11:13:26 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: NorthMountain

Yep. Real Sudo is a miracle drug.


65 posted on 09/12/2023 11:14:12 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: Dahoser

Same ones still pushing the kill shot.


66 posted on 09/12/2023 11:15:00 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: frank ballenger

This information has been known for years.

Finally after consumers have wasted millions or billions of dollars and suffered needless discomfort and harm, the FDA take official notice.

Pharm family member always recommend asking for the pseudoephedrine based drugs that are kept behind the counter.


67 posted on 09/12/2023 11:15:42 AM PDT by 13foxtrot
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To: Dahoser

Sudafed used to work but it is not the same stuff it was before they put it behind the counter and required ID. Now it qualifies as an expensive placebo.


68 posted on 09/12/2023 11:17:00 AM PDT by arthurus (!i covfefe )
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Public enemy #1


69 posted on 09/12/2023 11:17:21 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: null and void
No, you can't, because real Sudo is limited to so many purchases per month.

The drug they're talking about removing isn't Sudo, it's a worthless placebo. The FDA is actually right, for once, but people have been trying to tell them for 20 years that the replacement used for real Sudo is crap.

They're actually right for a change.

70 posted on 09/12/2023 11:17:31 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: EBH

Yup, stock up while we can.


71 posted on 09/12/2023 11:19:28 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: FredZarguna

Then I suggest you don’t stock up.


72 posted on 09/12/2023 11:24:17 AM PDT by null and void (I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
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To: Dahoser

Doesn’t work? How do they know that? The user makes that call.


73 posted on 09/12/2023 11:25:00 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Dahoser

bkmk


74 posted on 09/12/2023 11:25:42 AM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: null and void

Lol…stocked up, long ago.

These tools always let on what they’re sick plans are.


75 posted on 09/12/2023 11:26:01 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: FredZarguna

Ah, okay. But if the product is pulled, it’s pulled.


76 posted on 09/12/2023 11:30:58 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: null and void
Oral pseudoephedrine is a very effective nasal decongestant. Oral diphenhydramine (Benedryl) is an effective antihistamine. Topically applied phenylephrine (nasal spray) is an effective nasal decongestant. I suspect it is less or ineffective taken orally.

There was a time-release pseudoephedrine with 120 mg per tablet. It nicely shutdown my chronic nasal drainage. I was pleased with that, but failed to notice that I was putting in 21 hour days with ease. The cheap source of that time-release version went away. It was too expensive to purchase the smaller packages. I found out the hard way that stopping it cold turkey wasn't pleasant. It took 3 months to get the brick off my head while gagging on the nasal drainage that returned. I only take pseudoephedrine when necessary now. Very rarely.

77 posted on 09/12/2023 11:45:01 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Dahoser

The FDA should be outsourced to Consumer Reports.

I want the label to be accurate, but it is no business of anyone but myself what I put in my body.


78 posted on 09/12/2023 11:49:05 AM PDT by Republican in occupied CA (We had enough government in 1789)
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To: EBH
Here is a list of OTC medications that contain the drug:

https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a606008.html

It is the DM/cold/flu versions of the medications that include it, not the plain drug.

79 posted on 09/12/2023 11:50:06 AM PDT by Abby4116
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To: EBH

Exactly.


80 posted on 09/12/2023 11:54:43 AM PDT by dragonblustar (You best start believing in Bible prophecies, you’re in one.)
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