Instructions
Increasingly, various medications are being recommended from TV screens, including. Of course, drugs such as Fervex, Theraflu, and Coldrex will actually help relieve the first symptoms of the disease: sore throat, swelling of the nose, aching muscles, fever, headache. But this is immediate ambulance" Such medications only relieve symptoms, but do not cure the common cold. Taking such medications is justified when the disease is just beginning, but you need to finish urgent matters before leaving work. Experts do not recommend abusing these medications, since they usually contain paracetamol. In case of an overdose, there may be serious problems with the liver, kidneys and heart.
To relieve dry cough, which is caused by soreness and discomfort in the throat, it is recommended to take mucolytic drugs. These are so-called drugs that effectively and painlessly liquefy mucus, removing it from the bronchi. For example, “Ambroxol”, “Bromhexine”, “ACC”. It is very important to drink plenty of warm liquid - herbal infusions, fruit drink, tea. If possible, especially useful for coughs various inhalations With herbal infusions. For infusions, it is recommended to choose breast preparations, Linden blossom, eucalyptus, chamomile.
To cleanse the nose, sprays such as Otrivin, Aqualor, and Aquamaris have gained well-deserved popularity. In addition, these drugs can be used as prophylaxis - after visiting crowded places, during a flu epidemic. If you have a stuffy nose or difficulty breathing, you should use vasoconstrictor drops. For example, “Naphthyzin”, “Sanorin”, “Galazolin”. Such drugs effectively relieve swelling of the nasal mucosa. Please note: vasoconstrictor drops are not recommended for use for more than 7-10 days.
Among the popular homeopathic medicines, which doctors often prescribe to patients for the treatment and prevention of colds, are Anaferon and Oscillococcinum. In addition, antiviral capsules “Arbidol”, nasal drops “Grippferon”, and suppositories “Viferon” have proven themselves well in the pharmaceutical market. These drugs have an immunostimulating effect. They are used for complex therapy.
Antibiotics can be taken only as prescribed by the attending physician. As a rule, they are prescribed if the patient has a confirmed bacterial infection. Please note: uncontrolled use of antibiotics can cause serious consequences.
Every autumn, in Russia, we usually have a boom in colds, which lasts all winter and ends only by April. Vitamin deficiency, fatigue, stress, hypothermia, as well as being in public places during flu quarantine - all this can trigger the development of acute respiratory infections in a person. And in our time, being sick is very, very unprofitable. Not only will you have to take sick leave, due to which your monthly salary will be significantly reduced. Also, medicines are now so expensive that many people simply cannot afford them. But there is a way out of every situation! In this article we will provide an overview of the most effective and at the same time cheap, or at least affordable, medications that can help cope with such unpleasant diseases as acute respiratory infections, acute respiratory viral infections, colds and flu.
How can I replace Antigrippin and why do I relieve the symptoms of flu and colds?
Nowadays it is fashionable, already at the first symptoms of flu and colds, slight malaise, to start taking such “anti-flu” (in quotes) drugs, such as Antigrippin and the like, without thinking at all about its composition and effect on the body. Although, as a rule, all these drugs do not cure, but only relieve the symptoms of the disease, roughly speaking, pain relief. Such preparations usually contain a standard set of active ingredients, namely: antipyretics (paracetamol, aspirin), Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and a decongestant that eliminates allergic symptoms. So, having taken such a magic pill, a person begins to feel much better, as if he were not sick, but all this is a mirage, because by temporarily stopping the pain, you will not stop the development of the disease. Having felt healthy, a person begins to lead an active lifestyle, while his body should have, on the contrary, reduced physical activity, directing all their efforts to combat developing viruses and pathogenic flora. So, instead of helping yourself to recover, by taking an Antigrippin tablet for no real reason, you will force your body to work with all its strength. Of course, there are such “accidental” situations when a person has to cope with the symptoms of a cold because he needs to finish his work day, go to an exam... But even in this case, it is not necessary to spend money on expensive drugs. average price for “Antigrippin” - 260 rubles, but it can be easily replaced with a combination of conventional antipyretic tablets (price from 2.70 rubles), ascorbic acid (price from 5 rubles). Antipyretics will relieve cold symptoms, such as pain and fever, and ascorbic acid will activate the immune system.
Antipyretics available to any pocket. Is it necessary to lower the temperature?
In general, an antipyretic is designed to bring down the temperature.
Antipyretic - first aid for fever more than 38 degrees. As you know, it is not recommended to reduce the temperature below 38 degrees, since an increase in body temperature is a protective reaction of the immune system, due to which a number of specific processes are launched in the body, such as an increase in the production of interferons, antibodies, and activation of macrophages. All this creates unfavorable environment for the life of bacteria and viruses in the body. Of course, everything should be within reasonable limits, and it is important to remember that, if body temperature exceeds 38 degrees, human health is at serious risk. So, with prolonged heat, convulsions may occur, and a person may become delirious. In addition, there is a high probability of developing heart disease and shortness of breath. In general, at high temperatures, the load on all organs is great. Such conditions are especially dangerous for people with chronic diseases. That is why it is so important to “bring down” a high temperature in time by drinking an antipyretic medicine.
