## FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market

Authored by cbsnews.com

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it would seek to pull a widely used ingredient in cough and cold medicines from the market, after the agency's scientists concluded that the oral version of the drug is ineffective as a nasal decongestant.

A number of common over-the-counter nasal decongestants have relied on phenylephrine alone or in combination with other ingredients for years, including some cold and cough versions of Advil, NyQuil, Sudafed, Robitussin, Tylenol and Theraflu.

The agency's proposed order would remove oral phenylephrine from the "monograph" of ingredients that drugmakers are allowed to use in cough and cold medicines which are sold on store shelves without a prescription.

"The FDA would provide manufacturers with appropriate time to either reformulate drugs containing oral phenylephrine or remove such drugs from the market," the agency said in its release.

After the FDA's advisory committee last year, pharmacy chain CVS said it would pull any products on its shelves that only contained the product.

Far higher doses could "be needed to achieve a clinically meaningful outcome which would raise significant questions about safety.".

"Furthermore, there are no clinical data demonstrating that oral PE is effective as a nasal decongestant at any dosage," the FDA's scientists wrote. »

### To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks

Authored by pcgamer.com

At time of writing, it's unclear whether they'd noticed the vast majority of other human media that assumes a default straight perspective.

As part of its 1.09 Housecleaning Update, Webfishing now offers the "Straight" title.

Because that original thread's been locked, we can only wonder whether the original complainant is content with the added straight representation. »

### Putin says he’s ‘ready’ to pick up if ‘manly’ Trump calls him

Authored by politico.eu

Asked whether he was prepared to hold discussions with Trump, even before he’s ingaurated, Putin said his administration is “ready, ready.”.

Putin said he was “impressed” with the way Trump responded to being shot at during an attempted assassination in July.

But Thursday’s comments in Valdai indicate Putin is prepared to try to woo Trump. »

### Zelenskyy rebuffs Trump’s proposal for rapid peace deal in Ukraine war

Authored by politico.eu

“He [Trump] wants this war to be finished,” Zelenskyy said through an interpreter.

“I believe that President Trump really wants a quick decision” to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, Zelenskyy told journalists in Budapest.

A rapid, unenforceable cease-fire, Zelenskyy added, amounted to “preparation to ruin and destroy our independence.”. »

### Tim Walz’s daughter speaks out on ‘heartbreaking’ election loss: ‘This country does not deserve Kamala Harris’

Authored by nypost.com

She was quick to criticize the US for electing Donald Trump over her dad’s running mate in Tuesday’s election.

“This country does not deserve Kamala Harris.

4 The Minnesota governor’s daughter was quick to criticize the country for electing Donald Trump over her dad’s running mate. »

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