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Mommylow... :welcome: to Club SAHM! :imanisland:
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Oh, I forgot to add another feather to my cap…unlicensed doctor. Can’t be running to see doctor everything…so I have medicine for cough with/without phlegm…sore throat, fever, high fever, migraine, diarrhea. Every 6 months, I go to the pharmacy with a list…the pharmacist will give me a ‘what’s going on?’ look.
Money is important, but not the ultimate.
Going to tell my boss one day, I want off day. -
Gangnam,
What do you give for cough?
Woods kids are sold out island wide! -
Off the shelf cough syrup I use Prospan if didn’t have a chance to go family gp yet… for eg when the GP closes on Sunday afternoon etc. Can purchase from Guardian Pharmacy.
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jedamum:
I never gave Woods...for cough which is dry and irritating, I give Actifed. For phlegm, i give flumucil (orange flavored powder mixed with little water)...get from watsons or unity, must go through pharmacist.Gangnam,
What do you give for cough?
Woods kids are sold out island wide!
Some cough medicine are non drowsy and do not need pharmacist. -
I used to give prospan. Not as effective as woods for my kids. Actified dare not try as ds 1 got stomach upset the first time we introduce that. Thanks for sharing!
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Yes jedamum, Prospan seem to take up longer recovery time but safe for even babies to use for phlegmy cough. Longer recovery period due to it being a more natural & non-drowsy herb extract as compared to the gp dispensed ones… like trisedyl or dhasedyl which works much much faster but with higher codeine content.
For myself, if I start to get the itch like sore throat or cough symptoms, I go for Nin Jiom plus Dequadin lozenges.
Compatibility of off-the-shelf medz also largely depends on the response of a person’s body to the medz plus the threshold level of pain or tolerance to varying common illness. -
jedamum:
My kid was prescribed with ventolin (or zemolin also can. Same ingredients, just different brand) for cough. If there's pheglm, then with mulcosolvan. Works all the time. These can be bought through a pharmacist but don't need doctor's letter.Gangnam,
What do you give for cough?
Woods kids are sold out island wide! -
I give my kids TCM
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slmkhoo:
Ventolin/zemolin is for relaxing the airways, particularly good if the problem is still contained at the upper respiratory tracts. It is not a cough suppressant but neither Is it an expectorant.
If it's your first time taking OTC medicines, it's good to know the generic names of the drugs (most of the names given out here are brand names) and their effects. Not all 'cough' medicines work the same way - some are for soothing sore throats, or thinning phlegm, or relaxing airways. Some cause drowsiness, some are also antihistamines. Make sure you are taking the right kind. Pharmacists will be able to advise.Imami:
My kid was prescribed with ventolin (or zemolin also can. Same ingredients, just different brand) for cough. If there's pheglm, then with mulcosolvan. Works all the time. These can be bought through a pharmacist but don't need doctor's letter.
Mulcosolvan Eases the airways and dilutes the phlegm. Works like flumucil.
None of the above two will cause drowsiness and neither are antihistamines.
I personally feel that going to a pharmacist is only a good move if you already know what you want/need. For my case, my kid has been on ventolin and mulcosolvan (prescribed by pd since infancy) whenever he coughs. So I know when is the right time to use them and how much is the dosage. The pharmacist is only helpful in my case when they run out of ventolin/mulcosolvan and that they could recommend an alternative (which is how I got to know zemolin = ventolin) and show me that both contains the same active ingredients.
I was once recommended actiFied by a pharmacist, which is for dry cough. Not a good recommendation because it was not as if she had done what a doctor would do - check your lungs, throat etc. All she did is asked about the symptoms. I didn't take her recommendation eventually.
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