Guaifenesin for colds

teriwtt
Sun, 18 May 2008 16:44:19 +0000

Has anyone here had any luck with using this for head colds? I’ve had one for four days now and wouldn’t be so concerned except I have to take a flight on Tuesday afternoon (after a really long car ride tomorrow - 770 miles). I really don’t like taking regular cold medications (sudafed, etc. - they make me irritable and shaky) and besides, I think sudafed is not what one needs for a cold - I want to get rid of the stuff, not just dry it up and make it thicker in my sinuses and eustachian tubes. At this point, I absolutely cannot pop or clear my ears.

I do have ear plane plugs to help minimize the pressure changes for the flight, but it is a two-leg flight, and I’m getting really nervous - if I have a bad ear reaction upon the first landing, I can see me hauling myself off that plane and not completing the flight. I do have Afrin around, but have been using it very sparingly so I can use it on Tuesday.