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Commentary “Experts have long doubted the effectiveness of phenylephrine,” which is a common ingredient in DayQuil, NyQuil, Sudafed, Mucinex, and others. This was National Public Radio on Wednesday morning, Sept. 13. It reminds me of Orwell: Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. They are telling us this 16 years after the FDA forced the ingredient as the substitute for a product that actually works, which is pseudoephedrine. To get the product with pseudoephedrine requires that you ask for it. It is kept behind the counter. Then you have to use your drivers’ license and there are restrictions on...

Cooking chicken in NyQuil cold medicine doesn't sound very appetizing — and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants you to know that it's definitely not safe, either. The agency has issued a warning about videos that have surfaced on TikTok challenging people to cook chicken in NyQuil, which contains acetaminophen, dextromethorphan and doxylamine, or similar over-the-counter cough and cold medications, according to the FDA. "Boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways," the warning said. "Even if you don't eat the chicken, inhaling the medication's vapors while cooking could cause high...

It’s a recipe for disaster — and possibly the hospital. The US Food and Drug Administration is warning against a social media challenge which involves people coating their poultry in NyQuil.

A little nip of NyQuil has landed former Santa Clara County Judge William Danser back in the county lockup. Danser was ordered last summer to stay away from alcohol as one of the terms he agreed to in exchange for serving his 90-day sentence under house arrest instead of jail after being convicted of fixing traffic tickets for friends and pro athletes. But on March 4, Danser took over-the-counter cough remedy without notifying his probation officer, according to his attorney and the county Probation Department. NyQuil contains alcohol, traces of which showed up Tuesday in the latest test results of...