Cold meds?

[~Sheila~ 0]

Im sick with a cold and need some relief asap..Anyone know of anything I can take? I cant take pills, im super tight right now and couldnt get a pill down even if i tried.

I saw Zicam has some cough spray, anyone use this? Or know of any other remedies?

Thanks!

[VegasGrace 1]

Chew the pills....even those that aren't meant to be chewed. Just grit your teeth and get it done.

Hope you feel better soon.

(NyQuil for me was a disaster...the gag reflex hit quickly and it tasted worse coming back up than it did going down)

[Daisalana 33]

If you haven't remedied this yet, as tight as I am, I can still get most smaller pills down.

If you don't want to risk it however, get the children's brand.. while you're in the store, look at the dose on the carton for children's dose, compare to the adult dose.. I think it's normally 2-4x the children's dose to equate the adult dose.

Mucinex is ONE MONSTER HORSE PILL.. that is time release, it was a miserable miserable day for me. The next day I got the crystal powder kid's form that you eat.. much better.

When I have cold/flu/whatever I also use Robitussin DM (liquid), nyquil liquid (till I saw the calorie content, now I take the gel tabs with lots of Water.. one at a time), and Zicam makes those nose-swabs that suppose to shorten the length of being sick. Everyone I know swears by them, so I always use it. Nothing ingested, just wipe the inside of your nose. They also make chewable tablets, never tried them though.

[~Sheila~ 0]

Thanks for the replies. I did manage to find some theraflu thin strips and i also just got the liquid theraflu that you make a cup of and drink.

I also tried the zicam!

Mmmm...drugs...