真正有效的感冒疗法

Snotty, stuffy noses are the hallmark of cold and flu season, but some medications and at-home remedies may offer relief BY MARLA BROADFOOT R espiratory illness season is here, and with it typically comes snotty, stuffy noses. In the fall of 2023 a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel concluded that oral phenylephrine—a common active ingredient in cold and allergy medicines—is useless at clearing up congestion. Now that many over-the-coun- ter drugs officially don’t work, what are some other rem- edies and medications adults and children can turn to? “It is always a hot topic,” says Andrew Lane, a rhi- nologist and director of the Johns Hopkins Sinus Cen- ter. …