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CVS pulling some cough and cold medications containing phenylephrine

Those drugs contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient.

Oct 20, 2023, 10:55 AM

Updated 428 days ago

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CVS is pulling some cough and cold medications from the shelves - in the wake of a Food and Drug Administration warning saying they simply aren't effective.
Those drugs contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient - and it's found in popular drugs like Benadryl, Advil and Tylenol - amongst others.
Nearly $2 billion worth of products containing that ingredient were sold in the United States just last year.