FDA Proposes Ending Use of Oral Phenylephrine as OTC Nasal Decongestant

Re:FDA Proposes Ending Use of Oral Phenylephrine as OTC Nasa... by SoftTalker on Friday November 08, 2024 @12:50PM (#42088838)

I stopped taking pretty much any OTC meds about 10 years ago. My sinuses seem much healthier. I hardly ever get congestion or runny nose anymore. Not sure there's a correlation here but for me, they don't seem to have any benefit.

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Re:FDA Proposes Ending Use of Oral Phenylephrine as OTC Nasa... by bombcar on Friday November 08, 2024 @01:37PM (#42089309)

In general, things like medicine/drugs (even caffeine!) should be used as sparingly as possible, so they're maximally powerful when you do need them.

If you pop OTC meds at the first sign of anything, your body gets used to it and it becomes a baseline; whereas before it would blow all the symptoms away, now you need it just not to get significantly worse.

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Re:FDA Proposes Ending Use of Oral Phenylephrine as OTC Nasa... by marcosdumay on Friday November 08, 2024 @02:39PM (#42089836)

> your body gets used to it and it becomes a baseline

That doesn't happen for every drug. But side-effects still exist for them all, so yeah, there are several reasons to limit how much you use them.

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