I have a bad cough, but I also have an interview this afternoon. I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate me showing up and hacking all over the place. Under other circumstances I would ask to reschedule. But I can't reschedule because I'll be out of town all of next week (the only times available for everyone to meet other than today were next week).

So I need something that will work well without making me drowsy or anything like that. I don't get sick all that often and don't usually take over the counter medicine so I'm not really sure what works well and what doesn't.

I only have a cough, no other symptoms.

12/17/2007 10:53:10 AM

Theres this great chinese medicine I use when I get a persistent cough. I've tried many others but this does work. Let me see if I can get the info.

12/17/2007 10:57:18 AM

http://www.itmonline.org/jintu/ninjiom.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin_Jiom_Pei_Pa_Koa

Yea, this is it. Go to an asian grocery store and get this

Just take 1 or 2 spoonfuls and that should help.

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 11:02 AM. Reason : .]

12/17/2007 10:59:05 AM

tussin cures all

12/17/2007 11:21:35 AM

Fisherman's friend cough drops.

They taste a lot like chinese cough drops and I suspect have the same thing in both.
They work *ridiculously* well.

CVS or anywhere should hav ethem, just gotta look for them.

12/17/2007 11:31:50 AM

try honey

12/17/2007 11:31:53 AM

codeine

12/17/2007 11:41:06 AM

^ indeed. Used a cough syrup with codeine in high school and it was the best stuff ever. Only if I had access to some now.

12/17/2007 12:20:27 PM

oops

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 1:10 PM. Reason : ]

12/17/2007 1:05:37 PM

fishermans mouth?

12/18/2007 10:17:30 AM

Anything w/ Dextromethorphan. Delsym or Robitussin DM or Mucinex DM.

12/18/2007 11:48:46 AM

I'm a fan of the Delsym

12/18/2007 11:51:37 AM

dxm

12/18/2007 12:17:28 PM

got a vicodin laying around? percocet is better, won't make you sleepy

12/18/2007 12:32:50 PM

delsym cures for 5-10 hours.

12/18/2007 2:02:35 PM

12/18/2007 3:46:59 PM

honey, lemon juice, and whisky

12/18/2007 4:14:05 PM

I've heard patients swear by tessalon perles, but you need a prescription for them.

12/18/2007 5:25:08 PM

would hurricane spray (benzocaine) be effective as a short term antitussive? (assuming you could get your hands on some)

12/18/2007 7:28:27 PM

I think it just numbs your mouth.

12/18/2007 11:01:25 PM

dextromethorphan and jagermeister

12/19/2007 1:45:04 AM

Penis. In your throat.

12/19/2007 1:57:11 AM

Depends on if it's from your throat or from your lungs. A throat cough may be resolved by something that numbs it up like Duke's Magic Mouthwash or a throat spray. From your lungs, go get a doctor to prescribe something.

12/19/2007 9:01:26 AM

im a fan of delsym. makes me think of this guy though

12/19/2007 1:29:45 PM

Quote :

"When compared to the cough syrup ingredient dextromethorphan or no treatment, honey came out on top. 'The results were so strong that we were able to say clearly that honey was better than no treatment and dextromethorphan was not,' Dr. Ian M. Paul of Pennsylvania State University in Hershey, one of the study's authors, told Reuters Health. There is currently no proven effective treatment for cough due to an upper respiratory infection like the common cold. While dextromethorphan is widely used, there is no evidence that it works, and it carries risks."

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2007-12-03T215021Z_01_WRI378511_RTRUKOC_0_US-HONEY-EASES-NIGHTTIME-COUGH.xml

12/19/2007 3:01:06 PM

Cure the disease, not the symptoms.

[Edited on December 19, 2007 at 6:37 PM. Reason : s]

12/19/2007 6:37:35 PM

tessalon perles

Damn i havent seen that prescribed since i was doing clinicals at mariah scarham in nursing school

12/19/2007 6:40:02 PM

12/19/2007 8:52:01 PM

^ ahahahaha a little extreme, don't you think? it's not candy people!!!111

12/19/2007 8:54:57 PM

it's a berry flavored lozenge on a stick... it seems like candy.

12/20/2007 12:05:21 PM

well thats a whoppin dose of fentanyl

12/20/2007 1:00:44 PM

Wow didn't realize that was so much more than the Duragesic Patches.

12/20/2007 6:05:02 PM

mucinex

12/20/2007 6:12:24 PM

12/20/2007 10:36:48 PM

opium

12/21/2007 2:36:40 PM

Quote :

"^ indeed. Used a cough syrup with codeine in high school and it was the best stuff ever. Only if I had access to some now. "

you actually do have access to it, you just dont know it. Medi cap pharmacy in fuquay sells robitussin AC without a prescription, all you have to do is sign a release form.

12/21/2007 10:00:26 PM

Death.

End of thread.

12/22/2007 9:07:07 AM

Quote :

"well thats a whoppin dose of fentanyl"

not really, i use two lozenges everyday.

[Edited on December 22, 2007 at 2:46 PM. Reason : legally]

12/22/2007 2:46:44 PM

i always take the robitussin gel caps and they work really well, and for a good 6 hrs too

12/22/2007 3:16:21 PM

you want a cough syrup with codine

12/22/2007 6:16:43 PM