Cold/flu Season

[BamBam]

As we go full throttle into the cold and flu season maybe we could mention what products are gluten free and what works best for each of us. I use a lot of Tylenol meds and I believe Nyquil is also safe to use.

My question though is, is there any sore throat lozenges that are gluten free?

BamBam

[tarnalberry]

As we go full throttle into the cold and flu season maybe we could mention what products are gluten free and what works best for each of us.  I use a lot of Tylenol meds and I believe Nyquil is also safe to use.

My question though is, is there any sore throat lozenges that are gluten free?

BamBam

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For me (and everyone will differ on this one), I use the following products either to prevent a cold or help treat it:

* hot, steamy showers (I start these early, to help keep mucus loose, and flowing so I don't get a lung infection or sinus infection)

* Mucinex (extended release guifenessin - same reason as above)

* Advil or Aleve (for aches and pains, and fever IFF it's very high for a number of days)

* hot tea (both for the steam properties, to help sore throats, and to get antioxidants (green tea), ginger (anti-nausea), and lemon/rosehips (vit C))

* echinacea (pill form, to help boost the immune system - I'm not saying it'll keep you from getting sick, but it's seemed to help me fight buggers off a bit better than without it)

* Halls Cough Drops (sore throat)

* Benedryl Dye Free (this helps my nose when it gets clogged up, and helps me sleep if I'm too distracted by symptoms to sleep otherwise)

* sleep - lots of it

* lack of a pillow (to reduce post-nasal drip to minimize sore throats and reduce the risk of lung infection)

* isolation (to minimze exposure to *other* bacteria/viruses while sick with whatever I've got)

(I should add... by the time I get a serious cough, I'm on antibiotics, inhaled steroids, codeine, bronchodialotors, and espophogeal anesthetics, so I don't usually bother with things like dextromathorpan...)

[Nantzie]

I have had really great success with Airborne. That stuff is amazing. I used to be succeptable to every cold/flu that went around. Now, I've been using it for every cold/flu that I've had for the last year or so, and I have yet to have a cold/flu ever fully develop since then. But then I see my kids (who are still too young for even the Airborne Jr.) and my husband (who just thinks he can ignore it and it will go away) suffer through the whole thing. I feel guilty for being totally fine while my kids are sick, but the only thing worse than having sick kids is having sick kids when you're also sick.

I even ended up in a conversation with the pharmacist at our drug store about it, and she thought it was amazing too. She said that she recommends it all the time.

Nancy