decongestant?

kc192

Uuuughhhhh I have a terrible cold and I keep seeing mixed things online about what is safe to take during pregnancy. Called the nurseline at my OB but sometimes it takes a few hours for them to call back. Anyone know what decongestants/cold medicine (if any) are safe? I know you can take benedryl but that will knock me out for hours. I took plain Tylenol early this morning and it helped with my headache but not the constant noseblowing or inability to breathe out of my nose.

luckylady18

I'm currently taking sudafed. You can take the normal sudafed - nothing multi-symptom. I'm still blowing my nose a lot but overall I feel less like ass than I did 3 hours ago.

NatureLovers

I'm taking regular Sudafed, and also Afrin super moisturizing congestion relief formula. It works great!

storm08

Neti pot and hot ginger tea with honey work like a charm Seriously,  grate maybe a tablespoon of ginger into hot water and add a tablespoon of honey. If you have a tea ball for loose leaf tea you can put the grated ginger in there and let it sit for awhile. It really helps clear things up. I was too paranoid to take anything except tylenol when I was pregnant with DS, and ginger tea was my go to. I luckily haven't had any real colds this time. 

jess05445

My doctor gave me this list at beginning of pregnancy for cold and sinus problems: clariton, allegra, zyrtec, mucinex, sudafed, benadryl, tylenol sinus, and chlortrimeton. She said included any with D (example mucinex-d).

luckylady18

NatureLovers said:

I'm taking regular Sudafed, and also Afrin super moisturizing congestion relief formula. It works great!

I've never tried Afrin. Will that help the pain way up in my sinuses? B/c it bothers me in the middle of the night a lot...

JVLaura23

Afrin is the shiz.

I also like bennedryl as well for runny itchy nose, but you can really only take it at night because it makes you drowsy. 

Pips09

My doctor gave me a list of acceptable medicines when I was sick a few weeks ago. They included Sudafed and Claritin for nasal decongestants, and Robintussin and Mucinex for cough.