Help! Major Sore Throat & Cough

Brooke7748 · March 2009

.....What can I take? Ive googled and some say sore throat drops, others say to avoid without checking w. Dr. I'm miserable! Any suggestions? Thanks!

jday1229 · March 2009

I don't have my drug list in front of me, but the first thing I would try would be a salt water gargle for the throat and a steam shower for the cough.

HeyyRed · March 2009

You can't really take anything for this however, having just made it through a month of two colds...

Boil some water. You will need an actual lemon. Cut in half. Squeeze the half lemon into the boiling water and then scrape out the half into the same cup because the pulp has magically healing properties. You can had a tablespoon of honey. Honey is a naturopathic remedy for throat ailments.

This helps tremendous. I also found that a tablespoon of honey on it's own really helped.?

mommastemme · March 2009

HeyyRed:

You can't really take anything for this however, having just made it through a month of two colds...

Boil some water. You will need an actual lemon. Cut in half. Squeeze the half lemon into the boiling water and then scrape out the half into the same cup because the pulp has magically healing properties. You can had a tablespoon of honey. Honey is a naturopathic remedy for throat ailments.

This helps tremendous. I also found that a tablespoon of honey on it's own really helped.

I was just about to recommend this!

HeyyRed · March 2009

Totally saved my life and it cured my cough faster than regular medicine would have!

I'm a former chronic sufferer of tonsillitis. I cured it naturopathically by using Cat's Claw - Una Da Gotto and avoiding traditional western medicines. I used to get it 4-6 times a year and have not had it in almost ten years. Never ceases to amaze me.?

Brooke7748 · March 2009

Now time to wake DH up and send him to the store...thanks ladies...being honest, I'm miserable and praying that this works!

HeyyRed · March 2009

You can also take throat lozenges. The docs are good with that too.

Mrs.Husband · March 2009

I had a sore throat last week and local pharmacist said cough drops with NO menthol were fine. Doc confirmed this later in the week at my appt. Not sure what's up with the menthol, but I did fine some without it.

merjmm · March 2009

My doctor approved drops that do NOT have menthol in them. I believe Sucrets is on my list of approved.

Angie&Junichi · March 2009

My dr told me I can take Tylenol cough and cold. I take it only when absolutley necessary though. GL, hope you feel better.

jeffrae · March 2009

on my approved list is sucrets. I had halls with menthol at home and took two in the past day. Looks like some docs have said no to those.....better go get those sucrets.

smilelari · March 2009

My doctor said that I could take Robitussin for cough. I would check with your doctor before taking though as every doctor's "list" of ok meds is different

Kristin131 · March 2009

So happy to find this post. I feel like I'm dying right now I can't breath through my nose and have the cough/headache/light headaches. ugh. Those are great suggestions!?