Two decades ago, it became clear that Congress was intent on trying to curtail illicit methamphetamine production by restricting access to pseudoephedrine, a meth precursor that was also widely used ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Phenylephrine is both the most common decongestant on pharmacy shelves, and arguably the worst at its job. If you've ever bought something like ...

Franklin County detective Jason Grellner waits to testify during Missouri House Public Safety Committee hearing on a law requiring a prescription to purchase cold and allergy medications containing ...

Explainer - Flu season is in full swing and many have been hit with head-colds and sore throats already. As we approach winter and peak sickness season, Kiwis will be flocking to pharmacies for ...

Medically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmD Key Takeaways Pseudoephedrine is more effective for nasal congestion than phenylephrine. Oral phenylephrine does not effectively treat ...

The state’s drug czar says it looks like a new system to track a key ingredient used to make methamphetamine is ready to meet the September 1st deadline for statewide use. Gary Kendall, the director ...

Pharmacists feared a backlash from customers when the state enacted tighter regulations on pseudoephedrine five years ago, but the complaints never came. "There was no outcry," said Arkansas Board of ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Smurfing to get meth is a system that relies on dozens of people – sometimes unsuspecting and innocent – to help a cook get ingredients for another batch of meth. WIS went ...

In 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law a ban on the over-the-counter sale of Sudafed and other medications that contain the decongestant pseudoephedrine. The law was designed to make it ...

The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don’t actually work. An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Wednesday, Oklahoma ventured into ground breaking territory. Oklahoma is the first state in the country to put a limit on what used to be over-the-counter sales of pseudoephedrine cold tablets.

With cold and flu season in full swing, odds are you'll find yourself reaching for a medicine to relieve a stuffy nose. But what actually works? Last fall, a Food and Drug Administration advisory ...