Winter is almost upon us and as usual the cooler weather signals the start of the cold and flu season. Both the common cold and th flu are viral infections and cannot be treated with antibiotics. The symptoms for both can usually be managed by a fit and healthy indivdual with a combination of rest and non-alcoholic fluid intake. Thankfully there is also a wide range of products available to buy to treat the symptoms of both colds and the flu to make your cold and flu season a little more bearable.
- Standard Paracetamol 500mg tablets and Ibuprofen 400mg tablets both offer effective pain relief and the Paracetamol also helps to lower high temperatures.
- For congestion there are a wide range of products available. Sudafed 60mg tablets are a good starting point to relieve your congestion woes. Sudafed also provide a range of combination medicines such as Sudafed blocked nose and headache capsules. Many of these combination items do contain paracetamol so care should be taken not to take additional paracetamol products.
- All that excess mucus unfortuneately leads in many cases to a chesty cough. Benylin do a wide range of cough remedies. Benylin Mucus Cough comes in both a drowsy and non-drowsy formulation. The night time version does contain an added decongestant so an additional one is not required.
- Last but not least the sore throat. Beechams Max Strength Sore Throat Relief contain an anti-bacterial and an anaesthetic.
This list only covers a small minority of the cold and flu products on offer this season. For a wider range visit the cold and flu section on our website.