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“We are removing certain oral cough and cold products that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient from CVS Pharmacy stores. Other oral cough and cold products will continue to be offered to meet consumer needs,” the statement reads.

CVS is pulling some common cold medicines from its shelves in the wake of a recent finding that an active ingredient in them is not effective.

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CVS Health is pulling from its shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers. The drug store chain said it will remove a small number of oral decongestants that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient. CVS also said it will still sell “many other oral cough and cold products to meet consumer needs.”

An FDA advisory committee declared that an active ingredient called phenylephrine is ineffective in pill form in September 2023.

An FDA panel says some medications with phenylephrine don’t work. Allegra, Benadryl, Dayquil, Mucinex, Sudafed, Tylenol and Vicks products contain the ingredient.

Found to be ineffective by the FDA, drugs with phenylephrine as the only active ingredient will no longer be sold at CVS.

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The move comes after a panel of advisers to U.S. health regulators raised doubts over the efficacy of the ingredient. Last month, the panel refused to back the effectiveness of oral over-the-counter (OTC) medicines made with phenylephrine, adding that no more trials were required to prove otherwise. Phenylephrine was substituted for pseudoephedrine in many non-prescription cold and allergy medicines after the latter was restricted amid reports of abuse.