An FDA panel met and decided that the current data doesn’t support the recommendation of oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant. Now we wait for the FDA as a whole to take action. If they ...

One of the most concerning side effects of overusing nasal sprays is a condition known as rebound congestion, or rhinitis medicamentosa (RM). This occurs when the nose becomes reliant on the spray to ...

She said taking decongestant nasal sprays and drops for too long "can make your stuffiness worse" and put you at risk of a condition called rhinitis medicamentosa, also known as "rebound congestion".

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"It's a really inefficient way to treat nasal congestion," Hatton said. Phenylephrine has been widely used since the mid-2000s as a replacement for pseudoephedrine, a more effective oral decongestant.

In addition, the findings do not apply to the nasal spray version of the drug, which the panel did deem to be effective. Phenylephrine first began to be sold in the UK in the 1970s.