Sudafed PE Multi-Symptom Severe Cold Caplets, 12 Count

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Product Features

• Pain reliever
• Fever reducer
• Antihistamine/cough suppressant
• Nasal decongestant
• Does not contain Pseudoephedrine

Product Description

Product Description

For relief of fever, body aches, cough, sore throat, nasal & sinus congestion.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.7 x 2.9 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009ZEZZM
• Item model number: 22733
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #136,712 in Health & Personal Care (See Bestsellers in Health & Personal Care)

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3.0 out of 5 stars How to Choose a Cold Medicine Intelligently, November 3, 2005

By	James Koenig "konedog" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This medicine has 3 main ingredients: a pain reliever/fever reducer, a nasal decongestant (which may give you the jitters), and an antihistamine (which may make you sleepy).

Choosing a cold formula medication is getting more complicated, as manufacturers combine several medicines together to treat the multiple symptoms that colds bring. Knowing what medicines are in your cold formula and what they do is VERY important, for without knowing what is in your cold medicine, you are playing a crap-shoot game hoping to find the right medicine for your symptom(s). Why take a multi-medicine cold formula when you only have perhaps one or two major symptoms that you need relief for? All medicines have side effects, and the more medicines that are combined in a product, the more chance for unwanted side-effects. Therefore, I have written out a list of the most common ingredients in cold formulas and what they do so that you can intelligently buy a cold medicine that actually does what you want it to do.

Ingredients:

The Pain Reliever: Acetaminophen. This is the active ingredient in Tylenol and it is a pain reliever - good for headaches, muscle aches, etc. Like aspirin, it has few side effects, and the majority of people can take it without having to worry about side-effects. Just about every cold formula has this ingredient.

The Decongestant (for nasal/sinus suffiness): Psuedoephedrine, Phenylephrine, and Oxymetazoline. Both are similar acting. They cause the respiratory passages to dry up some, shrink in size, and stop secreting so much mucous. This is a great effect, but it comes with a price - it can wire your nervous system, give you the jitters, and prevent you from sleeping a wink!

The Anti-Allergy Medicine: Diphenhydramine, Doxylamine Succinate, Triprolidine Hydrochloride, and Chlorpheniramine Maleate. All these are anti-histamines. Histamines are released by the body when a cold is present. Histamine causes an increase in mucous in the airways, swelling of the nasal passages, a runny nose, and chest congestion. All the above medicines act to decrease the action of histamine, thus reducing congestion symptoms. However, the MAJOR side effect of all these anti-histamines is sleepiness. This can be a beneficial effect if you want to sleep, but be an unwanted one if you want to stay alert. Taking an antihistamine during the daytime can zap your energy and make you very lethargic.

The Cough Suppressant: Dextromethorphan and Guaifenesin. Remember (D) Dextromethorphan for Dry coughs and (G) Guaifenesin for Gunky (mucous) coughs.

Now that you know what the active ingredients are and what they do, read the label of cough medicines to see what is in them!

Jim "Konedog" Koenig, Dentist