Best Throat medicine

Hilly · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:01

Guys and girls, in desperate needof your help. I'm currently feeling as rough as a badgers arse at the moment, with a throat which feels likes someone is pushing needles into my throat. Can't swallow and being at work currently makes it worse.

I'm not looking for any medical advice here btw, I couldn't care less.

What I am after though is the best throat medicine available, so, ideas upon throat sweets and throat medicine, so I can pick up a load after work, would be mucho appreciated.

Cheers!

KaHn · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:02

None as all it does is kills the weaker strain and if it comes back it comes back worse.

Either put up with it or if it is bad go see a doc.

KaHn

Doohickey · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:03

hilly said:
I'm not looking for any medical advice here btw, I couldn't care less.

What I am after though is the best throat medicine available

Lol

Tyrozets, Merocets, TCP lozenges.

Strepsils do bugger all imo, they're just expensive sweets.

And yeah ^ GO SEE A DOCTOR

SteveOBHave · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:03

My personal favs are the following: Paracetamol for the pain and inflammation and day/night nurse for the throat. Can't beat it. You'll also sleep a million times better.

ED: I prefer Night Nurse over the Day Nurse because pseudoephidrine makes me feel discombobulated.

Mat · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:04

Dry toast, crisps and hot, hot coffee.

Alternatively a doctor will make it feel better.

~J~ · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:05

Honey and Lemon. Never fails.

M0T · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:06

Tyrozets are amazing.

That is all

SteveOBHave · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:09

Mat said:
Dry toast, crisps and hot, hot coffee.

Alternatively a doctor will make it feel better.

Heh my doctor tells me to "toughen up barbie" - not actually

There is sod all a doctor can do for a cold - lots of water, eat properly and rest lots.

a1ex2001 · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:10

Number one go home, not only are you slowing your own recovery by not resting your breathing nasty horrible germs over all your colleagues who will not appreciate it when they are experiencing you agony.

Ruff food is suprisingly good for a saw throat, try toast or dry cereal! Also good is gargling with warm (really) salty water just remember to spit!

Col_M · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:11

~J~ said:
Honey and Lemon. Never fails.

I agree 100% there's nothing better than honey

JAzz · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:13

Gargling with saltly water usually does the trick, if not there is a spray you can get to spray down your throat which helped last time I had a sore throat.

Sinque · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:14

Calpol, any excuse to take this stuff, it tastes so damn good

~J~ · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:15

Sinque said:
Calpol, any excuse to take this stuff, it tastes so damn good

Is that the thick brown stuff? I think it tastes like Oyster sauce! Yummy!

azzerz · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:15

Strepsils dont work for me either, I have these things called ZUBES

i'd never heard of them before... but they always work brilliantly (taste good too)

Doohickey · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:19

Sinque said:
Calpol, any excuse to take this stuff, it tastes so damn good

Ewwwww, it's too thick, and sickly, bleurgh

GarethDW · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:23

Gargle with salty water or with TCP (but that stuff stinks).

Buy some Merocaine if you really must have lozenges.

Dave M · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:24

Corvonia and honey lockets.

TheKnat · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:25

Or gargle with water with soluble asprin in it.

Been recommended by a doctor to my missus when she had a throat problem

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:27

maybe not a medicine as such but if you have **** dripping down the back of your mouth a little shot of jagermeister will get rid of it for a short while.

meghatronic · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:29

Gargle with salt water, or something strongly alcoholic (whisky, brandy etc...), or with dispersible aspirin.

Drink plenty of cold water. And wait 4-5 days.

If desperate go get some antibiotics from doc, but I wouldn't.