quick question

I feel myself coming down with a cold. My dr's office is closed and since this isn't an emergency I don't want to bother the service. Anyone know what I can take over-the-counter? I don't want to suffer all weekend.

Thank you!!

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I've always just stuck it out.....suffered it out. as long as it is just a cold then you should be fine. Drinks lots of fluids and vitamin C. Maybe someone else will post something better.

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I've had 2 colds... the home remedys include gargling with salt water and drinking decaf tea with real honey and juice from a real lemon (not the lemon honey flavored tea - that's worthless).

Some people find Afrin to work okay, I didn't. I've also used saline nasal spray like Ocean. Some will take Sudafed, but ask your pharmacist for the "correct" one, my pharmacist told me what they had on the shelf was not the Sudafed that is okay to take in pregnancy. I have the sudafed, but never took it... I wish I had it for the first cold when I wanted to put my head through the wall I was in so much agony.

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I feel more comfortable toughing everything out, rather than taking anything.

Knock on Wood, I have not gotten sick though!

But mym Ob did give me a sheet of ok meds for OB & Nursing Patients:

Decongestents:
Actifed
Sudafed
Dimetapp
Dimetane
Tylenol cold & sinus
Claritin

Cough:
Robitussin (any variety)
sudafed cough syrup
Halls cough drops
tylenol cough, cold & flu, etc.

Throat Lozenges:
Spec-T
Sucrets
Halls
Chloroseptic spray & lozenges

Message edited 12/14/2007 7:41:36 PM.

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My obgyn said I couldnt take anything for a cold.

Just to play it safe, tough it out for the night and call them in the morning

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I took Sudafed during my first pregnancy when I had a really bad cold. If you are very miserable then I would say take it. I tried to limit it to twice a day, once early in the day and once late at night. So far I haven't had to take anything for a cold this time but if I was very sick I would take Sudafed again. It doesn't work great like a lot of other medicines do. but it does help take the edge off.

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I try to tough it out! Sometimes I will take regular strength tylenol if I can't sleep. At the beginning I had a horrible cold and i took sudafed ONCE! But, that's it!