Alright seriously, whats good for a cold?
 

I got some robotussin with codeine from the local pharmacy for $12, thinking it would help more than normal robotussin.....nope!

I've got the humidifier cranking.....what other kind of stuff can i do to help at least be a bit more comfortable during this hell.

Oh yea....I'm drinking OJ too, & took a vitamin.

Someone fedex me 30cc's of morphine stat :pimp

tranquility, a warm bed, hot tea, and you named it - vitamins!

edit: get some sleep so your body can recover! :thumbsup

Hard to sleep when you can't breathe through your nose! :1orglaugh

get lots of rest :)

amphetamine, orange juice and brandy all in one glass.
beats any medicine outthere.

Go buy this stuff... EMERGEN-C comes in little packets you mix with water and drink... and take that next at the first sign of a cold.

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You got robitussin with codeine OTC??

You're tellin me. You're not the only one up this late for the same reasons. :upsidedow

I have the same thing right now, fucking miserable. A runny nose is my kryptonite. Try Dristan nasal spray

You can do one or a few of the following:
Drink plenty of fluids
Stay away from dust so it won't aggravate your nose
Try to sleep a lot

yea you didn't know you could do that?

only some pharmacies carry it, so you need to call like 3 to find 1....if they say they don't have that service, ask them if they know who does

they all seem to have a underground buddy system available....one of the best kept secrets out there in the U.S.A.

just easily saved myself $200 not having to visit a doc in the box for vicotussin

oh btw, they do check your I.D. & make you sign a list (and supposedly you can only do it 2x a year) but last year i think i did it 3 times, i just said i left my ID at home

The best things are - lot of Vitamin C, honey and looot of sleep!

here's the trick.

You need 2 oranges a day every day so you can keep colds at bay.
You need flax seed oil in your diet, (oil.. not seeds) to help your immunities.
Since you are sick.. you need to keep Zinc lozenges (cold-eze type) and be consistent with that. The zinc sits in your sinuses and it really shortens your cold!


You need Airborne 4 times a day. You can take this at the first sign of a cold with your zinc.

Chicken soup has healing properties as well as OJ.

Rest and fluids. Colds last 1-2 days for us on that regime.

BTW.. 2 oranges a day will ensure that you also never have hemorhoids. Ancient Chineese Secret. :) Feel better!

so an orange a day keeps the hemorrhoids away? :winkwink:

Take a nice thick scraping from your house's air filter, and cram it into your nose. You'll feel better in no time!

I reccomend you take a lemon and cut it in halves. Get a normal cup of boiled water (i normally just put the cup with cold water in the microwave :) ) and squeeze one of the half lemons juice into it.

Add some sugar and drink it while its hot. Then make sure you sleep with your socks on :)

Thats how i beat colds and they normally only last a day or two.

Just take a rest and drink lots of juices or water..

Just drink a bottle of tabasco.

I seriously have all of those, except brandy, can you suggest a non alcohol substitute? :1orglaugh

Chicken noodle soup, they call it Jewish penicillin. You should eat 3 cloves of raw garlic also. Garlic is a natural antibiotic.

I hope you feel better

Zicam....

2 oranges a day :thumbsup

Take some Amoxocillian and some Aleve. That will knock it out!

A big fat blunt .. and chicken soup .. cures what ails you

It's too bad americans don't have Neocitrin... there is really no substitute.

airborne tablets or cold-eeze drops. + vitamin C pills and echinacea. works like a charm

Before going to bed,take a warm bath.Then drink a big cup of warm tea.Then 100gm of Vodka mixed up with honey(50/50) you have to warm it in a microwave oven till 40 degrees centigrade(pretty warm..almost hot).
Put all your warm clothes on(sweaters and so on),drink hot vodka&honey(drinking it ,close yor nose with fingers )
Go to bed under a blanket or even two.Have a sleep.
You need to perspire havily..as much as you can.Be patient...
Next morning you'll be OK.
It's my proven many times method.

P.S.If it's cold only, you can't be ill next morning ;-)
Check this up..good luck!

