Cough Medicine

[shereebailey83]

Hey all,

My whole life i've never had cough medicine due to them being packed full of sugar and ingredients that have fructose, however i have had a cough for a weeks that just keeps coming and going which is waking me at night and driving me crazy!

I mentioned to the chemist about no cough medicine's being HFI safe and she said they now had one that was totally sugar free, she said it tastes absolutely horrible but she swears in contains no sugar.

I have looked up the ingredients and can't seem to see anything in it that would have sugar but i would like a second or third or fourth opinion before taking a swig lol.

Active Ingredients

Each 10 mL contains:

Ammonium bicarbonate 250 mg

Senega extract

Equiv dry root 250 mg

Camphor 3 mg

CONTAINS: Benzoic Acid, Methyl Hydroxybenzoate, Propyl Hydroxybenzoate and total Ethanol (Alcohol) approximately 8.6% w/v.

Thanks heaps

[ukbill]

put more alcohol in it make it taste better

Check Senega root extract. But should not be a problem

[nicoleh]

Hi Sheree,
a chiropractor may help with a chesty cough (sometimes lack of proper movement through the chest/ribs/spine prevents fluid from coming out of the lungs fully). This happens to my DD2 every autumn and a chiro trip is always required or it just goes on and on for months.

A "tickle" in the throat type cough usually reflects a post-nasal drip, in which case a saline spray to clear out the nose and get it running forwards again also often helps.

Maybe one of these things might help you longer term.

HTH,
Nicole