Cold Remedies - HELP!
 

Discuss!!

GD I feel like chit!

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Al, I'm recovering from a week long head cold and it has sucked big time! No cigars for a week is killing me!

I recommend Musinex (spelling may be off) and Theraflu along with some nasal spray in the evenings to prevent a dried out throat from not being able to breath through your nose while sleeping. :2

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Zicam worked ok for me last time.

Normally I drink a gallon of OJ for the Vitamin C.

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Time or downing a quart of homemade white liquor. :)

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I do MucinexD and Zicam Extreme Congestion Relief (nasal gel). Last time I had a cold for 3-4 days, started taking these and felt better later that day, and almost human the day after.

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I usually start taking Emergen-C as soon as symptoms start. Buy a box and I will take 3 a day till the cold is gone. It always helps me.

You can find the stuff at the grocery or drug store usually.
http://www.emergenc.com/

Hope you feel better Al!

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For the record, none of these suggested "remedies" has be proven to work. The placebo effect can be very strong though.

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So you just ride it out?

Damn!

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If you have a fever, go to the doctor to make sure you don't have H1N1.

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100 proof peppermint schnapps. :al

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Apply scotch. Alcohol kills bacteria. Proven fact.






It may not make you feel better, but you won't care.

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I like Mucinex DM and Afrin like mentioned above. Sometimes some Tussin in there for good measure. :D

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Not much help here, cause I have a bad habit of never taking anything for what ails me. Even rarely take anything for headaches. Don't know why just don't.

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We have a winner! :al

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Yep. I have found that it will last longer if I take anything. But that's just me.

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Start chugging the orange juice!!!

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Vitamin C seems to help speed up the recovery a little, and at any rate won't hurt. Just my experience.

As far as relief from the symptoms, the only thing I've found that works for me is DayQuil and NyQuil in the gel caps.

Regardless, drink liquids so you don't get dehydrated.

Hang in there.

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Go to the store and get a gallon or two of orange juice. This handles the vitamin C and the liquids.
Other than that, you do TWO things. Do not go to work. Spend ALL DAY AND NIGHT in one of two places.
BED or a HOT BATH.
Don't watch TV, don't eat, don't smoke cigarettes. It is OK to take a decongestant. Also, if you want less
chills and aches, WHEEZE up your pleghm and do not cough it up til it comes almost up. Wheezing clears as
good as a cough and does not hurt. Plus it is fun. Unless someone has to hear you. But you pay for those
coughs and all the snot you swallow. The swallowing is where the sore throat comes from.

Not totally disguested yet. Google up some crime scene photos.

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OJ & water.

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Hope you get to feeling better. I live with colds and flus as I move from school to school through out the year. Nothing but damn germ factories. Other than treating symptoms, last year I tried the Zicam nasal gel. Worked quite well for me for 2 different sessions. The colds were not as long or irritating.

On the other hand they had to pull it last year as it could make you go deaf or blind (I forget which). So when I use it up this year nit sure wjat I'll use.

Pfft to all you peeps with germy little ankle biters.