List of antipyretic tablets:
- Ibuprofen 200 mg No. 20. Price 15 rubles. This is an analogue of the popular and more expensive drug"Nurofen". It has a pronounced analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory effect.
The following can also help as an antipyretic:
- Paracetamol 500 mg tab. No. 10 2.70 rub. Indicated for pain of mild to moderate intensity, as well as fever and colds.
- Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) 500 mg tab. No. 10 3.40 rub. Indications for aspirin include symptoms such as “fever due to infectious inflammatory diseases", and " pain syndrome weak and medium intensity of various origins.”
- Citramon P tab. No. 10 6.70 rub. It has a weak antipyretic and moderate analgesic effect. A Citramon P tablet should be taken, for example, if the temperature is low, but there is a headache.
Inexpensive means for gargling for acute respiratory infections, ARVI and sore throat
If you are experiencing discomfort in the throat, soreness, dryness, pain, then you definitely need to start gargling for disinfection at least 3-5 times a day. A rinse solution can be prepared by dissolving a teaspoon baking soda in a glass of water. It is also useful to gargle with decoctions of chamomile, calendula, and sage. We will offer the following inexpensive pharmaceutical products:
- Rotokan 50ml extra liquid, internal, local No. 1 fl. 47.60 rub. Latin name This drug is Rotocanum® (made in Russia). The solution contains extracts of calendula officinalis flowers, chamomile flowers and yarrow herb. Has a local antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect. A teaspoon of solution is diluted in a glass of warm water and rinsed oral cavity and throat 3-5 times throughout the day.
- Furacilin 20 mg tablet No. 10 56.50 rub. Local antimicrobial agent. A furatsilin tablet is diluted in a glass of water and rinsed in the mouth for one minute.
Nasal decongestants
- Rhinostop 0.1% 10ml drops called. Price 29.40 rub. Active substance– xylometazoline. Drops are indicated for acute infectious and allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, otitis media as part of complex therapy. Xylometazoline helps reduce swelling of the nasopharyngeal mucosa.
- Naphthyzin 0.1% 10ml drops called. 20.70 rub. Active ingredient - naphazoline. The drops have a vasoconstrictor effect and are also used to relieve swelling of the nasopharyngeal mucosa.
Cough medicines
- Bromhexine 8 mg tab. No. 28 56.50 rub. Mucolytic (secretolytic) agent, has an expectorant and weak antitussive effect. Reduces the viscosity of sputum; activates ciliated epithelium, increases volume and improves sputum discharge. Adults take 1-2 tablets 3-4 times a day. The effect appears within 2-5 days from the start of treatment. The drug is approved for use in children over 2 years of age.
- Mukaltin 50 mg tablet No. 20 49.00 rub. Herbal medicine based on the herb extract of medicinal marshmallow. It has secretolytic and expectorant effects. In particular, it is indicated for dry coughs and coughs with difficult to separate sputum of high viscosity. Adults should take 1-2 tablets 2-3 times a day before meals. The course of treatment is from 7 to 14 days. Contraindicated in children under 12 years of age. Approved for use by pregnant and nursing mothers on the recommendation of a doctor.
- Ambroxol 30 mg tab. No. 20 26.70 rub. Ambroxol tablets are indicated for diseases respiratory tract accompanied by the formation of viscous sputum. They have a secretolytic effect and a stimulating effect on the motor function of the respiratory tract. Adults are prescribed 1 tablet 3 times a day for 4-5 days.
- Acc 200 mg granules No. 20 pack. Orange RUB 127.70 According to doctors, ACC is a very effective drug, especially for wet cough with a lot of sputum. The active ingredient, acetylcysteine, has a mucolytic effect and also facilitates the discharge of sputum. The drug is produced in granules packaged in bags, as well as in effervescent soluble tablets, but the price is dissolvable tablets twice as high. Granules, similar to tablets, are dissolved in a glass of water. The solution is taken three times a day. The effect of taking “ACC” will be noticeable the next day. The general course of treatment usually does not exceed 5-7 days.
Antiviral drugs
On the Russian pharmaceutical market, antiviral drugs occupy a far from low price category. Of course, there are medications such as Remantadine or Amantadine, the cost of which does not exceed 70 rubles per package, but after analyzing the opinions of specialists and consumers about the effectiveness of these drugs, we decided to refrain from recommending them. Here are some of the most effective drugs, which boast a fairly budget price among their analogues.
