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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: neilep on 19/07/2007 01:56:38

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: neilep on 19/07/2007 01:56:38

Greets To Meets Ewe !

Do Cough medicines work at all ?.......do they ?

Cos I think they're crap !!....How are they supposed to do what they are supposed to do ?

Is it via coating the throat or via the digestion of the ingredients ?

*cough splutter*

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: Karen W. on 19/07/2007 10:23:49

MY mom used Vicks formula 44 every night drank it straight from the bottle.. I think it was the alcohol content.. as it would knock her out cold! She had a sleep problem like mine.. So she always took stuff to sleep!

I honestly don't think it helps not me anyway! I just take an antihistimine to dry the nose up and then the cough stops!

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: neilep on 19/07/2007 11:09:31

THANK EWE KAREN,

I agree...cough medicines are rubbish !!

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: kdlynn on 20/07/2007 06:40:52

the only kind that works for me is the kind from the doctor.it's... orange. i can't remember what it's called but it's orange and tastes orange and it's really thick

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: kdlynn on 20/07/2007 06:41:42

and i'm not allowed to drive or operate heavy machinery while taking it

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 20/07/2007 12:45:04

Can you still buy Collis-Brown? (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fdrinking%2F15.gif&hash=f33f834e381b1b004ab71d1e4d7afc64)

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: neilep on 20/07/2007 13:11:50

Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 20/07/2007 12:45:04

Can you still buy Collis-Brown? (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fdrinking%2F15.gif&hash=f33f834e381b1b004ab71d1e4d7afc64)

According to this ewe can  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorodyne   thought not composed of it's original ingredients !

Title: Do Cough Medicines Actually Work ?
Post by: Karen W. on 20/07/2007 14:07:09

Wow that stuff sounds pretty potent morphine and peppermint oil.. There must be a much looser guideline on drugs there I would have to have a triplicate to buy a medication like that I would think here, just because of the morphine unless it is in such a small dosage that it would negate the need for a triplicate!