An FDA panel met and decided that the current data doesn’t support the recommendation of oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant. Now we wait for the FDA as a whole to take action. If they agree, ...

Comedian Nate Bargatze hosted "Saturday Night Live" last season, joking in his opening monologue about being "addicted to Afrin." "If you don’t know what it is, I would honestly tell you to not get ...

Decongestants can come in the form of tablets or nasal sprays, and are popular during cold and flu season. (Getty Images) Cold, COVID and flu season often means contending with a stuffy, blocked nose ...

Q. I just read your article about the ineffectiveness of phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant. There is an important distinction regarding phenylephrine products, though. Nasal sprays containing ...

TREE POLLEN. LOCAL LEVELS ARE VERY HIGH AND WILL STAY THAT WAY ALL WEEK. LET US STATE THE OBVIOUS, RIGHT? I’VE BEEN SNEEZING ALL DAY. SAME WITH ME. IT’S CREATING A BIG CHALLENGE FOR AN AWFUL LOT OF ...

Many of us take a deep breath after using a nasal spray. But that’s not the correct way, as much of the spray goes to the ...