Safe cough medicine?

[serene]

Just wondering if anyone knows of any brands that are safe for cough/sinus symptoms? I found one that I thought was ok but fructose is a sneaky devil hiding in all kinds of ingredients. It helped my cough symptoms but gave me a lovely fructose reaction Thanks!

[Tammy]

Regina uses Diabetic Tussin for a cough syrup. I get it at CVS. For the inactive ingredients it has: Acesulfame K, artificial flavors, aspartame, hypromellose, menthol, methylparaben, polyethylene glycol, potassium sorbate, and purified water.

She also uses CVS brand sugar free cough drops. Inactive ingredients: citric acid, eucalyptus oil, isomalt and maltitol.

For stuffy nose I get equate brand of a daytime pill at Wal-mart.

She does good on all of these.

[serene]

Thanks Tammy, I tried the Diabetic Tussin and no reaction! I have always been scared of flavored medicines, but this one was fine, yeah!

[Tammy]

We tend to question the natural flavors. If it's fruit flavored, then we stay away from them But artificial flavors have never been a problem for her - other than she doesn't always like the taste.

Glad it helped for you.

[ukbill]

I thought isomalt and maltitol were on the NO list?

Certianly I react to IsoMalt anyway.

[Tammy]

www.bu.edu/aldolase/HFI/treatment/sugar_table.htm
Isomalt is tolerated and Maltitol is on the "depending" list. Luckily Regina does fine with both of these. In a spoonful of medicine there can't be much anyway as I think it tastes bitter.