Sick at the office: What over the counter / home remedies do you take?

Question

When your sick what over the counter / home remedies do you take at the office to get you through the day(s). Rather you feel a cold coming or the cold is already in you and you can’t or wont call in sick?

Answer 1

Feverflu - (Called something like that - the flu medicine that comes in a packet and you pour it in hot water & drink it like a tea.)
Sudafed
Ibuprofen

Answer 2

If it is an actual cold (as opposed to either a bacterial infection or walking pneumonia) then zinc supplementation has been proven to cut the duration of the cold in half. That's roughly the same efficacy as an antibiotic has on a bacterial infection. Results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine a few years ago.

Halls makes a cough drop that is both pleasant tasting and has a significant amount of zinc in it.

Answer 3

Alka Seltzer Plus Cold

Answer 4

I have had that problem and the best over the counter med for that is by far Aleive Cold and Sinus it works for not only your headache but also the runny nose itchy eyes cough and sneezing! I hope that this will work you in the same way it does for me, my mom, dad and Husband

Answer 5

Coldeze is great for shortening the duration of your cold, it doesn't interact with anything, it is homeopathic and really works. Also anything with vitamin C. Plus the usual cold remedies to deal with the symptoms.

Answer 6

Throat & nose spray is all I need, though Pepto Bismol or Immodium should be taken at the 1st sign of a cold to prevent "sneezing sharts," when you get the runs & a sneeze makes you crap your pants (no, it's never happened to me or my GF Iris)!

Answer 7

Tylenol Cold & Flu

Answer 8

Dayquil