Mucinex WORKS - holy bat crap does it EVER WORK!!!

I've been raging with the plague for about a week now. I got the nasal spray Mucinex. Use that, give yourself about 30-60 minutes - then all the crap in your sinuses will just come pouring out (kinda nasty - don't do it when you're ready to go to bed).

I slept like a baby last night with totally clear sinuses

Seriously, consider it :evilgrin:

Cherry menthol cough drops up your nose....

My sinuses drive me nuts, particularly at this time of year.

The way I dealt with it was to open up my totally clogged nasal passage by POURING into it the 12 hour spray with oxymetazoline hydrochloride, Then, I did a sinus rinse up one nasal passage with "NeilMed" (found at your local drug store). Finally, I used a synthetic steroid (by prescription) to reduce the inflammation. The thing with viruses, is that you have to shed them, and so balance naturally occurring immune reactions with ones enabling you to BREATHE.

For over a week, I took 2 Sudafed and 3 ibuprofin (200 mg) almost every 6 hours. After 4 weeks, back to semi-normal, but I still have slightly reactive airways. This virus was one MOTHA of a head cold that went a little further south,

So, drink a lot of water, as the viscosity of mucus increases (95% of mucus is water from your own self) and stay away from irritants, cause it really makes your airways feel "asthmatic" after it "leaves".

My 2 cents, plus, I'm a respiratory therapist, akin to our friend, Mr. Mucus (a constituent of Mr. Hanky, by the way.

EEECCCHHHHH! x(

:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

/pun war

Oh, wait....

I could have made this FAR MORE descriptive to show what was coming out! You are so lucky!

:rofl:

Didn't do squat. And the pills were big as freakin' footballs.

Bake

shoot them down your throat. I will try the spray though the next time i have a head cold.

That's a common reason that these types of products aren't as effective... if you did then I'll certainly steer clear of those.

It took a pretty good gulp of water to wash the dang pills down (like I said, they're HUGH!!!1! I'm SERIES!). They just didn't make much difference for me.

Bake

I think about all these mucus type products require a good deal of water to help loosen the stuff the medicine's supposed to help you get rid of.

So I'm pretty sure that wasn't the problem. I drink lotsa water anyway. But next time I'll try the nasal spray.

Bake

I use Afrin and it works for me.

Try Zicam at the first signs of a cold. That stuff works miracles. I always keep some handy just in case.

Don't leave home without it!

Bake

we need more phlegm posts on the Greatest Page.

I'll have to "work one up for ya"...

Some n-acetyl-cysteine and a neti pot'll do the same thing, too... also highly not recommended for before bed!

Glad you're feeling better! :bounce:

Thanks for the tip. The stuff I took did shit to clear me up.

suppose.