ColdFX

DH

CHICKEN SOUP!!!!!! Great stuff.

Garlic, Lemon, Parsley all are good for you.

Lots of hot chicken soup and drink more warm water than cold (so the throat doesn't become numb and become susceptible to the onset of sore throat). Try to lie face down while your feet are raised a feet or so. The position is supposed to help the mucus be coaxed out by gravity. I know it's hokey, but when I am congested, the position helps me to expectorate the damn pesky mucus after I have slept.

I have read that as much as possible, don't depend too much on medications. Let the body repair itself its own way. Using medication doesn't help the body become more resistant to disease.

ColdFX mang
i know people that swear by it

I drown out the cold in Vitamin C. Pick up 2 dozen oranges, a keg of OJ and drink to the point you feel your about to be sick of oranges. Then sleep. Repeat. 48 hours, you'll be feeling over the cold.
WG

When I start getting sick, I take EVERYTHING I can to get over. Getting a cold is like the worst thing for me. I rarely get sick, but when I do, it's fucking annoying.

My "must haves" is:

AirBorne
Coldeeze (I always have one constantly throughout the day)
Zicam
Tylenol Extra Strength Cold
OJ
Lots of water - very important

Lots of rest; wear a lot of sweaters to sweat out the cold but make sure to drink plenty of water so you don't drain your body; stay away from cold breezes; clear your throat and nose as often as possible.

Max three nights until you feel 100% better.

What he said.. i swear by it. Took it after the Vegas trip and completely headed off a bad cold that was coming on.

sleep and olbas oil

Eat a whole plate of food doused with Garlic and Ginger.. seriously.. i eat this stuff all the time, and i never get sick

R

- Chicken soup
- Airborne
- Tylenol Cold Extra Strength
- Zinc lozenges

Probably too late for this now, but if you drop 3% hydrochloric acid solution into your ears as soon as you start feeling a scratchy throat or the first signs of sickness, it's goes away by the next day. It feels weird and bubbly, kinda like a fizzing sound, but it works!

Here are the complete instructions if you're interested for next time:
"In 1928 Richard Simmons, M.D. hypothesized that colds and flu virus enter through the ear canal. His findings were dismissed by the medical community. According to Dr. Simmons, contrary to what you may think or have been taught about how you catch the flu or the cold there is only one way that you can catch the two, and that's via the ear canal not through the eyes or nose or mouth as most have believed.

Keeping your fingers out of your ears will greatly reduce your chances of catching them, but then again these two are microscopic and can be air-born and may land on or even in your ear. Once they have entered the inner-ear (middle-ear) there they begin their breeding process, and from there they have access to every avenue throughout our body to travel to and to infect and make us sick.

In 1938 German researchers had great success using hydrogen peroxide in dealing with colds and the flu. Their data has been ignored for over 60 years.

It is important to begin treatment as soon as symptoms appear. If treatment is started promptly effectiveness seems to be in the 80% range.

We have found remarkable results in curing the flu & cold within 12 to 14 hours when administering a few drops of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) into each infected ear, (sometimes only one ear is infected) The H2O2 starts working within 2 to 3 minutes in killing the flu or cold; there will be some bubbling and in some cases mild stinging occurs.

Wait until the bubbling & stinging subside (usually 5 to 10 min) then drain onto tissue and repeat other ear. A bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide in 3% solution is available at any drug store for a couple of dollars.

Although this method is perfectly safe for infant/children to use, the loud bubbling and stinging frightens them, they'll need someone they trust to put the HP in their ears. (don't get H2O2 in the eyes- if you do, flush with water)."

vitamins, C and B complex, soups/chicken or tomato, hot showers,paracetamolum or ibuprofen...You'll be good in 2 days max!!

I clean my doggy's ears like that, a cocker spaniel, but only if he has a serious infection....Not recomended!

sleep a lot.
drink a lot.
take something with guaifenisin (sp) and pseudoephidrine

2 weeks in bed or 14 days at work :thumbsup