Help!

[pegkerr]

Your remedies, please, for a persistent, non-productive, agonizing, hacking cough, caused by spring pollen allergies. I have taken Claritin, and Ibuprofin for the fever, and I'm eating cough drops and sucking down tea, but this cough is killing me, and it's tearing me apart. Suggestions?

I'm desperate here.

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[jemyl.livejournal.com]

My regimen includes either Advair or Serivent discus for the asthma, one (not two) sudaphedrine tabs (30mg) one benedryl cap every twelve hours and claritin every twenty-four hours. I also carry cough drops with eucalyptus and/or menthol in them and in a pinch use mint listerine pocketpack stips. This seems to keep the coughing down. I have also used coffee (which is a decongestant) and a diabetic cough medicine like codamol or Tussin which contains Guefesin(sic). Codeine works the best, but is even harder to get than sudaphedrine these days. The whiskey, lemon juice, hot water, honey and cinnamon also works, but I prefer that for at night. An old, but rather smelly remedy is to put Vicks Vaporub on your chest at night. I have been known to modify this by putting a bit under my nose and wiping it off immediately. The mentholyptus muscle relaxant rubs also work for this.

My daughter has found that the mucinex is working well for her this year. If you have checked with your doctor and are sure you don't have asthma there isn't much else you can do other than stand in a steamy room all day. LOL If you have asthma, an albuterol inhaler will help.

Hope you feel better soon. You might also check with your local pharmacist to see what others in your area are using this year to help with the cough. Peace and hugs~~~Ellen