So IS there any cough medicine that actually works?

[HappyMommy2]

If anyone has found a cough medicine that really seems to work, please let me know! About once a year I get a bad cold that ends with a hacking cough that hangs on and on. Right now I have a terrible dry cough that bugs me night and day. My abs are sore and my head hurts from coughing so much! I don't think it's bronchitis or anything like that, just a nagging virus. Last year I had a cough just like this and the doctor prescribed something called tessalon pearls but those didn't seem to do much to keep me from coughing. I tried Robitussin cough suppressant yesterday with no success either.

I feel okay other than the cough but I hate it when I am at Target or wherever and I get a coughing fit and people look at me like I am dying or something!

Anyone have any advice? Thanks!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I used to take Creomulsion--but it tastes nasty--whenever I have the cough that beats all coughs..that has helped.

 

[sunkissed212]

I usually use Vicks Formula 44. There's also 44D - I don't remember what the difference is between the two but I know that's the only brand that works for me!

 

[Bob Slydell]

Delsym -- it's what our pediatrician recommended for our asthmatic DS, but it has adult dosages as well.

http://www.drugstore.com/products/p...p2=78154&trxp3=1&trxp4=0&btrx=BUY-PLST-0-SRCH

 

[capthooksmom]

My doc. often recommends Delsym.

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

Add me to the group who loves Delsym!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Additionally--I was in a musical once and had a TERRIBLE cough..I went to the doctor and said point blank that the OTC stuff just doesn't work properly and my cough had to disappear. He prescribed a cough medicine with Codeine in it...now it knocks you out at first..but by golly..that cough disappeared mighty quick. I forget what it is called...but if you just call your DOC and let them know that the OTC stuff isn't working...they should be able to prescribe something that will work.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

Make sure it is an expectorant cough medicine.

Lori

 

[winniedapooh]

When 2 of my 5 kids and I get really bad coughs like this the dr. gives us prescription cough medicine with codeine in it too. Tastes blech, knocks you out, but cough is usually gone in 2 days! Feel better.

 

[ahutton]

It depends on what the cough is for us... I have asthma, so if I get any lung congestion I have to be very careful and work fast. Humibid and Mucinex (yucky commercials) are tablet forms of expectorant. If you have a cough where it feels like you can't get things moving, you take a dose of this and drink a TON of water and it will break it up. If the cough is a tickle I have better luck treating the congestion problem, which prevents the tickle. For a general cough Delsym is great, and it doesn't taste bad, which is a welcome relief.

 

[Lisa L from MI]

Delsym here too recommended by our ped...

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

A prescription cough syrup with codeine is Halotussin. Helps for the Bronchitis cough.
Just started using Mucinex this year, would rather a tablet than a nasty tasing syrup for an expectorant.

 

[capthooksmom]

When 2 of my 5 kids and I get really bad coughs like this the dr. gives us prescription cough medicine with codeine in it too. Tastes blech, knocks you out, but cough is usually gone in 2 days! Feel better.

I'm not advising you to do this, but I was told by a pharmacist that if you have a bad cough and don't have a good cough med, but have a pain reliever with codeine in it, take the pain reliever and it will work the same.

 

[mallcat]

We use Delsym too. Haven't tried Mucinex yet.

 

[wvrevy]

Speaking strictly of over the counter stuff, I've actually had a lot of luck with Comtrex Deep Chest Cold. I'm not coughing nearly as much with it in me as I do when I get to the end of the dosage period (4 hours).

Hope you find somethin' !

 

[CynJ]

I love the Robitusson Cough Gelcaps - they transport in the purse nicely, and work well. Plus all that's in it is just cough medicine - no decongestants or expectorants which play havoc with my high blood pressure.

 

[kikipug]

two words.... Ny Quil

 

[twinmomplus2new]

we too use Delsym.

 

[StartedAJoke]

OK. May sound strange (and no one else has mentioned it), but we use Benadryl. Knocks it right out. There used to be a cough medicine called Benalyn, it was a liquid form of dyphenhydramine (Benadryl.) Tablets or liquid work great. Works great for motion sickness, too.

 

[HappyMommy2]

Thanks for all the suggestions!
I went to the drugstore and bought Delsym. I had never heard of it till today. I just took a dose so hopefully I will have a break from coughing soon!

If I don't get better in a day or so I will call the doctor and see if I can get something with codeine. I am starting to get desperate! Just now my 4-year-old said, "Mommy, you cough REALLY loud!"