- Anaferon(for adults) No. 20 tab. 187 rub. Made in Russia. Composition: affinity purified antibodies to human interferon gamma (water-alcohol mixture containing active substance no more than 10-15 ng/g) 3 mg in 1 tablet. Anaferon has immunomodulatory and antiviral effects. Effective against influenza viruses (including avian influenza), parainfluenza, various herpes viruses, enteroviruses, tick-borne encephalitis, rotavirus, coronavirus, calicivirus, adenovirus, MS. An original antiviral drug with proven clinical effectiveness in the protection and treatment of ARVI and influenza. Has no side effects. It is taken at the first symptoms of colds and flu according to a special regimen specified in the instructions for the drug.
- Cycloferon 150 mg. tab. No. 10 Made in Russia. 184 rub. According to doctors, as well as customer reviews, cycloferon is capable of short time help cope with the onset of the disease. The active ingredient, meglumine acridone acetate, is an immunostimulant that induces interferon. The main interferon-producing cells after the administration of Cycloferon are macrophages, T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes, fibroblasts, epithelial cells. Depending on the type of infection, one or another part of the immune system is activated. Cycloferon is effective against tick-borne encephalitis viruses, influenza, hepatitis, herpes, cytomegalovirus, human immunodeficiency virus, papilloma virus and other viruses, as well as in the complex treatment of bacterial and fungal infections.
- Interferon human leukocyte 1000 IU/ml ampoules called. No. 10 - 90.40 rub. The active ingredient, interferon alpha, is an antiviral agent that is active against many viruses and not active against HIV. Ampoules contain powder, which should be diluted in 2 ml boiled water. The solution is used as antiviral nasal drops and is considered an effective means for the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory infections and influenza, especially in children.
Antibiotics
Most popular antibiotic, prescribed for acute respiratory diseases, is Amoxicillin (more expensive analogues– Flemoxin and Amoxiclav) Also, for complications of respiratory tract disease, biseptol is used, less often - azithromycin. All of these antibiotics have an effect on wide range bacteria and are prescribed by doctors for inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract. In general, it is undesirable to start taking antibiotics on your own without consulting a specialist, because if the drug is chosen incorrectly or the dosage is incorrect, there is a high risk of developing a superinfection, when the number of pathogenic bacteria in the body increases sharply, and not necessarily those that initially caused the disease. As a result, the severity of the disease will increase, and it will take more to overcome it. complex treatment. This is why it is so dangerous to self-medicate with antibiotics. Here we provide a list, as well as prices for the most affordable and effective antibiotics prescribed for colds:
- Amoxicillin 500 mg tab. No. 20 - 54.10r
- Biseptol 480 mg tab. No. 28 - 92.70 rub.
- Azithromycin 500 mg caps. No. 3 - 78.70 rub.
List of lozenges that help with sore throat
- Pectusin 10 tab. Price 34.70. Pectusin is a combined preparation based on plant components (active ingredient - eucalyptus leaf oil + Racementol) with antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects.
- Faringomed tab.d/rass. No. 20. Price 85.20 rub. Reduces swelling, redness, sore throat and sore throat, and facilitates nasal breathing.
- Faringosept 10 mg tab.d/sol. No. 10 lemon. Price 90.90 rubles The active ingredient ambazon has an antiseptic, antimicrobial effect, cocoa powder softens the throat, eliminates soreness and dryness
Thank you for your attention, dear readers! Be healthy!
Cold remedy fast acting– what a patient is looking for on pharmacy shelves with signs of acute respiratory infections.
The popularity of such drugs is understandable: they significantly improve well-being and make it easier to cope with the disease.
Which ones are most effective? Are infectious pathogens destroyed? To answer the questions, you should familiarize yourself in more detail with the principles of pharmacotherapy for respiratory diseases.
Types of Cold and Flu Medicines
Anti-cold medications are divided into etiotropic and symptomatic. The first are aimed at destroying the infectious agent. The latter are used to combat unpleasant symptoms.Etiotropic
Cold is a “household” term, which means acute respiratory disease (ARI) viral (ARVI) or bacterial origin. ARVI occupies 90-95% of the structure of all cases of acute respiratory infections. Influenza also belongs to this group, but is usually considered separately.
Antiviral drugs differ from each other in their mechanism of action. Modern classification:
M2 channel blockers. They act only on the influenza A virus. A representative is rimantadine (Remantadine). It is considered obsolete due to the almost complete resistance of modern strains to it.
Neuraminidase inhibitors. Prevents new viral particles from being released from infected cells. They affect influenza strains A and B. Representatives registered in Russia: oseltamivir (Tamiflu), zanamivir (Relenza).
Hemagglutinin blockers. They help cure by preventing the virus from attaching to the host cell. One of the hypothesized mechanisms of action of umifenovir (Arbidol). Scope: influenza strains A and B, SARS coronavirus.
DNA polymerase inhibitor. Ribavirin affects the course of ARVI, but has found application in therapy viral hepatitis C.
