Since the demise of old formula Contac, which got me through my teenage years, I take a multi-pronged approach:
- anti-histamine tablets (generic hay fever 24 hour ones) - decongestant tablets (generic Sudafed). NOT the non-drowsy ones, after an unfortunate experience the night before a job interview, during which I discovered that I could not take new formula Contac and expect to sleep - paracetamol if needed - nose strips to sleep in (those things you see rugby players in) - Vic/smelling salts when I want to smell something - sofa to lie on - several days off work
Though otherwise generally pretty healthy, I am absolutely pole-axed by colds.
I know that anti-histamines are not recommended in some quarters because they dry the mucus membranes, but when your nose is scabbed through being blown every five minutes, that is exactly what you want. My personal experience is that they work for me.
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- anti-histamine tablets (generic hay fever 24 hour ones)
- decongestant tablets (generic Sudafed). NOT the non-drowsy ones, after an unfortunate experience the night before a job interview, during which I discovered that I could not take new formula Contac and expect to sleep
- paracetamol if needed
- nose strips to sleep in (those things you see rugby players in)
- Vic/smelling salts when I want to smell something
- sofa to lie on
- several days off work
Though otherwise generally pretty healthy, I am absolutely pole-axed by colds.
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I know that anti-histamines are not recommended in some quarters because they dry the mucus membranes, but when your nose is scabbed through being blown every five minutes, that is exactly what you want. My personal experience is that they work for me.