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Antibiotics Probably Won't Ease Your Cough, Even If Infection is Bacterial: Study
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 – Doctors sometimes prescribe antibiotics to help treat a cough, but a new study shows the drugs won’t help reduce the severity or duration of coughing – even if a bacterial i...
Study Addresses Nasal Rinsing and Nonkeratitis Acanthamoeba Infection
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 – In a report published in the April issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the details of 10 cases of nonkeratitis Acanthamoeba infection are described from 1994 to 2022, all...
Validated COuGH RefleX Score Can Predict Likelihood of GERD
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 – The validated Cough, Overweight/Obesity, Globus, Hiatal Hernia, Regurgitation, and Male Sex (COuGH RefluX) score can predict the likelihood of proven gastroesophageal...
Phenylephrine Sales Sizeable and Steady Despite Efficacy Concerns
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – Despite concerns about clinical efficacy, phenylephrine was the most common oral decongestant sold in the United States from 2012 to 2021, according to a research letter...
Robitussin Honey Cough Syrup Recalled Due to Fungal Threat
THURSDAY, Jan . 25, 2024 – The maker of Robitussin has recalled eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max Nighttime Adult cough syrups. The products, which are made ...
CVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 – CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant does not work....
What Is Croup? Its Symptoms and Treatment
Croup can be a scary thing for new parents to watch their babies struggle with, so here is a primer on what it is and how to best treat it. Croup is a common respiratory illness, characterized by a...
Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – More people around the world are exposed to wildfire smoke that has the potential to harm human health, and their numbers are growing, new research finds. More than 2...
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 – When Canadian wildfire smoke shrouded the New York City skyline and spread to parts of New England this summer, millions of East Coast residents saw firsthand just how...
OTC Decongestant Phenyephrine, Is Useless
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – For decades, sick people have been taking essentially worthless over-the-counter cold remedies to clear their stuffy noses, a key advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug...
FDA Panel Says Common OTC Decongestant, Phenylephrine, Is Useless
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – For decades, sick people have been taking essentially worthless over-the-counter cold remedies to clear their stuffy noses, a key advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug...
City Living Means More Coughs, Colds for Kids
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 – Two new studies looked to explain an increased risk of respiratory infections like coughs and colds in babies and young children, finding city living to be among the...
Gefapixant Leads to Modest Improvements in Cough
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 – For adults with refractory or unexplained chronic cough, gefapixant leads to modest improvement in cough frequency, severity, and quality of life, according to a review...
Vernalis and Tris Pharma Receive FDA Approval for Tuzistra XR (codeine polistirex and chlorpheniramine polistirex)
May 1, 2015 – Vernalis plc and Tris Pharma Inc. today announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Tuzistra XR (codeine polistirex and...
FDA Approves Rezira (hydrocodone bitartrate and pseudoephedrine HCl) Oral Solution
MADISON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 13, 2011 - Cypress Pharmaceutical announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug application (NDA) for Rezira (hydrocodone...
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