He pointed out: "Cough syrups in general have been found to be less effective in studies than honey. Just natural honey is ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed removing oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups, as an active ingredient in over-the-counter drugs for nasal congestion ...

A panel last year said it found evidence the ingredient, used in many popular medicines, did not aid with nasal congestion.

In January 2015, a four-year-old died in Kritzendorf (Lower Austria) after taking a prescribed cough syrup that was approved ...