What do you guys think is the best cold medicine out there?

[Craig Reeves]

I haven't found that many good cold medicines that relieved every symptom that I was having. The Advil series sux btw (excpet for Flu and Body Ache). Any suggestions?

 

[Julian]

Nyquil does a body good.

 

[Shiftkey]

Antibiotics. But those aren't over the counter

 

[LuckyStrike]

Nyquil is good for at night before you go to sleep because it will knock you out. There is a daytime version called Dayquil that works really good at relieving symptoms but it only lasts for 4 or 5 hours for each dose. There are products that give up to 12 hours for relief, you might want to try one of those. Antibiotics on the other hand, will only work for bacterial infections not if your cold is caused by a virus(most colds are).

I saw something new called Zicam which is supposed to reduce the severity and duration of a cold. I haven't tried it yet but I heard it works!

Good luck!

 

[Cbaoth]

http://www.commoncold.org

Antibiotics dont work for a cold

 

[Julian]

But zinc does work for a cold. If you feel like your getting a cold buy some of these tablets called "Cold Eeze" they have some zinc glucose mixture and it will get rid of the cold the same day it starts.

Seriously, its saved me like 3 times in the last year an a half.

 

[madgame]

I tried zinc pills too but it didnt seem to help me at all :/ tho last time I think I really took em right when the cold started...I kinda feel like Im about to have one again so Im gonna start takin the rest of the pills from now on..hope it helps!

 

[SilentSmoker]

You're not taking enough. Drink the whole bottle.

 

[Walden]

Garlic and lotsa water.

 

[Sax God]

Sudafed always seems to do the job for me.

 

[madgame]

You're not taking enough. Drink the whole bottle.

Was this addressed to me?

 

[Shiftkey]

http://www.commoncold.org

Antibiotics dont work for a cold

You are correct, however that source sucks to prove so

I looked into it some more on my own.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/mayo/07/25/antibiotics.colds/

 

[Cbaoth]

Originally posted by Shiftkey
You are correct, however that source sucks to prove so

I looked into it some more on my own.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/mayo/07/25/antibiotics.colds/

Heh the website wasnt meant to be a source about the antibiotics, rather it tells you effective treatments for colds.

 

[imnexthere]

Zicam is overpriced but works great for me. I had the beginning of a sore throat on thurs night. Bought it and sprayed it into my mouth like mad (every 1.5 hours instead of the 3 that is says to), Fri I still had symptoms till about 3pm when most of them went away. Im fine now. So it shortened the cold alot. This is the second time that it helped me so it must work because my colds usually take about a week or two to run themselvs out

 

[FitnessGuy]

Originally posted by SilentSmoker
You're not taking enough. Drink the whole bottle.

I would not recommend taking over 100mg of zinc a day.

 

[imnexthere]

fitnessguy, what are the side affects of taking too much zinc? I didnt have anywhere near 100mg but I was taking 2x the dosage for a day.

 

[FitnessGuy]

Originally posted by imnexthere
fitnessguy, what are the side affects of taking too much zinc? I didnt have anywhere near 100mg but I was taking 2x the dosage for a day.

Abdominal cramping, diarrhea, vomiting, increased risk for prostate cancer, and anemia. Also the more zinc you have, the less copper you have, and the less good cholesterol.

If in general you eat a high protein diet you probably have a good amount of zinc in your system so don't have to worry about being in a deficiency. If you take a multi-vitamin you are probably getting plenty of zinc with that and your diet. If you are not, supplementing with say a 50mg pill of zinc is fine I would think.