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CellarDweller:
Is it cold, or allergy?
If it's allergies, Chlor Trimeton works for me.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on November 17, 2007, 03:53:07 pm ---The pharmacist suggested a sudafed like pill that I had to get from behind the counter and sign for because, as the pharmacist put it, "It's the kind the meth-heads use and we have to keep track of anyone who buys it." :P ...
Anyway, Jeff, I'll let you know if it works. I'm skeptical. I think we'll probably just have to ride it out! :-\
--- End quote ---
Whatever the drugstore was, that was almost certainly a generic brand of Sudafed, that is, the same drug, just not the brand name. That's what I generally use for a sinus headache. One or two doses usually opens me up, but I'm wary of taking it for a cold--I mean several times a day--because it might "hop me up" and keep me from sleeping. It is, after all, "pseudo-ephedrine," and ephedrine is the same thing as adrenaline. I've been taking a dose of it in the mornings, and for the rest of the day, I've just been toughing it out. :-\
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on November 17, 2007, 04:12:27 pm ---Is it cold, or allergy?
If it's allergies, Chlor Trimeton works for me.
--- End quote ---
No, this is definitely a cold. In me it started, as a cold usually does in me, with a sore throat on Wednesday. The throat was sore for about 24 hours, now I have the nasal symptoms. It's all depressingly familiar. :-\
A lot of people have colds around here right now. My houseguest last weekend was recovering from a cold, and I was in crowds of people for the events surrounding the Mr. Philadelphia Leather contest, so the only wonder is that it took until Wednesday for me to get sick. :-\
Shasta542:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 05:57:45 pm ---Whatever the drugstore was, that was almost certainly a generic brand of Sudafed, that is, the same drug, just not the brand name. That's what I generally use for a sinus headache. One or two doses usually opens me up, but I'm wary of taking it for a cold--I mean several times a day--because it might "hop me up" and keep me from sleeping. It is, after all, "pseudo-ephedrine," and ephedrine is the same thing as adrenaline. I've been taking a dose of it in the mornings, and for the rest of the day, I've just been toughing it out. :-\
No, this is definitely a cold. In me it started, as a cold usually does in me, with a sore throat on Wednesday. The throat was sore for about 24 hours, now I have the nasal symptoms. It's all depressingly familiar. :-\
A lot of people have colds around here right now. My houseguest last weekend was recovering from a cold, and I was in crowds of people for the events surrounding the Mr. Philadelphia Leather contest, so the only wonder is that it took until Wednesday for me to get sick. :-\
--- End quote ---
Yeah -- it was. But the Sudafed was on the shelf. I don't know why the one I got was behind the counter. It cost only $1.97. :P Anyway, my headache feels a little better. Probably just from time passed.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 17, 2007, 05:57:45 pm ---A lot of people have colds around here right now. My houseguest last weekend was recovering from a cold, and I was in crowds of people for the events surrounding the Mr. Philadelphia Leather contest, so the only wonder is that it took until Wednesday for me to get sick. :-\
--- End quote ---
wow......hoping that you feel better soon!
Front-Ranger:
What always works for me is...whiskey! (When I'm feeling fine, I never drink the stuff!) In fact, a pediatrician once advised me to give my infant son a teaspoon of whiskey for his bronchitis. "You're kidding," I said. "Aren't you?" She wasn't.
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