Is there any difference betweeen having a Lemsip or having Cold Tablets with a cup of tea?

[Hipponimous]

Logically I don't see how there could be? When I've got a cold I tend to take Cold meds (decongestant with paracetamol) to help me feel better; if I'm truly at deaths door I have it in the form of Lemsip because it FEELS like it should be more effective.

I woke up this morning thinking I would have a Lemsip as I feel rubbish but I hate them, hate hate hate them, bitter tasting lemon or black current. So I'm musing - surely it's actually no different to taking a cold tablet = same amount of decongestant and paracetamol as a Lemsip - and having a cup of tea = hot fluid, hydrating, soothing etc.

Anyone know object?

I mean object to my logic btw. I know I can have whatever I want.

No difference apart from if you find lemon and added honey to be soothing

I'm sure the menthol fumes have an effect

I do not enjoy honey so no to that one.

Yes to menthol though - maybe I will rub some Vicks on my chest at the same time

I don’t think so. I can’t buy lemsip where we live, so it’s a tablet and hot herbal tea with honey.

I'd stick with the tablets!

i would rather have tea and tablets Lemsips are vile they often make me vomit so not much good

I prefer the tablets + hot drink to lemsip too, exactly the same as far as I'm concerned. If you do have a lemsip and don't like honey just stick a spoonful of sugar in to take away the bitterness.

Honey, lemon, ginger, hot water. Fresh thyme infused in hot water. Hot ribena. Paracetamol.

There was something on the radio (doctor thing) saying they don’t work anyway
it’s about having a hot drink ,
we use Lemon honey and fresh thyme , ginger root etc
pain killers for pain,

I don't think so! I just take tablet paracetamol and then have hot cordial. The steam/warmth from the drink is nice if you're stuffed up.
Considering a box of lemsip is about £4.50, I think the hot cordial/tea and tablets is definitely the better shout.

I can't have the oral decongestant in lemsip or tablets so I take ibuprofen, make a mug of hot ribena and rub Vicks on my chest - works a treat

Oh and yes to the thyme - I love bronchostop tablets or medicine

As a fan of earl grey tea, I love a lemon Lemsip and an earl grey tea bag together - my colleagues tell me it's disgusting but I find it delicious!

Caffeine helps absorption of paracetamol so it works a bit quicker...Most cold medicines contain it anyway.

The powders and dissolved in water so probably work a tiny bit quicker than the tablets but i dont think youd notice, so its personal choice

Lemsip is rank but I do think the hot liquid seems more soothing.
In the same vein Beechams liquid which is the GOAT as far as I'm concerned is better than the capsule or powders.

Hot Vimto and a couple of tablets here.

I also hate lemsip.

There is no particular magic to having the medication as a hot solution, rather than in the form of tablets, but it is important to make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids (hot or cold, as you prefer).

I also hate lemsip so I use the cold and flu capsules which are great

For me personally I do find the lemsips help me more than cold and flu tablets, I use a teaspoon of sugar sometimes to make it a bit sweeter.