1.   Most cold remedies have little effect.

2.   Obvious examples include caffeine and ephedrine, the latter being readily available to the public in over-the-counter cold remedies.

3.   And McCamant is also hopeful regarding future drugs, including a possible cold remedy based on an inhibitor of the rhinovirus protease.

4.   As for drugstore cold remedies, most decongestants already use a different active ingredient, such as pseudoephedrine or phenylephrine.

5.   A spokesman for Bristol-Myers Squibb, which sells the cold remedies Comtrex and Naldecon, said it was already moving to reformulate its products.

6.   According to A.C. Nielsen, the consumer research group, sales of both pain relievers and cold remedies for children have jumped significantly over the last five years.

7.   Chicken soup is a cold remedy definitely worth trying with kids.

8.   Effective or not, zinc-based lozenges are the trendiest cold remedy this season.

9.   For instance, the researchers called for study of pseudoephedrine in the cold remedy Sudafed and the phenylpropanolamine found in Accutrim.

10.   Fort Worth doctors are collecting antibiotics, painkillers, cold remedies and other medicines.