OTC cold treatments

[slobake]

It's that time of year again and I feel a cold coming on. You know the feeling.
What do I do now? Stay warm, exercise, eat well, drink hot liquids and ride it out?
Of course, my wife will make some chicken soup, that's a given.
When I go to the store I am overwhelmed with all the cold treatments. I take Mucinex if I get a bad cough and/or clogged up.
What about all the other stuff?
My wife swears by Umcka but that stuff makes me even more sick.
I have had some luck with Cold-Eeze in the past and I have read studies that show that zinc helps. That is the main ingredient in Cold-Eeze. Id does give me the pookey rookies if you know what I mean.
I'm not talking about things that treat the symptons like cough syrup or Nyquil but things that may help lessen the severity and/or stop a cold.
Is there such a thing or is all this stuff snake oil?
What do you think Talkbass?

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Lemon fizz with gin!

 

[slobake]

Lemon fizz with gin!

Yikes! How could I leave that off the poll. I tell ya the cold is affecting my reasoning capabilities.
Added adult beverages to the poll.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

My mother used to give me one of those before bed, when I had a cold.
She made the mistake of letting me see where she kept it, so the supply dwindled. I had a cold often when she wasn't home.

 

[mbelue]

Hot toddy FTW.

 

[charlie monroe]

Buckley's.

 

[slobake]

I see a trend here. For me it used to be Courvoisier and smoking a certain herb. But alas, I abused those types of things so much that chemical happiness no longer is an option for me.

 

[pie_man_25]

I honestly usually just tough it out, except maybe a bit of cough syrup or neo citron for when I'm sleeping, if it's bad enough to affect that. I feel that this has prepared me for living in my current location, where traditional medicine is very culturally different, and so are the pharmacies.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

AlcaSeltzer Cold. Fizzy tablets

 

[Alkali Ike]

Zicam works but you need to start using it at the earliest sign of a cold.

 

[Gorn]

AlcaSeltzer Cold. Fizzy tablets

It's amazing how well this stuff works. Completely knocks out cold symptoms almost immediately. It makes you feel like you don't have a cold......for about a half hour. Then the congestion comes back and punches you in the face like a phlegmy boxing glove.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

It's amazing how well this stuff works. Completely knocks out cold symptoms almost immediately. It makes you feel like you don't have a cold......for about a half hour. Then the congestion comes back and punches you in the face like a phlegmy boxing glove.

For me I get about 4 hours, then time for another one

 

[two fingers]

Zicam works but you need to start using it at the earliest sign of a cold.

This. Get it now!

 

[ImNotJoel]

I had plenty of illegal cold remedies but now that I am responsible and got my poop together it's DayQuil and psuedoephed when the sinuses are really bad. Mucinex and Tussin are great for couch and chest congestion but now that I switched from smoking cigarettes to vaping I don't get as bad of cough and phlegm. Also I keep plenty of ricola and halls on hand for sore throat.

 

[Pentatonic]

Big pot of raw ginger tea made extra strong. Drink for days.

 

[carl h.]

nyquil

 

[twinjet]

It's that time of year again and I feel a cold coming on. You know the feeling.
What do I do now? Stay warm, exercise, eat well, drink hot liquids and ride it out?
Of course, my wife will make some chicken soup, that's a given.
When I go to the store I am overwhelmed with all the cold treatments. I take Mucinex if I get a bad cough and/or clogged up.
What about all the other stuff?
My wife swears by Umcka but that stuff makes me even more sick.
I have had some luck with Cold-Eeze in the past and I have read studies that show that zinc helps. That is the main ingredient in Cold-Eeze. Id does give me the pookey rookies if you know what I mean.
I'm not talking about things that treat the symptons like cough syrup or Nyquil but things that may help lessen the severity and/or stop a cold.
Is there such a thing or is all this stuff snake oil?
What do you think Talkbass?

Zinc has done a great job of keeping me well. Take one a day with water. Best wishes.

 

[Basshappi]

You didn't list Tuna Noodle Casserole, that knocks a cold right out!

 

[carl h.]

You didn't list Tuna Noodle Casserole, that knocks a cold right out!

So does cyanide, and it tastes better.

 

[twinjet]

So does cyanide, and it tastes better.

I only liked this because it was funny. Not because I agree!