NP protein inhibitors. Suppress virus reproduction. Ingavirin acts against influenza A and B pathogens, adenoviruses.
Interferon production stimulators. Ergoferon is active against parainfluenza viruses, adenovirus, influenza strains A and B, respiratory syncytial virus, coronavirus. An early representative that also contains antibodies to the pro-inflammatory mediator interferon is Anaferon.
At severe forms Influenza is helped by human immunoglobulin. It represents a ready-made set of antibodies to the infectious agent.
The remaining share of causes of acute respiratory infections (5-10%) is bacterial infections, which are rarely found in isolated form. More often they join already against the background of a current viral infection.
Correctly assign antibacterial therapy and only a doctor can safely cure acute respiratory infections. The medication is selected according to the sensitivity of the pathogen. Penicillin derivatives (Amoxiclav) and macrolides (Azithromycin) are actively used in outpatient practice.
Source: website
Symptomatic
They do not have an etiotropic effect if taken for a cold, but they improve well-being. Some medications that are used:
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Ibuprofen and paracetamol have an antipyretic effect.
Antitussives. For example, to suppress an intense dry cough - drugs central action(Sinecode). To improve sputum discharge - expectorants (licorice root), mucolytics (ambroxol).
Anticongestants. Reduce swelling of the mucous membrane. Effective for a runny nose. A well-known old representative is Naphthyzin.
Local antiseptics. In the form of lozenges, sprays, rinsing solutions (Strepsils, Faringosept, Tantum Verde).
You can quickly get rid of colds and flu through proper combination therapy. The use of exclusively symptomatic drugs does not guarantee a quick recovery and absence of complications. Not every immune system is strong enough to fight off an infection on its own.
First aid for colds: an effective and quick remedy
What to do when the disease takes you by surprise? Special soluble powders will help quickly relieve cold and flu symptoms.
After dilution with water, warm, pleasant-tasting medicinal drinks are obtained from them. The composition is a set of crushed symptomatic drugs.
Teraflu
Contains paracetamol (antipyretic), phenylephrine (anticongestant), pheniramine (antihistamine). Thanks to them, it normalizes body temperature, helps reduce runny nose and sneezing.
This fast-acting cold medicine contains ascorbic acid. Vitamin C indirectly speeds up recovery. It reduces permeability vascular wall, inhibits the release of inflammatory mediators. Increases the effect of paracetamol by slowing its elimination.
Fervex
Lemon flavored powder. It differs from Theraflu in the absence of phenylephrine. Includes a larger amount of paracetamol.
It helps to quickly relieve a cold (its symptoms), but is not always affordable for the patient. A less expensive alternative is Antigrippin (not to be confused with homeopathic Agri).
Rinza
Suitable for those who need not only to cope with fever and runny nose, but also to restore vigor. Reminiscent of Theraflu, but contains caffeine instead of vitamin C.
Coldrex
This fast-acting remedy for colds deserves separate consideration. Similar to Fervex. The paracetamol content for one dose exceeds safety recommendations (750 mg).
If you choose it, you should be careful with the dosage. The maximum permissible daily amount of paracetamol is 4 g. For people with liver pathologies, this figure is even less.
How to quickly relieve cold symptoms?
One dose of “powders” is not enough. What should be included fast treatment colds? Necessarily medications (etiotropic and symptomatic), and general non-medicinal measures. Namely:
Drink plenty of fluids. Necessary to cope with intoxication. Preference for compotes, fruit drinks, natural juices.
Nutrition correction. If your appetite has worsened due to acute respiratory infections, you do not need to force yourself to eat. It will improve when the body needs it. It is recommended to include soups and broths (for example, chicken) in the diet.
Peace and warmth. Even if you feel better after taking an antipyretic, this does not mean that your body is immediately on the mend. It is better to spend a few days treating yourself at home and fully recover from your cold than to develop complications.
Ventilation. Ventilation of the room is necessary, but drafts are not allowed.
The steps seem simple, but they are important. Sometimes they are enough to cope with a mild acute respiratory infection on your own.
Cold medicines: fast-acting and inexpensive
Inexpensive throat lozenges at plant based– Dr. Theiss “Sage.” They have an antiseptic effect.
If slightly, Neo-Angin antiseptic will do. For severe complaints, you can use Grammidin NEO with an anesthetic. It contains lidocaine, which has an analgesic effect.
An effective medicine for treating the throat, approved even for pregnant women, is Lyzobact based on lysozyme and vitamin B6. Can be replaced with cheaper Laripront. These tablets also contain lysozyme, but pyridoxine is replaced by dequalinium chloride (an antiseptic).
Gargling helps to cope with inflammation and pain in the throat. The cheapest but most effective solutions are water-salt and furatsilin.
