Down here on the islands we're on the doorstep of winter.. or something like that.
Coughs and colds and our mate the flu have started making the rounds and damn is it expensive to be sick!
I just about always have colds/cold symptoms and so I'm often trying to find something to make everything better.
So far the best thing I have found is dimetapp night and day capsules -but they're not cheap and you're only supposed to take them for three days.
Whenever I try to find something that I can stand that will work I always get told to use cough syrup.
I have a strong aversion to this. Due to having liquid medicine forced down my throat on a constant basis throughout the day as a child, I now retch at even the smell of cough syrup. Years ago I tried to consume some but just ended throwing it back up haha.
After having the flu for three weeks, and now partway through another cold (come on immune system!) I am getting pretty desperate to find something that'll get rid of the headaches, the coughing and sneezing and soothe my throat!
I have resorted to Codral day caps (left over from a particularly bad bout some time ago) and maxigesic (not at the same time of course) and a little red bull in my berry juice to perk me up a little.
I went into the pharmacy and looked for what I thought would be the least likely to smell and taste like regular cough syrup.
And then after listing my symptoms upon request I get told no I shouldn't get that one because I'm coughing up mucus and that one will suppress the cough, so then I won't get that gunk out of my lungs.
They recommended mucinex -but at something like $25 for twelve tablets I had to leave it. I can't afford that business lol!
Instead I picked up some lemon, honey, and ginger syrup from the supermarket and I am going to add some cinnamon to it (personal preference), and in the flu part of the medicine aisle I had a look to see if there was anything new I could try.
That's where I saw Airborne Health Active Honey Lozenges.
They have two flavours, one was Manuka and Lemon I think? And the one I got was Manuka and Honeydew.
They do taste nice though a little odd, so I think next time I would buy the lemon ones.
They have 16 lozenges and I paid around $7.50 for them. Not exactly cheap, but better than spending $4 on vicks vapour drops and not wanting to go near them after two or three!
They say they relieve and sooth dry, tickly throats actively supporting throat health.
They boast being 90% honey (the lemon version is 80% honey) with honeydew and vitamin C.
It has an icon saying 12+ active which I assume is to do with the quality of the honey used (I rarely retain information like that) and says on the back "Each lozenge contains selected Manuka honeys high in ACTIVE AAH and powerfully supports immune defences in fighting ills and chills."
Each lozenge is 2.8g and contains Airborne Health Active AAH Manuka Honey and Beech Forest Honeydew Honey, maltodextrin, tableting aids E551 and E570 and added vitamin C.
These are Gluten Free.
Within a couple of minutes I could feel a drastic change in the dryness and pain in my throat.
An hour later I feel a little bit of a scratch again, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was.
Another thing I like about these is the shape and size. I have another brand of manuka honey lozenges that I like, but they're in the shape of small cushions if you like, and are often awkward in my mouth (probably partly because of my piercing...) and I find a lot of things like strepsils or soothers too wide or too bulky to fit on top of my tongue so they often get banished to the side of my cheek! These comfortably sit on the top of my tongue with no problems.
So far I am really impressed with these!
If you are looking for something that works and that isn't yucky menthol or fuzzy numbing or gross antiseptic, I'd say give these a go, you might be pleasantly suprised.
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