Recommend a cough medication that actually works

This is the second night in a row that coughing has made it difficult (last night) or impossible (this night) to sleep. I don't know exactly what I'm sick with, mind you, but this congestion makes it impossible to breathe through my nose, and breathing through my mouth makes me cough so hard I'm forced to sit up. After working through the night, I don't have enough time to knock myself out with Nyquil and get a full night's sleep, but I would like to stop coughing long enough to sleep a bit naturally. I'm hoping the Dayquil will fare a bit better when I'm getting ready for classes, but Vicks 44 has literally done nothing to slow or stop the coughing. If this shit keeps up I need to get a doctor here because my school's medical center is fucking useless. This is so goddamn frustrating. In the meantime, can anyone recommend anything over the counter that's better than this shit?

alka seltzer cold & sinus. the stuff makes me feel great all day long. give it a shot

When I'm sick, I take Theraflu pills for the daytime. They also make it as a tea to drink.
That stuff works well throughout the day.

For coughs specifically,I take Buckley's. It's teh nasty smelling and tasting,but it works.There is also a nightime version as well.

Nyquil like a mother fucker!

I usally find the hardest thing in the house and drink it untill whatever it is, is no longer a problem.

Six shots of Jack Daniel's did it for me one Christmas Eve night. :sneak: Not that I normally drink this much.

When you're sick your body is cleaning itself. If you take something it needs to be something that will speed up this process, not suppress it. That's where western medicine and pharmaceuticals always get it wrong. The symptoms (ie: coughing) are a necessary part of the process. If you are congested, there is no healthy medication at the pharmacy to get you uncongested. You may suppress the symptoms, but that's all you're doing: Suppressing the natural cleansing functions of your body. If you're sick you need vitamins, especially C and a lot of bedrest. Take a couple days off, and by that I mean don't do a fucking thing that requires more energy than bathing because a steamy hot shower or bath will help break up the congestion. The only means I can think of to further speed the expectoration of your congestion is to drink MEGA OVERFUCKINGWHELMING amounts of water and to use eucalyptus oil. I like to get the shower going hot as a motherfucker and throw down maybe a couple dozen drops of eucalyptus oil in there and just breathe the steam. Try that a couple three times a day for a couple days and tell me how much of a crazyass difference it makes.

Please don't be fooled by bullshit pharmaceutical claims and the general western attitude of suppression of nature being a good thing. If you suppress what your body needs to get done, you'll just be sick again sooner than you would have. All that coughing has to be done.

As a matter of fact, I'm currently coughing my guts out with a wicked cold right now. I have no eucalyptus and no motivation to leave the house to buy some. So what I've been doing is drinking water with Emergen-C like a fucking maniac, drinking hot tea the same way and laying around. Oh yeah, I have a big box of oranges and I've been pretty much living on them for two days. It'll be gone quick.

Pa

drink a bottle of Robitussen. that cures everything including AIDS and Herpes.

contac cold pills, i have never had a cold for more than 4 days with those.

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If you're sick you need vitamins, especially C and a lot of bedrest. Take a couple days off, and by that I mean don't do a fucking thing that requires more energy than bathing because a steamy hot shower or bath will help break up the congestion. The only means I can think of to further speed the expectoration of your congestion is to drink MEGA OVERFUCKINGWHELMING amounts of water and to use eucalyptus oil. I like to get the shower going hot as a motherfucker and throw down maybe a couple dozen drops of eucalyptus oil in there and just breathe the steam. Try that a couple three times a day for a couple days and tell me how much of a crazyass difference it makes.

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Sounds good to me, but I doubt my professors would agree... I need to run a lot of errands before the day is done today, and the semester is winding down, so rest is not something I can get a lot of. I have been drinking plenty of water, remembering to take my vitamins, and the eucalyptus oil sounds like a good idea. Not sure where I can get that, but I'll look around. Think CVS would have it, maybe?

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Originally Posted by PaCrappa

Please don't be fooled by bullshit pharmaceutical claims and the general western attitude of suppression of nature being a good thing. If you suppress what your body needs to get done, you'll just be sick again sooner than you would have. All that coughing has to be done.

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Problem is, when it's keeping me up from sleeping, cough suppression is a good thing. I need the little rest I actually can get, and thanks to Nyquil, I've been sleeping well and coughing less, not to mention having some fucked up dreams. I doubt I can do that during the week, though, I'll oversleep. I might try the Theraflu drink today, I've heard it's absolutely vile tasting, but it works to calm the sore throat, anyway. And it's probably loaded up with vitamin C and other good stuff.

Speaking of which, I'm out of orange juice. Need to fix that.