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

[LynneSin]

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

[underpants]

1. Did you consider shoving knitting needles up your nose?

Seriously, consider it :evilgrin:

[LynneSin]

2. why do you want to make baby Jesus cry?

[Tyler Durden]

5. Then you shove up one of those.....

Cherry menthol cough drops up your nose....

[Pool Hall Ace]

3. Good to know.

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

[MrMickeysMom]

4. Sounds like you have/had had that awful rhino virus that ripped through my sinuses-

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(

[Parche]

6. That Is Snot What I wanted to hear this morning

:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[PVnRT]

7. No, but it's good she's fillying better

/pun war

[skygazer]

8. This thread is useless without pictures

Oh, wait....

[MrMickeysMom]

10. Like this?

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

[skygazer]

12. I was afraid to look when I saw your subject line

:rofl:

[krispos42]

21. I agree...

[Bake]

9. I tried the max strength pills for chest congestion

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

Bake

[AlCzervik]

11. those didn't work for me either and you need someone with a blow gun to

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

[redqueen]

16. Did you drink lots of water?

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.

[Bake]

22. Are you supposed to?

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

[redqueen]

23. Yeah, I think so...

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.

[AlCzervik]

25. you're supposed to drink at least 8 oz. of water with it.

[Bake]

26. Oh well hell - it took that much just to wash the f**kers down!

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

[AlCzervik]

27. i drank a lot of water and it still didn't help me.

[IronLionZion]

13. nasal sprays work very quickly

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.

[Bake]

14. Gawd, for me Afrin is like American Express

Don't leave home without it!

Bake

[meegbear]

15. I K&R'ed this ...

we need more phlegm posts on the Greatest Page.

[MrMickeysMom]

28. Okay, then...

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

[LynzM]

17. Glad it works for you!

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:

[sasquatch]

18. Unrelated but I had nothing to do with this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7199966&mesg_id=7200921

[AngryOldDem]

19. Wish I'd known that about a week ago

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

[yellowcanine]

20. But why does it have such a gross name? Or is that the point? They could have called it snotex I

suppose.

[electron_blue]

24. good for you! It didn't do anything for me.