Any ideas on how to kill a cough???

[hsmamato2]

You should take an expectorant to loosen the phlegm and mucus and cough the crap up when you are awake. In the evening, before going to sleep, take the suppressant.

Delsym is the strongest suppressant on the shelf..... it's just the one active ingredient

 

[Judique]

Ok....don't laugh too hard at my home remedy but......

Cut a lemon into thin slices. Add it to two cups of water in a small pan and boil for a couple of minutes.

Pour the lemon water into a large cup. Add two to four tablespoons (to your taste) of honey and stir.

Carefully sip this mixture as it is hot.

I have chronic post nasal drip especially during allergy season and with colds. This will soothe the throat, and you can add in your choice of pain reliever, decongestant, etc.

 

[TwoMisfits]

In the theme of non-pharmaceutical help...grab 2 extra pillows and put them under our head (sleeping on your side) - keeping your head elevated should help...also, get a cool mist humidifier and put it about 18-24 inches from your head and let it run. Extra cold moisture should also help you sleep much better...and I agree to have something like the drink above, but having it with Lipton tea might make it taste better (adding honey and lemon to Lipton or a plain black tea before bed)...

 

[luckofthedraw]

Okay, this may sound weird, but it works consistently in our house. Anyone who gets a cough gets on a mini trampoline, and bounces as long as they can stand it. Why? It loosens up all that congestion AND it jostles your lymph nodes, to help them kick in, and fight infection. Works like a charm, every time. DH used to moan about me making him get on a mini trampoline. Then he figured out that it actually works.

 

[Minnie-Maniac]

Another thing that loosens up congestion in my home is cutting a tennis ball in half and have someone pound on your back with the tennis balls in each palm of there hand. My Dad who is an Internal Medicine Doctor says this breaks up the congestion making it a more productive cough and getting all that phlegm up.

 

[tami82]

Chest cold coughs for me takes a couple weeks to dissipate. I like to take Sudafed (the real deal - pseudophedrine) at night. Seems to help.

The only problem with taking pseudo at night is it will keep you up

 

[edk35]

Wow tessalon pearles worked for you-good to know.....never worked for me (or others I know who have used it) which is why I didn't suggest it in my previous post-always felt like it was a waste of money lol

Well they surely DID NOT work back in Dec. NOW.... I have been 2 weeks past my cold so it may feel like they are working because my cold is almost over. LOL

 

[SandyinMonterey]

My husband gets a bad cough every year without fail. Usually due to a cold. He is not one to go to a doctor but now realizes there is only one thing that gets rid of it. He gets a Rx for Z pack and Rx strength cough suppressant syrup. I hope you feel better soon.

 

[scottmel]

OP with update. THANKS!!! Great suggestions. I retried the green muscinex the DM one that was jittery to me before. Well I just did one tablet last night and did the air vaporizer and coughed VERY LITTLE and slept 4 hours. So far so good! Except this morning when I woke up I felt as though I could hear ocean waves though I live no where near the ocean. Something isn't right BACK to the dr. I have a middle ear infection and a yucky one at that and a suspected sinus infection. I am on 3 antibiotics (one of them being the cough pearl that I think is working for me!)....SOOOOO pressure definitely not as bad and energy level up!

 

[Minnie-Maniac]

OP with update. THANKS!!! Great suggestions. I retried the green muscinex the DM one that was jittery to me before. Well I just did one tablet last night and did the air vaporizer and coughed VERY LITTLE and slept 4 hours. So far so good! Except this morning when I woke up I felt as though I could hear ocean waves though I live no where near the ocean. Something isn't right BACK to the dr. I have a middle ear infection and a yucky one at that and a suspected sinus infection. I am on 3 antibiotics (one of them being the cough pearl that I think is working for me!)....SOOOOO pressure definitely not as bad and energy level up!

Man well that really stinks. I remember you said you were leaving for your trip on the 3rd of July. Are you flying? If you are I really hope the whole ear infection is cleared up because flying is not going to help that at all. Take care and get better real soon.

 

[scottmel]

Man well that really stinks. I remember you said you were leaving for your trip on the 3rd of July. Are you flying? If you are I really hope the whole ear infection is cleared up because flying is not going to help that at all. Take care and get better real soon.

Exactly! We are doing ADventures By Disney to California...definatley flying! Though infection is NEW as it wasn't there 48 hours and Dr. felt it should be good for Friday but I may run in for a recheck just to be sure. I can tell my voice is stronger and I am doing things I was too short of breath to do yesterday from the constant cough! I have not been sick since 1995 FOR REAL! And now this...UGH!

 

[Minnie-Maniac]

Exactly! We are doing ADventures By Disney to California...definatley flying! Though infection is NEW as it wasn't there 48 hours and Dr. felt it should be good for Friday but I may run in for a recheck just to be sure. I can tell my voice is stronger and I am doing things I was too short of breath to do yesterday from the constant cough! I have not been sick since 1995 FOR REAL! And now this...UGH!

It sounds like a great sign that you are doing things you were just out of breathe doing just yesterday. I hope you are 100% when the trip comes.