A frequent Fox News commentator, Dr. Makary has a penchant for challenging the medical establishment, and stirred pandemic concerns with his views on Covid immunity and vaccine mandates. Source link
Is phenylephrine destined for the history books? On November 7, 2024, the FDA announced that it is proposing to remove oral phenylephrine as a drug that is permitted for use in over-the-counter (OTC) drug products. This is a good decision for consumers, because phenylephrine is ineffective as an ingredient, and should never have been authorized […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers on health, is taking aim at the agency’s oversight on many fronts. Source link
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Phenylephrine is both the most common decongestant on pharmacy shelves, and arguably the worst at its job. If you’ve ever bought something like Sudafed PE (instead of asking for the original formula Sudafed that they keep behind the counter), you know the stuff. Last year, […]
As hard as it is to believe, I’ve been writing about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for nearly two decades. It all began in 2005 when RFK Jr. first “outed” himself as an antivaxxer by writing a conspiracy-laden “exposé” of the CDC falsely claiming that it was covering up evidence that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal had […]