Its crazy that phenylephrine oral formulations stayed on the market for so long despite literally doing nothing. That's not an exaggeration, it gets broken down in the digestive system. None of it makes it to your blood stream. At all. Even at 4x times the normal max dose. Drug companies have known this for 30 years.
Actual, real, pseudoephedrine works great as a decongestant and they replaced it with a placebo because of fears of meth. But meth is cheap AF. Nobody needs to make it themselves!
I've been screaming it from the rooftops forever. So glad it's finally off the market!
@ExecutiveFunction404 its still on the market. Because it does nothing the FDA can't just force a recall.
@ExecutiveFunction404 the FDA advisory committee unanimously declared it ineffective but there isn't a clear timeline in place for phasing it out. Some stores are moving to do this on their own b/c America handles regulation a** backwards.