Having had snot-fests and throaty-snot coughs the three weeks up to beginning of December when I had to concede that I didn’t have my usual autumn/winter cough, I saw the doc. However she said I was getting better and wouldn’t prescribe me antibiotics but instead to get some co-codamol. She also signed me off work for a week, saying that people these days have this mentality that taking a day or two off work is more than enough rest when it isn’t.
Fast-fwd four weeks to yesterday, after a Christmas break in which I mostly had no appetite and the level of enthusiasm for life on a par with zoo caged animals, I saw the same doc again yesterday cos I still wasn’t feeling great and she confirmed I’ve got chronic sinusitis and has prescribed me antibiotics and a chest x-ray for good measure. So with that in mind, back to the OP’s subject: in the last six weeks I have tried: Potters cough syrup, Actifed, BronchoStop (which has nothing to do with horses), every known type of sudafed, some kind of sea water saline nasal spray, ibuprofen, paracetamol, co-codamol, store brand decongestants and several packets of Strepsils. None of them worked in a way that left me feeling ready to take on the world again. And the combined side-effects of some of them have been interesting.
Then someone gave me a hot toddy: whiskey, lemon, ginger and hot water and it’s the only potion which really left me feeling better, if only long enough to get some sleep at night.
