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CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

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CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

Public Health · 1 year ago

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CVS Health is pulling from its drugstore shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers.

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The ineffective ingredient is phenylephrine, which has taken over from pseudoephedrine for readily available decongestants.

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