You telling me there is no cure for the common cold !

Dj_Jestar said:
That is correct, there is no cure.

The "common cold" is, in fact, not "common". There are 127 known variants, and it is a mutating virus. Thus you can catch it multiple times.
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There are more than this, probably well over 200, also take into account that it's forever evolving creating new variants, so the number is forever increasing.

Anywho, if you keep yourself fit and healthy a cold shouldn't give you that much trouble, I know it doesn't for me.
 
Their is no cure, basic biology shows us that, research in Flus and pre-emting strians have been on the market for some years now.

If one company came with a cure for the cold they would be highest on the stock market..all they have to do is patant teh cure remedy to high heaven..all the other pharmacuticals would have to buy it from them.

Pretty much what happenned with Prozac, one company makde it, the others had to pay evertyime they used in in the hundreds of varients that came after.
 
Steve Zodiac said:
Im sitting here my eyes streaming snot pouring out my nose, You get the idea, So im drinking some over the counter cold remedie that i know wont help one bit and i cannot help thinking how billions are spent on medications that do not work. Thats why there is no cure for the common cold, The big drug companies would loose billions. They have the cure but you aint never going to get it !
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there's no cure because the virus mutates so often the cure would be useless shortly after making it.

A cure for the common cold would be worth billions if it always worked on all strains as people would always be getting it and always buying the pill to get rid of it.


*looks at op's name* ah nvm yes it's all a conspiracy.

get a better immune system.



nuttyprot said:
There will never be a cure for the common cold. Pharmacies would lose millions/bilions if they produced one. As they sell so many products to subdue them.
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yet they'd make even more money because more people would buy a genuine cure than something to just help the symptoms.
 
drunkenmaster said:
I love the pure ridiculous nature of this anti business idea people come up with.

There are DOZENS of companies producing cold remedies, which are really just, pain pills with a couple other things thrown in.

Think about that, dozens of companies, if ONE company made the breakthrough on the cure for a cold. Firstly, they could charge through the roof for it.

How many packs of cold remedy do people buy before they get bored and realise it makes no difference, 5, 10 in their life times, at a few quid a pack. So why not charge you £200 for the all time cure........ people would pay it.

So whats more profitable, everyone trying several different products before not bothering anymore totaling £50, maybe £100 over a life time, but likely that money spread over many different companies products, or everyone buying a single product for £200 all from the same company?

People love to think in an anti-establishment, big company = bad way, without the slightest hint of logical thought.

A cure for the cold would potentially be the single most profitable discovering a pharmaceutical company would ever come up with, they could charge what they want, with no competition for at least 10 years(I believe patents are generally a minimum of 10 years on these types of products).
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or just like curable infections are "cured" many times in a persons life.

people would be buying your say £5 genuine cure usually a minimum of what once per year for every year they're alive, some even more.

if it works people will buy it and they will buy it every time they get a cold.
 
As others have said, if one pharmaceutical company discovered a cure they wouldn't go, oh well let's bury the research and keep competing with other companies for a small slice of the cold remedy market.

They'd launch a massive advertising / PR campaign and demolish the cold remedy market overnight making fortunes, especially if they have the patent or whatever the medical version of a patent is.
 
You have to remember that the majority of people have the sense to just let a cold go naturally, no need for any drugs/remedies etc. However, if there was a cure, then most would probably go for it. So the sheer numbers of people buying the cure would be huge.
 
When I had a heavy cold a few weeks back I decided to look at nhs' website and it said there is no cure because there are over 200 different viruses that cause it.
Antibiotics don't do anything and there's no proof that cough syrup works.

I just stick to paracetomol, olbas oil drops at night, olbas oil inhaler during the day, keep warm, plenty of rest, fluids and lots of vitamin c. I also sleep sitting up.

I did try curry and found it didn't really do much though it was the best curry I've tasted so it cheered me up a bit lol
 
secretspy said:
When I had a heavy cold a few weeks back I decided to look at nhs' website and it said there is no cure because there are over 200 different viruses that cause it.
Antibiotics don't do anything and there's no proof that cough syrup works.

I just stick to paracetomol, olbas oil drops at night, olbas oil inhaler during the day, keep warm, plenty of rest, fluids and lots of vitamin c. I also sleep sitting up.

I did try curry and found it didn't really do much though it was the best curry I've tasted so it cheered me up a bit lol
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vitamin C does nothing :p
 
Occasional colds are good, they rid the body of unwanted toxins and other dead matter, the mucas flowing out of your nose should be embraced as it means your body is cleaning itself up. Drugs that reduce the production/flow of mucas are totally counter-productive as they slow down the bodies natural processes of ridding itself of the infection.

If you get regular flus and colds though then look to your diet, as more than likely your not eating enough immune boosting foods, good fats and proteins being essential here. Processed foods, especially refined sugars and grains greatly inhibit immunity which is why people who eat these foods (most people) seem to be so susceptible to colds and flus.
 
The OP clearly has hayfever - and it must be the first Spring he's suffered from it. Sucks!

Mine has been tailing off for the past few years. High five to awesome genes. :)
 
smit101 said:
Occasional colds are good, they rid the body of unwanted toxins and other dead matter, the mucas flowing out of your nose should be embraced as it means your body is cleaning itself up. Drugs that reduce the production/flow of mucas are totally counter-productive as they slow down the bodies natural processes of ridding itself of the infection.

If you get regular flus and colds though then look to your diet, as more than likely your not eating enough immune boosting foods, good fats and proteins being essential here. Processed foods, especially refined sugars and grains greatly inhibit immunity which is why people who eat these foods (most people) seem to be so susceptible to colds and flus.
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Unwanted toxins, ey? I think you accidentally the whole concept.
 
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