There are tons of different medicines for colds but I will tell you from experience none of them work I use these cups you fill with water then add this round thing and it makes vapor - I forget what it was called, but I would say tissues work miracles so get some.
The best advice on medicine for colds may be the old answer given by country doctors : "If you have a cold, take great care of yourself, and take the best medicine you can find. If you do, the cold will be all gone in seven days; if you don't it will last a whole week."
Seriously, colds are caused by a virus. There is no real treatment for a virus infection. Some 'cold medicines' will alleviate one or two of the symptoms, but the actual illness stays there for its usual week.
by having medicine simple. ;p
Yes, considering people used to give their children liquid cocaine for colds.
You can try Respivax or Vitamin C it really helps.
Taking cold medicine to fall asleep because you know it helps you sleep when you take it for colds.
Manuka (Tea Tree)In native Maori medicine, the manuka was used for a number of ailments; Colds were treated by boiling the manuka leaves and inhaling the vapor.
Other central nervous system (CNS) depressants such as medicine for allergies, colds, hay fever, and asthma; sedatives; tranquilizers; prescription pain medicine; muscle relaxants; medicine for seizures; barbiturates; and anesthetics.
Comtrex medications exist to treat ailments such as colds, flu, allergies, head colds, and sore throats. The brand name will specify for which ailments the medicine is intended, e.g., Comtrex Cold and Flu Maximum Strength.
not as such, it is used as a preventative medicine, usually taken to prevent colds and similar ailments, it is suspected it may shorten if not prevent al together a cold or flu.
The many alternative treatments for colds and allergies will not be addressed here. Treatments specifically for rhinitis, regardless of the cause, are described.
Echinacea has been used for colds and minor infections, probably because of its partial structural similarity to some parts of the penicillin molecule.
Not usually. Since colds are caused by viruses, taking an antibiotic at the first sign of a cold is useless and is an overuse of those drugs - which also leads to ineffectiveness of those drugs. People who have colds and/or flu can develop secondary infections which can be treated with antibiotics. But using antibiotics as a preventive is not considered responsible medicine when it comes to colds.
Central nervous system (CNS) depressants such as medicine for allergies, colds, hay fever, and asthma; sedatives; tranquilizers; prescription pain medicine; muscle relaxants.Medicines other than those listed above may interact with benzodiazepines.