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The Two Scientists Taking Down Cold Medicines That Don't Work
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:17:02
Publish Date: 2023-11-01 20:08:00
Description:

Randy Hatton and Leslie Hendeles spent nearly two decades trying to convince the Food and Drug Administration that phenylephrine, a drug commonly used in cold medicines, was ineffective. In September, an advisory panel finally agreed. Now, some of the medicines are being pulled from store shelves.

Further Reading:

- If Some Cold Medicines Don’t Work, What Should You Take for a Stuffy Nose? 

- CVS Pulls Certain Cold Medicines From Shelves and Will Stop Selling Them 

- These Are the Two Scientists Taking Down Cold Medicines That Don’t Work 



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