Water-salt solutions are effective for rinsing the nose. For example, Aquamaris and its more cheap analogue Aquamaster. Most inexpensive option for rinsing - You can make it yourself, but it is better to purchase it at the pharmacy.
Rapid action remedy for acute respiratory viral infections
There is no universal substance that allows you to quickly recover from a cold. Therapy must be comprehensive.
For better effect Manufacturers of antiviral drugs recommend starting treatment no later than 48 hours (ideally 24 hours) from the moment of illness. The choice of medication should be based on the type of suspected pathogen.
Interferon inducers and immunomodulators have relative “versatility”. Ergoferon combined the properties of both groups.
But it is worth noting that this is homeopathy, the effectiveness of which remains in doubt. Interferon inducers with good evidence base There is currently no effectiveness.
If you suspect adenovirus infection NP protein inhibitors are prescribed. One of the popular representatives is Ingavirin.
The effectiveness of antiviral drugs is still the subject of lively debate. You should not buy them “blindly”, based on bright advertising or recommendations from friends. Only a doctor can correctly determine the type of infection and select specific treatment, if necessary.
Quick remedy for colds and flu
If you have flu symptoms, you should definitely contact medical specialist. Due to untimely and improper treatment infection can not only lead to complications, but also to death. In the world, 0.2% of the population dies from it every year.
As in the previous case, the selection of therapy is carried out according to the causative agent and the severity of the disease. Indicated drugs: Tamiflu, Relenza, Arbidol, Ingavirin.
The evidence base is greater for Tamiflu and Relenza. But they have common ones side effects. The main ones are nausea and vomiting. Dispensed by prescription.
Viferon has found application in the treatment of ARVI. This quick cold cure contains human interferon.
Used as rectal suppositories, gels and ointments. Recommended for use by people with weakened immune systems.
Fast acting folk remedy for colds
Home remedies are mostly symptomatic. It is possible to quickly cure a cold with folk remedies without the use of traditional medicines only in mild cases. All recipes are recommended to be combined with full-fledged therapy.
What's suitable? Inhalations, rinses, medicinal drinks.
Inhalations
Quick help for colds with runny nose, sore throat and cough. To perform inhalations at home, use a kettle with a funnel inserted into the spout or a saucepan. If possible, it is better to replace them with a pharmacy inhaler.
Suitable for nasal congestion fir oil. Inhalations can be not only wet, but also dry. For the second option, just saturate a piece of cloth with oil and periodically bring it to your nose.
If there is a scratching sensation in the throat, steam inhalations with chamomile. The plant has an antiseptic effect, reduces swelling, and has a calming effect on inflamed mucous membranes.
Rinse
Homemade solutions suppress sore throat. Decoctions of chamomile and sage are suitable. How good natural antiseptic Calendula has proven itself.
What should you not gargle with? Definitely - Kerosene. Some patients still practice this old and dangerous method.
Hot drinks
Rosehip decoction copes well with intoxication. This quick remedy for colds contains a large amount of vitamin C.
Boiled milk effectively reduces a sore throat. The drink should be warm, but not scalding hot.
Despite the fact that acute respiratory infections are common and pass relatively without a trace, they require a thoughtful approach to therapy. Why? The disease “on the legs” often ends in complications due to inadequate treatment.
Uncontrolled use of drugs is fraught with the emergence of resistance to them, and this will complicate the treatment of new episodes of pathology. It is important to understand the principles of combating the disease, but it is better to entrust the drawing up of a treatment plan to a doctor.
(6
ratings, average: 4,83
out of 5)
What to drink when you have a cold? This question worries everyone.
Colds are called acute respiratory infections, acute respiratory viral infections. These are acute respiratory diseases or acute respiratory viral infections. ARVI, as a rule, is more severe than acute respiratory infections, and, in fact, means the flu. With a cold, the symptoms are not as pronounced as with the flu.
It’s very easy to catch a cold; all you need to do is get too cold, drink something cold, or run out into the cold sweating. The cold is right here. It is caused by bacteria that live in the upper respiratory tract. Until their immunity weakens, they “sit” quietly and do not bother anyone. But as soon as the immune system the body malfunctions, pathogenic bacteria begin to actively multiply. The first symptoms of a cold appear.
In order to start treating a cold on time, you need to know the exact symptoms of this unpleasant disease.
Cold symptoms
People usually attribute the very first symptoms of a cold to overexertion. It can be:
- loss of appetite;
- drowsiness;
- fatigue;
- headache.
If we haven't started at this time preventive treatment, then the cold gains momentum, symptoms such as:
- sneezing;
- discharge of mucus from the nose;
- sore and sore throat;
- slight increase in body temperature;
- aches in muscles and joints.
Typically, a cold or flu dries out the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. Therefore, warm drinking increases their moisture content and restores function. Dried mucous membranes are not able to effectively fight viruses. The question arises of what to drink when you have a cold so as not to harm your body.
