There’s a lot of that bullshit going on for cold/flu meds getting lumped into allergy medication which is confusing the hell out of everyone. Then there’s useless fucking NyQuil which is an expensive scam.
Runny nose/sneezing: antihistamines… Here’s where it’s related to OP. Only the older, sedating ones (diphenhydramine/Benadryl, chlorpheniramine) help cold symptoms. The non-drowsy ones like loratadine (Claritin) DO NOTHING.
Less days spent sick: Take zinc, cells use it to combat infections.
Preventative to be sick for less time: Vitamin C supplement. Does not work if you only start taking it when already sick.
Lortadine does help my like allergy level runny nose if I make sure to take it daily. Whatever’s in NyQuil dries me out regardless of if it’s a cold or allergies but it also knocks me on my ass too hard to be functional.
The non-drowsy antihistamines work okay for runny nose/sneezing with colds as well; it doesn’t have to be just Benadryl. You could at least start with a non-drowsy one, and see if that cuts it for you.
Personally I think the main benefit of something like Benadryl when you have a cold is that it puts you to sleep, not necessarily that it works better on the cold symptoms.
Makes sense to me. I wish there was something in the middle to take in that week or so after the cold that would keep my nose under control without fucking me up so bad.
My local drugstore unhelpfully lumps the two together in an aisle as “allergy & cold”
There’s a lot of that bullshit going on for cold/flu meds getting lumped into allergy medication which is confusing the hell out of everyone. Then there’s useless fucking NyQuil which is an expensive scam.
The few things that work on a cold or flu :
Decongestant: sudafed
Pain, fever, aches: ibuprofen
Cough: Dextromethorphan, kinda. Middling evidence.
Runny nose/sneezing: antihistamines… Here’s where it’s related to OP. Only the older, sedating ones (diphenhydramine/Benadryl, chlorpheniramine) help cold symptoms. The non-drowsy ones like loratadine (Claritin) DO NOTHING.
Less days spent sick: Take zinc, cells use it to combat infections.
Preventative to be sick for less time: Vitamin C supplement. Does not work if you only start taking it when already sick.
Wait until they just remove the labels and force you to trust the word of the manufacturer as they add Fentanyl.
Lortadine does help my like allergy level runny nose if I make sure to take it daily. Whatever’s in NyQuil dries me out regardless of if it’s a cold or allergies but it also knocks me on my ass too hard to be functional.
It could help for actual allergies yeah. It’s just useless against a viral infection as I understand it.
The non-drowsy antihistamines work okay for runny nose/sneezing with colds as well; it doesn’t have to be just Benadryl. You could at least start with a non-drowsy one, and see if that cuts it for you.
Personally I think the main benefit of something like Benadryl when you have a cold is that it puts you to sleep, not necessarily that it works better on the cold symptoms.
Source: I’m a pharmacist.
Makes sense to me. I wish there was something in the middle to take in that week or so after the cold that would keep my nose under control without fucking me up so bad.
Ditto. Last time I had a runny nose for 2 weeks after, just wouldn’t cease.