Current Events > What pill brand do you take when you get a fever or cold?

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I am taking Dayquil and it doesn't seem to be doing anything.
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Benzedrex and Theraflu - not pills, but effective.

Or when I can be bothered going out when the pharmacy counter is open, actual Sudafed and some Tylenol Cold/Flu (with DXM and guaifenesin).
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theraflu, especially the nighttime one.
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Purple drank
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so I take it Theraflu is the best option?

this is so stupid tbh, I rarely get sick. Even if I do, I do not need medicine. That's why I am not experienced with medicine in the U.S. Back home, I could just take an influenza pill and be done with it.
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None. I take generic Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen.

CrazyandLazy posted...

so I take it Theraflu is the best option?

It's the exact same thing as DayQuil.

CrazyandLazy posted...

I could just take an influenza pill and be done with it.

....what?

CrazyandLazy posted...

this is so stupid tbh, I rarely get sick. Even if I do, I do not need medicine.

Alright....so here's the thing. All these "brand name" cold medicines are just combinations of things you can buy over the counter individually, just in one pill.

Acetaminophen for pain/fever
Dextromethorphan for cough
Guafenisen to loosen mucus to cough it out
Phenylephrine for congestion

The night time versions just have Benadryl to help you fall asleep.

They mask the symptoms for a few hours. You need to take it as often as directed on the box to keep feeling relief. They don't shorten the illness. Colds go away on their own regardless, but they're just meant to not feel as crummy. It won't be 100% relief.

Most over the counter cold preparations are these same medications regardless if you call it DayQuil, Theraflu, or some generic "cold and flu" medicine.
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I suck lots of dick

Dick cures a lot things tbh
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Soviet_Poland posted...

Alright....so here's the thing. All these "brand name" cold medicines are just combinations of things you can buy over the counter individually, just in one pill.

Acetaminophen for pain/fever
Dextromethorphan for cough
Guafenisen to loosen mucus to cough it out
Phenylephrine for congestion

The night time versions just have Benadryl to help you fall asleep.

They mask the symptoms for a few hours. You need to take it as often as directed on the box to keep feeling relief. They don't shorten the illness. Colds go away on their own regardless, but they're just meant to not feel as crummy. It won't be 100% relief.

Most over the counter cold preparations are these same medications regardless if you call it DayQuil, Theraflu, or some generic "cold and flu" medicine.

See this is what i am feeling. Everything is the same. Back home, I take like a pill of Decolgen and it's good. I don't know anymore.
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Hi-Tech
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No drugs, just Zinc lozenges. It's the only thing that's been proven to shorten the duration of colds. I'm surprised more people don't know about this.
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umm... natural home remedies... smh at you synthetic addicts
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Third_Eye posted...

umm... natural home remedies... smh at you synthetic addicts

What kind of home remedies exactly?
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SpiralDrift posted...

No drugs, just Zinc lozenges. It's the only thing that's been proven to shorten the duration of colds. I'm surprised more people don't know about this.

brand?
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CrazyandLazy posted...

SpiralDrift posted...

No drugs, just Zinc lozenges. It's the only thing that's been proven to shorten the duration of colds. I'm surprised more people don't know about this.

brand?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Life-Extension-Enhanced-Zinc-Lozenges-30-Lozenges/140738955

They make another one that includes vitamin C for some reason but don't get those. Vitamin C binds to the zinc and makes it less effective somehow. Most of the ones you'll find in pharmacies are like that. It's just a marketing gimmick since people are uninformed. Zinc acetate is best but zinc gluconate is ok too, just not as good. Get them in lozenge form only since it's only topically effective, zinc supplements do nothing.
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What I do is... purple drank (dextromethorphan and guaifenesin)

so this covers the cough side...

Then Harlequin strain for daytime with high CBD to cover all the rest, pain and antihistamine (ACDC if you want basically 0% THC)

For night, CBD Shark and Pennywise for no munchies night.
Sweet and Sour Widow, or a high CBD Grandaddy Purple for have a snack time.

Best all the time CBD meds... CBD lilly, Harlequin, and CBD Mango Haze (lilly is harder to find, mango at times too)
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CrazyandLazy posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

Alright....so here's the thing. All these "brand name" cold medicines are just combinations of things you can buy over the counter individually, just in one pill.

Acetaminophen for pain/fever
Dextromethorphan for cough
Guafenisen to loosen mucus to cough it out
Phenylephrine for congestion

The night time versions just have Benadryl to help you fall asleep.

They mask the symptoms for a few hours. You need to take it as often as directed on the box to keep feeling relief. They don't shorten the illness. Colds go away on their own regardless, but they're just meant to not feel as crummy. It won't be 100% relief.

Most over the counter cold preparations are these same medications regardless if you call it DayQuil, Theraflu, or some generic "cold and flu" medicine.

See this is what i am feeling. Everything is the same. Back home, I take like a pill of Decolgen and it's good. I don't know anymore.

Decolgen is paracetamol, which is just the non-US name for acetaminophen. The Dayquil you took is the same exact thing, plus some extra drugs.
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Tylenol.
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I just take standard paracetamol or ibuprofen. Costs nothing at all and does the job.
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ok, thanks for the help everyone
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SpiralDrift posted...

No drugs, just Zinc lozenges. It's the only thing that's been proven to shorten the duration of colds. I'm surprised more people don't know about this.

Ehhh, when you say things like "proven to shorten the duration of colds" I know you haven't poured through the data yourself and are basing this off some popular science article you read or that someone told you this.