What antibiotics to take for a cold
What antibiotics to take for a cold? This question is asked by most people who have a cold. However, taking antibiotics for a cold is strictly prohibited! The fact is that colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria. Antibiotics only work against certain bacteria. Therefore, antibiotics will not help with a cold. Therefore, we can safely answer the question of what antibiotics to take for a cold - none! Doctors never prescribe antibacterial drugs for a common cold. This can cause a number of complications. It is known that such drugs kill not only harmful bacteria, but also beneficial ones. In this regard, a person experiences side effects from taking antibiotics:
- dysbacteriosis;
- nausea;
- vomit;
- diarrhea.
But there are cases when a cold develops into pneumonia or sore throat. In this situation, taking antibiotics is vital. Most of these drugs are sold in pharmacies only with a doctor's prescription. But the current situation shows that antibiotics can be purchased at a pharmacy without a prescription. You come to the pharmacy and ask: “What to drink if you have a cold”? And the pharmacist tells you the drugs available without a prescription. In this case, all responsibility for taking the drug lies entirely with you. Antibiotics should only be prescribed by a doctor; the dose for each person and the type of antibiotic are selected individually. What helps someone else won't necessarily help you.
What medicines to take for a cold
If antibiotics cannot be used for a cold, then what medicines should you take for a cold? What else can you drink when you have a cold? Now there are quite a few antiviral drugs. The choice is huge. The most popular of them:
- Arbidol. A well-proven drug. It is a low-toxic drug, so it has virtually no side effects.
- Imupret. This is a German drug plant origin. It includes such components as horsetail, leaves walnut and oak bark. This drug has an immunomodulatory effect.
- Altabor. Antiviral drug. It is also natural, it contains the fruits of black and gray alder.
- Black elderberry extract. It can be purchased at a pharmacy. Special studies were conducted that showed that a group of people who included black elderberry in their treatment were on the mend already on the second day of the disease. Whereas the group of people treated with conventional methods experienced relief of symptoms only on the fifth day.
- Honey and lemon– these two remedies come to our aid first of all when we ask ourselves the question of what to drink when we have a cold. They increase the body's natural defenses, helping it cope with pathogenic microbes.
- Tamiflu and Relenza. These drugs block the virus from multiplying. However, you need to start taking them in the first days of a cold, then they become useless.
- Aflubin. Homeopathic remedy against colds and flu. With this drug, the disease goes away twice as fast. Plus there are virtually no side effects.
- Loading dose of vitamin C. It is believed that this particular vitamin can help the body cope with a cold or flu. Only this remedy should be used at the very first symptoms of the disease. A large amount of vitamin C is found in black currants, lemons, oranges, and cranberries.
This is far from a complete answer to the question of what to drink when you have a cold. We have analyzed only the most popular of them.
What to drink when you have a cold except medicines. Of course, these are all kinds of folk remedies. And the first such remedy is ginger tea. It's very easy to make. It is enough to cut pieces of fresh ginger root into a glass of boiling water. If desired, you can add honey, lemon or orange to the ginger drink. When lemon is added, the drink becomes antipyretic.
However, your doctor should answer the question of what to drink when you have a cold. If you are used to being treated with folk remedies, this is good. But if your cold doesn't go away, you should see a doctor. It’s better to call a doctor at home.
Is it possible to use fruit drinks?
Yes, sure. Even doctors recommend using not only herbal teas, but also various compotes and fruit drinks. Cranberry and lingonberry drinks are most effective for colds. They have antibacterial properties, which helps the body fight colds.
Can I drink sweet tea when I have a cold?
Yes, you can. But instead of sugar, it is better to add natural honey. Honey should not be added to boiling water, but to a warm drink. It is better to avoid black tea during illness. Brew yourself herbal teas. They may consist of chamomile, wild rosemary, linden, calendula, and mint.
Can you drink coffee when you have a cold?
No, coffee, like alcohol, should be avoided during illness. Coffee puts a strain on the heart, which works harder when you have a cold. Therefore, it is worth taking care of your cardiovascular system.
Certainly, the best remedy against colds is its prevention. There are many folk remedies to strengthen the immune system. For example, honey and lemon. You need to take 150 grams of natural honey and mix with crushed lemon. This vitamin mixture should be taken in the morning on an empty stomach. The lemon is crushed with the peel, you just need to remove the seeds. Even children will be delighted with such a sweet mixture!
4.5 4.50 out of 5 (7 Votes)
Changes in weather are often accompanied by an outbreak of acute colds and flu.
Feeling unwell, coughing, sore throat, runny nose, fever, they bring you to the pharmacy and put you in front of a choice of all kinds of cold pills.
What cold pills should you choose to treat acute respiratory infections and flu in order to quickly cope with the infection?
