Study Stirs Doubts On Phenylephrine, Questions On Monograph Process
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Researchers say “an optimal dose of PE that is safe and produces clinically significant decongestion is still unknown,” and advocates for removing phenylephrine from the OTC monograph say their study is the proof FDA requested.
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