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Links from a family convo.
The 'drugs that work for you when you are sick' thread. (Common cold etc).
For me, is whatever is in Comtrex formulation in the early 80s (this is time dependent). I'll do a quick few researches below, but basically early 80s cold medicine was analgesic + cough suppressant + antihistamine. All those have per person variations so there is no right answer for everyone.
For the really sick, a 'vaporizer' and 'vicks vaporub' (put camphor gel on your chest) and vick's cough drops + vick's inhaler were standard upon waking up. There are other cough drops that work too (Fishermen's Friend and Halls anything come to mind).
[[ The ample inclusion of 'sugar' in medicines is a problem now esp with our current obese and pre-obese population ]]
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Further discussion: Comtrex in the late 70s early 80s also had a Nasal Decongestant [1] ... but which one?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decongestant
Comtrex current formulation is acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, and phenylephrine but back in the day it was aspirin (I never take acetaminophen unless I have to and ibuprophen is known to give me a rash so it had to be aspirin back then).
I forgot it also used to have a 'nasal decongestant' and that's what the phenylephrine is. That sounds right, but there's another common variant of it that does absolutely nothing for my body and never has.
Some of the history is in this, for Dimetapp, which used to be prescription and doctors loved to give it to me [[and did damn-all for me in the 70s and 80s]]
> Dimetapp is an American brand of over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines that is manufactured by Foundation Consumer Brands. At one point, Dimetapp as a household word referred to a single combination preparation marketed to relieve symptoms of the common cold, containing brompheniramine (an antihistamine) and phenylephrine (decongestant replacing the formerly used pseudoephedrine, which itself replaced phenylpropanolamine).
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That's the conclusion I'm coming too... I suspect that Dimetapp switched early (and thus sucked) but Comtrex worked and now doesn't... I'll get the 1983 history correct and that's what works on me.
anyway aspirin + dextromethorphan (or guaifenesin if you want coughs 'productive') + correct decongestant TBD + correct antihistimine (probably benadryl or an inhaler) is what works on me. Everyone is different and can weigh in here.
My conclusion:
Phenylpropanolamine - Wikipedia is probably the decongestant that really works. It's no longer available except by prescriptions for pets and in Sweden.
The 'drugs that work for you when you are sick' thread. (Common cold etc).
For me, is whatever is in Comtrex formulation in the early 80s (this is time dependent). I'll do a quick few researches below, but basically early 80s cold medicine was analgesic + cough suppressant + antihistamine. All those have per person variations so there is no right answer for everyone.
For the really sick, a 'vaporizer' and 'vicks vaporub' (put camphor gel on your chest) and vick's cough drops + vick's inhaler were standard upon waking up. There are other cough drops that work too (Fishermen's Friend and Halls anything come to mind).
[[ The ample inclusion of 'sugar' in medicines is a problem now esp with our current obese and pre-obese population ]]
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Further discussion: Comtrex in the late 70s early 80s also had a Nasal Decongestant [1] ... but which one?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decongestant
Comtrex current formulation is acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, and phenylephrine but back in the day it was aspirin (I never take acetaminophen unless I have to and ibuprophen is known to give me a rash so it had to be aspirin back then).
I forgot it also used to have a 'nasal decongestant' and that's what the phenylephrine is. That sounds right, but there's another common variant of it that does absolutely nothing for my body and never has.
Some of the history is in this, for Dimetapp, which used to be prescription and doctors loved to give it to me [[and did damn-all for me in the 70s and 80s]]
> Dimetapp is an American brand of over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines that is manufactured by Foundation Consumer Brands. At one point, Dimetapp as a household word referred to a single combination preparation marketed to relieve symptoms of the common cold, containing brompheniramine (an antihistamine) and phenylephrine (decongestant replacing the formerly used pseudoephedrine, which itself replaced phenylpropanolamine).
...
That's the conclusion I'm coming too... I suspect that Dimetapp switched early (and thus sucked) but Comtrex worked and now doesn't... I'll get the 1983 history correct and that's what works on me.
anyway aspirin + dextromethorphan (or guaifenesin if you want coughs 'productive') + correct decongestant TBD + correct antihistimine (probably benadryl or an inhaler) is what works on me. Everyone is different and can weigh in here.
My conclusion:
Phenylpropanolamine - Wikipedia is probably the decongestant that really works. It's no longer available except by prescriptions for pets and in Sweden.
Many sympathetic hormones and neurotransmitters are based on the phenethylamine skeleton, and function generally in "fight or flight" type responses, such as increasing heart rate, blood pressure, dilating the pupils, increased energy, drying of mucous membranes, increased sweating, and a significant number of additional effects
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