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Best OTC Cough Supressant/Expectorant??
#11
When I need an expectorant, I just....

Gag me with a spoon.



Like...oh magosh!
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#12
In my seemingly annual Down to the Toes cold, there is always one or two nights that NOTHING comes close to helping. I usually bundle up in as much flannel as i can get around me and sweat it out. Other than those nights, I have liked the Walgreen version of NyQuil which goes to work quickly at lets me get to sleep. Doesn't necessarily last the whole night but it gets me started.

My wife, on the other hand cannot get to sleep at all after taking the stuff. Guess that's one more example of opposites attracting, maybe.
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#13
OTC cough suppressants with dextromathorphan (No freakin' clue about the true spelling, YOU google it) are the only ones that work for me. Sucrets has lozenges with it, and they travel well to work in a pocket, vs dragging around a bottle and spoon.
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#14
expectorant: guaifenesin and lots of water

cough suppressent: small amounts of schedule V codeine preparations can be dispensed from behind the counter without a prescription in many locales. Call your pharmacist and ask. Otherwise, you are stuck with OTC DXM or will have to see a Dr. for the good stuff- hydrocodone.


Craig
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#15
Robitussin used to be pretty good. Sometimes several long hot showers a day with the bathroom closed up can loosen everything (and get you coughing the junk up)...add some peppermint/eucalyptus oil to the shower.


Or take a hot bath in the bath therapy oil for colds and flu and add epsom salts. It will open the sinuses and make the body tired and relaxed..enough for you to sleep a few hours. While in the hot bath, drink some ginger or mint hot tea.

It is hard to talk men into this...but it really helps.

Just go straight to the bed after and sleep.

Keep some advil in the system for general aches.

There is evidence that real chicken soup breaks up congestion, Can't hurt.
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#16
deco, Robitussin is a brand name with many formulations. That's like saying if you want to drive fast, you need to buy one of the Chevys. Um, which one?
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#17
One with an expectorant and once that suits his symptoms.
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#18
There was a study done some years ago - all the pricey cough syrups against one homemade of equal parts honey, lemon juice and some form of alcohol - vodka, whiskey, rum, etc.

The homemade was equal to the store bought in performance.
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