All cold medicines are conventionally divided into two groups:
- means that eliminate cold symptoms - symptomatic drugs;
- drugs that act on the virus and strengthen the immune system - antiviral, immunomodulatory agents.
The most common signs of a cold- headache, runny nose, heat, . The choice of which tablets to take for a cold depends on the main symptom of acute respiratory disease (ARI).
If the most pronounced symptom ARI - high temperature, antipyretic tablets are needed.
For severe muscle pain or headaches, painkillers help, and vasoconstrictors and antihistamines help with a runny nose.
Read also about other medications for the common cold in the article.
Painkillers
Solpadeine helps with headaches, it acts quickly thanks to the codeine and caffeine it contains.
Panadeine is characterized by a similar composition and action. Panadeine tablets contain codeine, paracetamol, quickly help with headaches and lower fever.
Analgin helps with pain and feverish conditions. These cold tablets are not prescribed to children. Amidopyrine is used for headaches, reduces fever, and has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Antihistamines
Antihistamines reduce swelling, relieve itching and runny nose.
For colds, Pheniramine, Promethazine, and Chlorphenamine tablets are prescribed.
Antipyretic medications
A well-known antipyretic is aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). The drug is approved for children, but has a number of side effects and is taken under the supervision of a doctor.
Aspirin - Oops - effervescent tablets for colds contain aspirin and vitamin C. The tablet is dissolved in water. Children are prescribed after 4 years.
Alka-Seltzer effervescent tablets contain, in addition to aspirin, soda and citric acid. The drug is approved for children over 3 years of age.
Vasoconstrictors
Restoring free breathing and reducing secretions is achieved by using vasoconstrictors - phenylephrine, Nazivin, Otrivin.
Sinuforte aerosol and sprays: Pinosol and Xymelin help with a runny nose. Vibrocil and Pinosol nasal drops help a lot.
Ointments Doctor Mom, Evamenol, Pinosol reduce runny nose.
Combined action cold tablets
Most drugs symptomatic treatment have a combined effect, eliminating several symptoms at once. These drugs include paracetamol and nurofen.
Nurofen tablets have an anti-inflammatory effect, reduce pain, and reduce fever during colds.
Symptomatic drugs include Theraflu, Codrex, Fervex.
Fervex has the fewest contraindications. The drug is produced in powders and lozenges.
Anti-inflammatory tablets help with colds:
- efferalgan;
- Panadol.
Panadol contains paracetamol and is not recommended to be taken with other medications containing this compound. Panadol is produced in the form of a pleasant-tasting syrup for children, tablets, and suppositories for adults.
Efferalgan also contains paracetamol, which effectively fights cold symptoms, reduces fever, and improves well-being.
Chinese tablets
Combination drugs with symptomatic action include granules of the Chinese drug "Ganmaolin Kaley" 999. Each tablet Chinese medicine for colds contains paracetamol, caffeine and plant extracts.
The composition of the Chinese remedy includes string, mint oil, evodia root, and Indian chrysanthemum.
The product has an antipyretic, analgesic effect, reduces congestion, and helps with sore throat.
Symptomatic treatment cannot act on the virus that causes colds and flu. Helps suppress the effect of the virus antivirals Which pills to take for a cold also depends on the age of the patient.
Antiviral agents
Viral infections cause diseases when one's own defenses are weakened. To strengthen the immune system, hardening, playing sports, and eating a balanced diet are useful.
There are effective medications that have a positive effect on the body's condition.
To correctly choose which tablets to treat a cold with, you need to visit a doctor or at least read the instructions very carefully.
The drug Immunal is also used for the prevention of acute respiratory infections and influenza. Immunal tablets are taken to strengthen the immune system and to treat colds caused by a virus. Immunal is allowed for children after 4 years of age.
Interferon
The product is used for preventive purposes, to treat influenza and colds.
Several are produced based on interferon pharmaceutical drugs: Arbidol, Cycloferon, Amiksin, Groprinosin.
The products stimulate a person’s own immunity.
Remantadine
The tablets are used as an antiviral remedy for colds, flu, and as a preventive measure for influenza in adults.
TO strong tablets The antiviral drug Tamiflu helps against colds.
The drug is approved for children over 12 months of age and adults; it can be prescribed by a doctor with caution during pregnancy.
The use of Tamiflu shortens the duration of the disease, reduces the likelihood and severity of complications after influenza and acute respiratory infections.
Arbidol
The antiviral drug Arbidol is low-toxic; tablets of the drug can be used for prophylaxis in case of contact with a patient with the flu or a cold.
Arbidol tablets will help prevent the recurrence of herpes when general decline immunity, the drug is effectively used in complex therapy against influenza, pneumonia,.
Amiksin
Amiksin tablets have an immunomodulatory effect and are effective against influenza and viruses that cause acute respiratory diseases. The drug is contraindicated during pregnancy, as well as for children under 7 years of age.
