Browsing: cough

Which drugs work and which don’t? What natural alternatives are there? Is it a cold or the flue? Do I need antibiotics?

I swallowed so many doses of over-the-counter (OTC) cold medication when I was a child. “Cough medicine” was my mother’s…

In early September, while picking up a prescription refill at my local pharmacy, I noticed signs all over the store…

If you are using cough drops to soothe a nagging cough, stop right now! They are doing you more harm…

A 6-year-old girl from Northern Texas tried jumping out of a window after taking the popular flu prevention medication Tamiflu.…

Doctors should not prescribe oral corticosteroids, such as prednisolone, to adults without asthma who have an acute lower respiratory tract…

Drug store shelves are filled with an overwhelming number of remedies to treat the cold or flu. But which ones…

Echinacea, vitamin c, zinc tablets, garlic and neti pots are all considered treatments for flu symptoms. But which ones do…

Children should never be given the opiate codeine due to a risk that some may experience slow breathing that can…