# Best cold medicine? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 11, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-cold-medicine/17289 "2006-09-11T12:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-cold-medicine/17289/7 "2006-09-11T13:29:11Z")
What exactly are your symptoms? I’ve got about 5 years of pharmacy tech work under my belt and was a certified tech at CVS, so I’ll tell ya the best cocktail to mix for what ails ya. :tup: Well, I’m bored waiting for a tech to finish a machine for me to test, so here’s a little cheat sheet (symptom followed by the active ingredient to look for followed by a typical brand name): Hacking cough - Dextromethorphan - Buckleys, Robitussin DM Productive/phlegmy cough - Guaifenesin - Robitussin Stuffy nose - pseudoephedrine\* - Sudafed Runny Nose - diphenhydramine HCl - Benadryl Sneezing - See runny nose Headache, body aches - Ibuprofen, tylenol, aspirin Sinus Headache - Headache meds + pseudoephedrine Plugged ears/ear ache - pseudoephedrine - Sudafed \*Alternative is loratidine aka Claritin If I’m all sorts of messed up and feeling like crap I’ll usually take a nice happy mixture of Robitussin DM and Advil Cold and Sinus, plus Claritin if I’m runny/sneezy. Toss in some Advil to take the edge off and away I go. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-cold-medicine/17289)._