More on dextromethorphan and its availability in Germany

[pne]

DocMorris, the mail order chemists, offer various items containing dextromethorphan, including Silomat DMP, ratiopharm tablets, and Wick MediNait.

So the claim that d. was taken off the German market seems even more implausible.

(I also found a comparison between Wick MediNait and Vicks Nyquil, saying that the US version was better since the active ingredients are in a higher—and, they said, more sensible—dosage, and there was less alcohol in it to boot. The main difference after that was that the US version had no pseudoephedrine.)

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I tried the herbal cough syrup last night and wasn't too enamoured: I woke up at about one o'clock from coughing, took another dose, and it took quite a while for the coughs to subside. This morning, I was really tired because I was up for about an hour at night. Give me my chemicals back.

Comments

[fridoline.livejournal.com]

Most pediatricians recommend taking a "Hustenlöser" during the day. This is supposed to make you cough up the mucus more easily. Then for the night one can take a "Hustenstiller" which reduces the coughing-reflex and is supposed to make you cough less. One has to be careful though not to take the "Hustenlöser" too late during the day, because then the mucus might just collect in the lungs when you take the "Hustenstiller" to reduce the coughing.

If you ask for a product from one of those categories, your doctor or pharmacist can recommend a suitable product.

Just take care that you do not only take products which suppress the symptoms, but also products which actually help you get rid of the illness itself, or which at least do not stand in the way of the natural healing process.

Best wishes for you health.

[fridoline.livejournal.com]

You can also try this: roughly chop up an onion and put it in a little linen sack or a cotton handkerchief and put this next to your bed. It works wonders with the children. They still cough during the first part of the night, but once the onion fumes have penetrated their lungs enough the coughing stops entirely for the rest of the night.