The agency now must decide whether products containing the ingredient, like some Sudafed and NyQuil products, should no longer be sold or perhaps give companies lead time to substitute other ingredients.

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Very interesting. I wonder what their metric was for determining it doesn’t work. Anecdotally, I use phenylephrine HCl alone and find it keeps me clear most of the time, but not always. I also have to be well hydrated or it actually makes me even more stuffed. Maybe the inconsistency is why they reached this verdict? Maybe I’ve just been experiencing a placebo effect?

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The metric was that it is no more effective than placebo. It is a very old drug and was grandfathered in from a time before modern standards.

The FDA was told this by researchers in 2007, but they wanted mOrE dAtA.

Edit to add: It does have more effectiveness when used nasally as opposed to orally.

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