The drug is taken according to the schedule, in dosage, according to age. Children over 7 years old are prescribed 3 tablets of Amiksin for colds and flu: one on the 1st, 2nd, 4th day from the start of treatment.
For severe colds, 4 tablets per course of treatment are sufficient; take one on days 1, 2, 4, 6 after the start of treatment.
Oxolinic ointment
An excellent prophylactic remedy is oxolinic ointment.
This inexpensive remedy for colds it works no worse than expensive pills in bright packaging.
Oxolinic ointment treats runny nose of viral origin and helps with herpes.
Find out about other ointments against runny nose in our article.
Acyclovir
Tablets and ointment help with colds on the lips antiviral drug Acyclovir.
Read more about colds on the lips and treatment methods in our article.
During pregnancy, it is not recommended to take drugs that stimulate the immune system.
This rule must be followed especially strictly in the first trimester of pregnancy.
All antiviral tablets for colds during pregnancy should be prescribed by a doctor, based on feasibility, expected effect and possible risk for the fetus.
Paracetamol is taken as a pain reliever; these tablets are not dangerous for pregnant women, they help against colds and reduce fever.
Do not do it Take tablets containing aspirin, ibuprofen, codeine during pregnancy. You should not take antiviral drugs without medical supervision.
Instead of vasoconstrictor drops into the nose are limited to rinsing the nose sea salt, using Aquamaris, Pinosol.
Cold tablets for children
The following are considered effective cold tablets for children:
- children's Anaferon;
- antiviral drug Arbidol.
Arbidol strengthens the immune system and is used to treat and prevent viral infections. The drug is approved for children from two years of age.
Anaferon is approved for newborns from one month. Lozenges help cope with viral infection respiratory tract, serve as prevention of flu and colds.
For runny noses and colds, children are prescribed syrups and tablets, their names are algirem, arbidol, remantadine. At allergic rhinitis Claritin, Erius, Diazolin are prescribed.
Cheap cold pills
Price difference for expensive medicines and their analogues are significant. Thus, in Ukraine, treatment for colds with expensive tablets and substitutes differs several times.
It is not necessary to treat a cold with expensive the latest drugs. Side effects Many drugs are detected only after a while, after the start of their use.
The most famous cheap tablets for colds are acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol, analgin, echinacea tincture, ibuprofen, galazolin, ambroxol.
Septefril– a drug that has antiseptic properties, suppresses staphylococci, enterobacteria, viruses, yeast-like fungi, and acts on bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics.
The drug is produced in the form of lozenges; up to 6 tablets can be taken per day; children under 15 years old can take up to 4 tablets. The course of treatment is 3-4 days.
For a runny nose
Expensive vasoconstrictor drops Nazivin and Otrivin can replace cheaper ones: Rinazolin and Farmazolin, and instead of Aquamaris spray they use Marimer, Humer.
Against cough
Lazolvan can be replaced by its cheap analogues Abrol and Ambroxal.
An analogue of the drug ACC, which dilutes sputum, Acetal is no less effective in breaking up and promoting the removal of sputum, and softens cough.
U antibacterial drug Summed is a cheap analogue of Azithromycin.
For sore throat
The drug Strepsils can be replaced by Neo-angin, Angi sept, Rinza lorcept.
Septifril absorbent tablets have a similar effect, and the price of this effective remedy colds are much less.
Instead of Givalex spray, you can use Ingalipt, Orasept.
Antiviral agents
Arbivir and Immusstat are used instead of Arbidol. Viferon is replaced with Laferobion, and Echinacea-ratiopharm is replaced with Echinacea-lubnypharm.
The price of expensive cold pills can be many times higher than the cost inexpensive analogue. Thus, the cost of Arbidol tablets is much higher than the price of the drug with similar action Remantadine.
Amiksin can be replaced with Lavomax, and instead of Fervex, use paracetamol tablets.
List of complex medications for colds
Most often, colds are treated with complex medications, such drugs include tablets and powders from the list:
- Antigrippin – medicine based on paracetamol, relieves pain, lowers temperature.
- Immunal– antiviral, immunomodulatory medicine.
- Coldrex– improves well-being by effectively suppressing cold symptoms.
- Teraflu– eliminates symptoms of colds and flu.
- Viferon– antiviral, immunomodulatory effect.
- Fervex– a combination drug intended for symptomatic treatment.
- Arbidol- antiviral medicine.
- Grippferon– antiviral drug.
- Anvimax– eliminates cold symptoms.
- Oscillococcinum- homeopathic medicine.
- Kagocel– exhibits an antiviral effect.
- Anaferon- homeopathic medicine.
- Ingavirin– antiviral agent.
- Amiksin– antiviral drug.
When treating a cold, you need to remember that long-term uncontrolled use of medications can cause addiction, side effects, and complications of varying severity.
Any drug treatment must be carried out under the supervision of a physician.
