Estoy Enferma

[the_other_sandy]

Dear Sudafed,

Your package is clearly labeled "maximum strength nasal decongestant," so could you please explain to me why it is that I've been taking your little red pills every 4 hours for 4 days, yet I still can't lie down or breathe through my nose, and now my ears are all stopped up?

Snottily yours,

Sandy (no, the other one)

P.S. -- Non-drowsy formula? Way to go, there. 'Cause the last thing I need when I'm sick is sleep.

Comments

Nyquil

[bit-boy.livejournal.com]

Well, we've got a bottle of that nighttime-sniffling-sneezing-coughing-aching-stuffy head- fever-"what am I doing facedown on my kitchen floor" medicine over here for you if you want it.

Seriously, If you're using Sudafed PE (the phenylephrine formula), trash it and go get the real stuff (the stuff they have to keep behind the counters these days). I'm pretty sure you've seen the stories on it, but the evidence is beginning to strongly indicate that phenylephrine isn't worth diddlysquat (as effective as a placebo) when it comes to unplugging someone.

Re: Nyquil

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I'm never taking Nyquil again. It tasted like crap (and coated my tongue, so the taste didn't go away for a loooooong time), and didn't do anything for my cough.

As for Sudafed PE being as effective as a placebo, I can personally vouch for that. I'm having better luck with Halls' throat drops. Next time I'm at Walgreen's, I plan to shake them down for the good stuff.

Re: Nyquil

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

P.S. -- We need to get you some icons.

[libra-traveller.livejournal.com]

Seriously if it spreads more it's definitely time to hit the doctor up for antibiotics.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but it really is just a cold. bit_boy was right about Sudafed PE being about as useful as a placebo. I guess I missed when the real Sudafed became a controlled substance, but you need to get it from the pharmacy counter these days and fill out about as much paperwork as if you were buying a handgun. I'm now on the real Sudafed and things are starting to clear up. Next up: finding a cough medicine that works.

[libra-traveller.livejournal.com]

Well I hope it stays as just a cold. The Sudafed PE works mildly, but I don't like the real sudafed as it increases my heart rate.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Sudafed PE doesn't seem to work at all for me. I'll just have to keep taking Sudafed at the widest spaced recommended dose. I'm looking forward to being able to lie down when I go to bed tonight, though. I've only been able to sleep propped up half-sitting with pillows this week.

[libra-traveller.livejournal.com]

Yeah well the last time I had a cold that meant I need to fall asleep half sitting against pillows morphed into me not being able to walk much and needing an inhaler steroids and antibiotics. I hope you don't get that.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Bleah, that sounds awful. No, I just have respiratory allergies, so when I get sick, my sinuses go into mucus overdrive. My mom used to have to give me nose drops as a kid when I had a cold so I could breathe. Man, did I hate those. Yuck.