I really don't like this medication AT ALL!!  My chemical makeup is wacky enough and to be honest, this medication takes me on a trip you wouldn't believe!  I hear voices, people talking that aren't there, singing, music - all not there!  I go in and out of sleep continuously...the list goes on. With this medication I think I come as close to knowing and understanding...

I got this when my son was sick with a cold. You know how miserable babies are when they have a cold…you would do just about anything to make them more comfortable and get better. With smaller babies I know there isn’t really too much you can give them as far as cold relief medication goes so I went looking for Vicks Vapor Rub. I didn’t like the idea of using the regula...

Whenever I get a cold, or a seasonal allergy attack, I also get a horrible cough. And the kind of cough I get, at night, is unbelievable. I have literally coughed for over 6 hours, in some cases. It makes my ribs, chest, stomach, throat, and head hurt. When I don't get any sleep, I'm exhausted the next day, and my symptoms just get worse. Every time I've taken codeine, I a...

I was shopping in Walgreen’s for a cold relief/ nasal congestion medication, standing there staring at the long aisle of choices. I had been there awhile, trying to decide. I didn’t want to buy something that wasn’t going to work! I had a bunch of those at home already! Finally I asked the pharmacist. She suggested Claritin. I said ok until I saw the price…it was $21....

I will preface my review by writing that I avoid taking medications at all costs but this winter hit me hard with my very first sinus infection and I desperately needed relief to maintain my sanity. After taking antibiotics prescribed by my doctor, Advil Cold and Sinus, and Afrin, I decided to add Mucinex D to the mix.  It was perfectly safe to take in addition to my other cockta...

I have an odd metabolism in that what works for 90% of the population, usually doesn't work for me.  If side effects don't affect 90% then I'll be in the 10% that side-effects are a definite.Contac Complete Cold & Flu tablets don't work for me unfortunately.  I have been fighting a cold which has more symptoms and kick backs than - well - I won't go there, but ...

I'm sure everyone has seen that TV ad with the buggers having a party in someones lungs until they take MUCINEX and cough them up!   But I bet some of you are wondering does this med REALLY work?  Well the answer to your question is YES!  If you have ear, chest, or nose congestion simply take one of these with a glass of water and it WILL thin out your mucus!  This ...

I hardly ever get sick, but last winter I got a doozie of a flu bug!  Not only did I have all the aches and fever that go along with the flu, I also had a nagging cough!  It seemed that the cough worsened when the evening came, and it was time for bed.  This resulted in no sleep, or interrupted sleep due to my coughing attacks.  Ugh!  I needed some relief!I dragged myse...

Here it was a week before I was to leave from Indiana to drive over 20 hours to Florida and I catch a cold. I really didn't want my Spring break ruined because of a cold. So I head to the store and I pick Up a package of Zicam Cold Remedy Gel Swabs. It was a reasonable price ( 20 swabs for around $9) and I had heard from random people that they worked pretty well. According to the box this ...

I hate having clogged and runny nose but I don't have any immunity against it. They say that they are minor respiratory tract infections but that minor illnesses seems to irritate me because it makes me hard to breath, taste my food and annoys me during my sleep.I am a housewife in charge on the overall chores in the household and usually I get these illnesses of cold and flu plus cough act...

 Do you know Americans spend billions each year on cold and cough remedies,and those sniffles and aches account for about tens of billion annually in lost wages.This is definitely nothing to sneeze at.Sad to say, there is  really no such thing as quick relief for the common cold.You can suffer for a week or take something  and feel better after seven days.But no matter what you d...

I am probably the only person who has this problem but I wanted to share.  I tried Nyquil for a cold.  I needed to get some sleep because I had an important meeting the next day that i could not miss.  So I am miserable with a head cold and I take Nyquil.It kept me up all night, I was wired.  I couldn't sleep, I couldn't even lay down.  I was extremely jumpy and...

 Well, as some of you know, I managed to get myself a bug! Needless to say I was feeling pretty rough and went down to get some cold meds. I'm not one for taking a lot of meds and DEFINITELY not one for how some of them give you that "medicine head" or groggy feeling!  I hadn't tried the Thereaflu warming and figured I'd give it a try. I liked the fact that it wa...

I guess most of us have laughed at the Mucinex commercials where the big, bad mucus arrives, and is chased out of town.  But that's pretty much the way this product works for me. Their slogan is "Mucinex in, Mucus Out."  At the first sign of congestion, if I take two Mucinex Expectorant 12 Hour tablets, and drink lots of water, I am able to begin to break ...

Buckley's is known for being the cough and cold medicine with the most nasty taste.  As a child, our parents would always test the validity of our claim to "have a bad cold" by bringing out a bottle of Buckleys.   Funny how quickly those colds cleared up!Thankfully, there is a second part to Buckley's claim to fame:  it works!  And now, buckleys has a ...

I started getting a soar throat and cough a week or so ago so I needed something to help with this. I didn't have a stuffy nose or anything just a soar throat which lead to the coughing. I have used Zicam products before with wonderful results (the nose swabs for example) so I thought I would try something for throat and cough. I bought the Cough Max Cough Spray to see if it worked as well ...

My daughter caught a flu recently and she started with a sniffle. I have tried other medications on her but so far, Actifed Syrup for Cold is the one working fast.Actifed Syrup is a good relief medication for runny or blocked nose. Its active ingredients are Triprolidine Hydrochloride BP, Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride BP, and Syrup base.This is an over-the-counter drug in this country but I am ...

Like so many people everywhere around the country, the flu has hit hard this winter and I certainly was not immune to it this year.  As I lay in my bed with covers and pillows surrounding me, laptop in lap and Kleenex close to me, I am a happy girl (at least for the next 12 hours and then the Afrin will wear off!) because I can finally breathe after not being able breathe for a week.I actu...

We got this Vicks Dayquil when this last cold, flu, whatever sickness it was ran through our house. We bought the 6 fluid oz bottle of non-drowsy liquid syrup for about $5.99 at Walmart. My husband and I each got different results when we used it. So I am going to give you two different sides of it. First, let’s look at the ACTIVE INGREDIENTS LISTED & THEIR PURPOSE (In each 15...

I woke up with a dry throat.  I knew this meant I was going to have a sore throat before long. Okay, swallow.....wait......ouch!  Yes there it was, the dreaded sore throat pain.   I tried the Halls drops and those didn't really help the soreness in my throat.  So I remembered that someone told me a couple of years ago that they always reach for Chloraseptic Lozenges...