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JoyFilled Warrior — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 02:51:58 GMT

Re: OTC Cold/Cough Med-?To Be Pulled Off Market?

LTT1 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:10:36 GMT

As far as my experience with this med, I’m glad it's being pulled. I have never had one bit of luck with it. It was useless for me!

IMO, this would be considered adding ineffective and useless chemicals to my body that I really do not need.

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kze — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:22:39 GMT

Nasal sprays will not be included in this proposal.

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ROMARY — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:31:07 GMT

Consider that I'm not necessarily referring to this particular OTC drug:

'All one has to do' is to websearch various European associations re: various OTC drugs, medicines and see what's been discontinued/pulled off of their market(s).

Same with various diseases, medical issues, etc.

Lots of information out there re: what worked/works and what didn't work, etc.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:40:33 GMT

A doctor friend told me that over 20 years ago. One of my girls was sick with a cold and cough and I asked what cough medicine I should buy and she said none of them. That all OTC cough medicines were completely useless . They do nothing. And recently my daughter was told the same thing by her son's pediatrician. There's no evidence to support than any OTC cough medicine is effective as a cough suppressant or as an expectorant. My question is why have they been allowed to advertise them with egregiously false claims for all these many decades?

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ROMARY — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:46:11 GMT

I've suggested this many times.......

If an adult person isn't allergic to honey, it works wonders for coughs.

Give it a try!

But, BEWARE! Keep away from babies and youngsters.

I don't know for sure, but I recall reading that honey isn't or might not be appropriate for babies, young children.

Research and check with their doctors.

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4kitties — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:54:51 GMT

Had a most wonderful pediatrician when my girls were small. He always told me not to use over the counter cough medicine. He said it was useless.

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:00:41 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
I've suggested this many times.......

If an adult person isn't allergic to honey, it works wonders for coughs.

Give it a try!

But, BEWARE! Keep away from babies and youngsters.

I don't know for sure, but I recall reading that honey isn't or might not be appropriate for babies, young children.

Research and check with their doctors.

Honey can cause botulism in babies under a year old.

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Icegoddess — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:10:17 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
A doctor friend told me that over 20 years ago. One of my girls was sick with a cold and cough and I asked what cough medicine I should buy and she said none of them. That all OTC cough medicines were completely useless . They do nothing. And recently my daughter was told the same thing by her son's pediatrician. There's no evidence to support than any OTC cough medicine is effective as a cough suppressant or as an expectorant. My question is why have they been allowed to advertise them with egregiously false claims for all these many decades?

The reason they are considering pulling meds that include that ingredient have nothing to do with suppressing coughs. It's the decongestant they replaced pseudoephedrine with in OTC decongestant meds with. They only replaced the ingredient because pseudoepherine is used in making meth and so they put meds with that ingredient in the pharmacy.

Whether children's cough medicine does or doesn't work to suppress coughs has nothing to do with that ingredient.

I figured out that ingredeint didn't work as a decongestant years ago and I only get pseudoephedrine from the pharmacy now. I think it's ridiculous that they tried to basically gaslight the american public that this ingredient worked as well as the ingredient they put behind the pharmacy counter.

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DrakesMomma — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:36:35 GMT

Sudafed has this. It is so helpful during allergy season to keep my sinus from swelling so much.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:49:12 GMT

I've also found it to be ineffective plus it keeps me awake all night.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:08:01 GMT

@JoyFilled Warrior It's been all over local and national news.

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BirkiLady — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:09:02 GMT

Most OTC products are useless and far too expensive according to our PCP's over the years. Get a prescription if you really need help.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:09:53 GMT

@ROMARY I saw an episode of ER years ago in which they told parents that honey should NEVER be given to babies. A child came into the ER deathly ill has the dad, who didn't know any better, gave the baby some honey and water.

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pieman12 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:16:26 GMT

They should just go back to what I had for cough medicine when I was growing up... Good old codeine in the Robitussin.. I got the sleep and it broke up the cough. However, that worked and worked very well, which always happens, when something works in the medical profession, its eventually swiped off the market.