|
Symptom |
Medication |
|
Cough |
Dextromethrophan (Robitussin DM sugar free
®) |
|
Constipation |
Metamucil®
, Citrucel®,
Colace
®, Dulcolax
®, milk of magnesia. |
|
Diarrhea |
Antidiarrhea medicine can be used occasionally (Kaopectate, Donnagel) |
|
Gas |
Gas-X ®, Mylicon ®, Phazyme ®
Ingredient:
Simethicone
|
|
Hayfever, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery
eyes |
Chlorpheniramine (Chlortrimeton ®)
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl ®)
Clemastine (Tavist
Allergy ®) |
|
Headache or fever: |
Acetaminophen (Tylenol ®) |
|
Hemorrhoids |
Hemorrhoid creams (Tucks, Preparation H, or Anusol) |
|
Indigestion, heartburn |
Milk of Magnesia (1-2 Tablespoons for
constipation & heartburn) |
|
Insomnia |
Unisom Sleep Tabs®
Ingredients: Doxylamine succinate |
|
Nasal congestion |
Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed ®)* |
|
Nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy
watery eyes |
Actifed Cold and Allergy ®
Ingredients: Pseudoephedrine
*,Triprolidine
|
|
Nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery
eyes, fever, and headache |
Actifed Cold and Sinus ®
Ingredients: Acetaminophen,
Chlorpheniramine, Pseudoephedrine*.
|