FDA Finally Admits the Most Popular Oral Decongestant Doesn’t Work When pseudoephedrine was banned from off-the-shelf sale in 2006 (it’s still available “over the counter,” but kept behind the counter), Sudafed and other companies had to come up with a way to keep something available for easy purchase. That’s why Sudafed PE—an entirely different, and allegedly ineffective, product—is… Read more…

Popular OTC Decongestants Don’t Really Work, FDA Says Many products, including Sudafed PE, contain phenylephrine, which an FDA committee said is ineffective.

Throw Out These Illegally Produced Home Pregnancy Tests, FDA Says In the wake of a bust on an illegal medical lab in California involving a dozen government agencies, the Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use at-home pregnancy tests made by Universal Meditech, Inc. (UMI), which were distributed under multiple names and sold on multiple online platforms Read more…

FDA Approves First Pill for Postpartum Depression Because the pill works faster than other antidepressants and is taken for only two weeks, it may encourage more treatment of the debilitating condition.