Some people (my late mom for one) gobble a lot of chewable Vit C at the first sign of a cold...

I've found that drinking a pint of prune juice helps reduce coughing: makes one think twice beforehand...;-)

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Honey, lemon and bourbon for severe cough, dry throat, loneliness, weltschmerz, ennui...or just cuz.


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Sound right to me
Make sure you take daily vitamins and lots of Vitamin "C"

I have seen to many studies badmouthing Airborne but every study support Zicam. I use Zicam and think it works quickly.

I was given AlleRX by an SF doctor and have sworn by it since. I always care it in the bush and stock at home. Its a prescription drug but not an antibiotic. Its been around for so long that most doctors will write it based on request. Its one pill for day and one for night. For 12 hours it will completely, I mean COMPLETELY, UTTERLY, wipe out the stuffiness. Its akin to a massive dose of Sudafed. The night time has a slight sleeping agent, won't knock you out but help you fall asleep.

Very old school:
Generic Vick's Vapor Rub. A dab under the nose helps with dry cough, nasal and chest congestion and annoying post nasal drip.

It is also good any time there are bad smells you can't stay away from. If society and normal life breaks down the smell of rotting garbage and raw sewage could be a constant. Cuts the worse of the smell of a rotting corpse.

Also has use in lighting fires and as a light grease.

Handy.

I had a bad experience taking OTC medication containing chlorpheniramine maleate. I had taken the daily dose for about a week when I started to not feel like my normal happy self. I became very moody and upset over the smallest problem, it did not help that I was doing a very difficult and boring job at the time. The day after I ran out of the medication it was like I was back to my old self, the world was a good place again.

I now take pseudoephedrine as a decongestant, and have no problems.

Mike