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In florida you have to have a script to get anything w/codiene in it. I was taking Mucinex DM but it wasn't helping. I don't have any medical problems except I'm anemic and hypoglycemic (sp?). When I cough it's a rainbow of colors.. gross, I know. It's yellow, green and sometimes brown.. even had some blood a few times. The only meds I'm on is BC. I try to only take a suppressent at night but sometimes during the day I cough so much and so hard that my body will literally lock up and I can't move or breath. When it does that I have an extremely hard time catching my breath. My chest will burn and tighten up and feels like my throat is closing up. It totally SUCKS when I'm in public or talking to one of my customers and it happens.. especially when it feels like I'm about to lose control of my bladderOriginally Posted by Godiva
Take some ibuprofen (Motrin) or naproxen (Aleve), and maybe some Robitussin cough gels. In my state, codeine cough syrups are availble behind-the-counter (you have to talk to the rph, but you don't need an rx). Ask your pharmacist if you can buy it OTC and take that instead of Robitussin cough gels. You might find that if you stop taking the decongestant completely, you will get worse... I know it doesn't feel like it's helping, but it's doing something at least.
Are you on any rx meds or do you have any medical conditions (PM me if you don't wanna post LOL)? The mineral oil is a good idea, too.
Are your coughs productive? Do you have greenish yellow mucus coming up when you cough, or is it dry? You don't want to take a suppressant during the day (you can at night) if it's green and yellow.... you want to get that stuff out of your lungs.
LOL Sorry, any questions, PM me.
When I wake up in the mornings I will cough and it's not productive and I can't catch my breath... I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
i just wanna sleep but I can't because when I lay down I cough continuously for about 20 mins and end up having to sleep sitting up and then my back hurts.... the night before we went to halloween horror nights, I had to wake DH up to help me sit up. I coughed so hard I had pulled muscles in my back