Flu and cold relief tablets or tough it out? 🤧🤧

I always feel so much better after a good nights sleep, and Night Nurse is the best thing for that, it’s magic stuff.

Ro60

For sore throats I find Jackmans cough sweets in the black bag work better than strepsils for me.

I bought some Jakemans when I was at Boots buying some Bronchostop and I find them very soothing. I had to take something because I was getting stress incontinence from all the coughing ( which was wearing me out). I tend to get a post nasal drip after a cold so I bought a saline nasal spray which works a bit like a neti pot. I tried using my neti pot but couldn’t get it to work properly. And I used my Beconase nasal spray which helped stop the post nasal drip. I worked it out on a calendar yesterday ( which was the first day I’d felt ok)) and it had taken 3 1/2 weeks to get to that stage. I do wonder if the First Defence nasal spray would have shortened that time. I think if you cant stay at home and relax Boots cold and flu sachets help you function normally. At one stage I really wished I had an asthma inhaler just to use for a couple of days because the coughing was exhausting me. I also put Vicks on the soles of my feet as that’s very soothing. I noticed that they still sell Beechams Powders at Boots. Now that’s a blast from the past.

I agree with sago decongestants will dry up the mucus,and as another poster has said phenylephrine shouldnt be taken with bp meds.
Havi g wirked in pharmacy for around 25 years I am reluctant to take anything but paracetamol if I really have to, but I find vick rubbed behind ears on throat and chest is helpful,and comforting.

Rubbing Vick on your feet then wearing socks to bed apparently works too.

Callistemon21

Rubbing Vick on your feet then wearing socks to bed apparently works too.

My mum, a midwife, always recommended this for babies. Seemed to work on my four