Help - need cough remedies for flight!

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Have a long haul (7 hr) flight today at 6pm for a family emergency, so I need to fly and can’t delay my flight. Currently have an awful tickly cough which dr confirmed as laryngitis and not contagious. I feel totally fine in myself but I can’t stop coughing.

I am so nervous and dreading being stuck on the plane needing to cough.

Please can you give me your best tips/remedies?. Any suggestions for something that will knock me out for the duration would be great I will try anything

I was once prescribed codeine when I had a cough that was driving me mad. Do you have any leftover from anything? Or could you phone and beg your doctors to prescribe today? Just don't take on an empty tummy.

The other things you could try are Night Nurse or phenergan to try and help you sleep.

Also have a stash of jakemans cough sweets to suck.

Good luck!

Strepsils in the purple and silver box - they have local anaesthetic which really helps with the tickle.

Similarly, difflam spray

Plenty of fluids

Gargle with warm water and salt before you board.

What did the doctor suggest?

Take a stash of cough lozenges, (different kinds) and a water bottle. I find honey really helps but not sure if you could take that on board.

the coughing won’t be as bad as it it now. My guess is you’re in bed? It’s always worse isnt it. I think lots of sips of water at first then pop something that can help you sleep for the last few hours. Good luck with whatever else you’re dealing with

Sip hot drink like herbal tea. If you have thermos cup take through security empty and buy a tea at cafe to fill. Have something to sip then during boarding and take off before fight service. If you take spare herbal tea bags also M shave own cup, most will refill witj hot water unlisted on board. Decant honey into mini jar if you have.

Jakeman sweets are really good for stopping coughing. Sold in pharmacy or supermarkets. They come in bags in a few different flavours.

Co-codamol, codeine represses the cough reflex.

Don't take two much. You can also get a spray to anesthetise the throat.

The only clinically proven medication to suppress a cough is coedeine. Grab some paracetamol with codeine from boots at take two about an hour before you get on the plane.

If you are going through terminal 3 at Heathrow there's no liquids check anymore, so you can take through your choice of drink and a jar of honey and lemon if you want.

I brought through a full water bottle on Saturday plus three times as many toiletries as fits in a plastic bag! (we went through in August so I knew that they have the new machines).

I had the same cough on the way to new York two years ago. And yes to sucking strepsils.

I found that sitting still and being calm and sleeping upright in the seat helped. I did have to leave lulu lemon on 5th Ave tho as the coughing was so bad the whole shop looked at me!