What is the best cold medication?

[Eeezee]

I've never had a cold last more than a day or two, and it has always been mild (some coughing, some sneezing). But now I find myself at the end of a week with the worst cold I've ever had.

So yeah, what's your preferred medication? Mine is whiskey, but that hasn't been working 🙁

 

[MrChad]

NyQuil

 

[torpid]

Zinc lozenges and nyquil.

 

[Modelworks]

Remember you are only treating the symptoms, not the cause.
I like alka seltzer, but nyquil works well too.

 

[Kelvrick]

Fire. Burn it out.

In reality, lots of rest for me and staying warm. Being in my warm room with some ventilation is nice. A stuffy room makes me feel like crap.

EDIT: Oh, and lots of fluids and soft lotion infused tissues are a must.

 

[Colt45]

day: sudafed, redbull, menthol cigs, ricola
night: nyquil
day and at home: nyquil

 

[JJChicken]

Rest

 

[dullard]

The annoying symptoms are your body's attempts to fight the disease. I've always wanted to know why people want medicine to turn those features off.

Zinc helps a bit by stopping the germs from multiplying. But at this state, they've already taken over and zinc won't do much other that stop your normal cells from dividing properly.

I usually just use time to cure my colds. If I'm desperate I'll use anesthetic lozenges with benzocaine.

 

[ruu]

Thin soups that aren't too hearty. Citrus-flavored candies. Orange juice. Cuddling, either from the significant other or the cat.

 

[Shawn]

It depends what the symptoms are. I don't like to take medicines that have everything if I don't need everything. If you are really congested pseudoephederine is the only decongestant that actually works. You will have to get it behind the counter.

 

[JohnCU]

nuclear weapons