Searching PubMed for systematic reviews on the topic, a lot of the recent Cochrane reviews are from a single 1st author, Hemil H. Searching him on goggle, he's some Finnish MD/PhD with kind of a silly website showing that the ideas of Vitamin C or Zinc for various ailments has been his life's work.

Not saying he is necessarily wrong, but far too often people get a little invested in their "academic brain child." That and the sense I get from the people I know in grad school is that the combined MD/PhD routes tend to cut corners in terms of the rigors of their thesis.

When a lot of the older reviews found inconclusive evidence and his lab is primarily the one getting these positive findings, I'm a bit guarded in my analysis. I'd wait for other labs to publish findings consistent with theirs before making any definitive statements like you do.


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I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself
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REMercsChamp posted...

I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself

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JE19426 posted...

None. I take generic Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen.

Pretty much this. Tylenol or Advil do a good enough job
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Sada_Pop posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself

Doctors and insurance companies are in the practice of selling you expensive and unnecessary drugs, premiums and medical procedures. They would never show you how to actually live a healthy life because it's against their best interests (their pocketbooks).
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REMercsChamp posted...

I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself

You don't get sick because you're a shut-in.
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Soviet_Poland posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself

You don't get sick because you're a shut-in.

Someone didn't get the memo on the new flaming rule, eh guys?
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REMercsChamp posted...

Someone didn't get the memo on the new flaming rule, eh guys?

No, that's a fact referencing germ theory, not commenting on your lifestyle.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself

You don't get sick because you're a shut-in.

Someone didn't get the memo on the new flaming rule, eh guys?

don't think he will get modded.

On this topic, first page, a guy said sucking **** was his medicine. That didn't get modded for offensive category so, lol.
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CrazyandLazy posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself

You don't get sick because you're a shut-in.

Someone didn't get the memo on the new flaming rule, eh guys?

don't think he will get modded.

On this topic, first page, a guy said sucking **** was his medicine. That didn't get modded for offensive category so, lol.

Remember they've got the 'mod without delete' thing now

I'm sure SovietPoland will be receiving his moderation notice in due course.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Doctors and insurance companies are in the practice of selling you expensive and unnecessary drugs,

Paracetamol costs like 50p for a pack of 16. Hardly expensive >.>
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REMercsChamp posted...

CrazyandLazy posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

I don't get sick because I actually take care of myself

You don't get sick because you're a shut-in.

Someone didn't get the memo on the new flaming rule, eh guys?

don't think he will get modded.

On this topic, first page, a guy said sucking **** was his medicine. That didn't get modded for offensive category so, lol.

Remember they've got the 'mod without delete' thing now

I'm sure SovietPoland will be receiving his moderation notice in due course.

aww come one, why would SovietPoland be modded. The guy he quoted was being a smartass and we all know it.
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Usually ibuprofen, sometimes Tylenol or Aleve.
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Soviet_Poland posted...

SpiralDrift posted...

No drugs, just Zinc lozenges. It's the only thing that's been proven to shorten the duration of colds. I'm surprised more people don't know about this.

Ehhh, when you say things like "proven to shorten the duration of colds" I know you haven't poured through the data yourself and are basing this off some popular science article you read or that someone told you this.

Searching PubMed for systematic reviews on the topic, a lot of the recent Cochrane reviews are from a single 1st author, Hemil H. Searching him on goggle, he's some Finnish MD/PhD with kind of a silly website showing that the ideas of Vitamin C or Zinc for various ailments has been his life's work.

Not saying he is necessarily wrong, but far too often people get a little invested in their "academic brain child." That and the sense I get from the people I know in grad school is that the combined MD/PhD routes tend to cut corners in terms of the rigors of their thesis.

When a lot of the older reviews found inconclusive evidence and his lab is primarily the one getting these positive findings, I'm a bit guarded in my analysis. I'd wait for other labs to publish findings consistent with theirs before making any definitive statements like you do.

Just try it. The results are fairly dramatic.
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Alka-Saltzer cold tabs every 4 hours.
6000-8000 mg of Vitamin C twice a day.
A couple of hot toddy drinks (black tea, a shot of whiskey, honey, lemon juice, cinnamon stick) per day staggered.

That usually helps me.
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I don't... I don't think I've taken any medication in years except sometimes advil if I've got a bad hangover or a migraine.
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A combo of Sudafed and Ny/DayQuil.
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SpiralDrift posted...

Soviet_Poland posted...

SpiralDrift posted...

No drugs, just Zinc lozenges. It's the only thing that's been proven to shorten the duration of colds. I'm surprised more people don't know about this.

Ehhh, when you say things like "proven to shorten the duration of colds" I know you haven't poured through the data yourself and are basing this off some popular science article you read or that someone told you this.

Searching PubMed for systematic reviews on the topic, a lot of the recent Cochrane reviews are from a single 1st author, Hemil H. Searching him on goggle, he's some Finnish MD/PhD with kind of a silly website showing that the ideas of Vitamin C or Zinc for various ailments has been his life's work.

Not saying he is necessarily wrong, but far too often people get a little invested in their "academic brain child." That and the sense I get from the people I know in grad school is that the combined MD/PhD routes tend to cut corners in terms of the rigors of their thesis.

When a lot of the older reviews found inconclusive evidence and his lab is primarily the one getting these positive findings, I'm a bit guarded in my analysis. I'd wait for other labs to publish findings consistent with theirs before making any definitive statements like you do.

Just try it. The results are fairly dramatic.

I've tried it before, and my results are...inconclusive.
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I can't take cold medicine. It interferes with my regular medication, negates it completely, and makes me manic.

It sucks because I have the flu now and if I could've taken cold medicine I might've been able to stop it before it turned into the flu.
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