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Help!!! Tickly cough cures needed!!!

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Icantstopeatinglol · 28/10/2014 03:26

I am absolutely exhausted and my throat is agony of coughing! Everytime I start to drift I start coughing! I've tried cough medicine, dark chocolate, ice cubes, drinks etc ec.
Any miracle cures would be very much appreciated!! Flowers

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HowsTheSerenity · 28/10/2014 04:19

Spoonful of honey?
Codeine linctus?
Sleeping sitting quite elevated?
Tried these?

aloysiusflyte · 28/10/2014 04:21

I always find that breathing in something menthol helps like olbus oil, seems to sooth your throat and stop the tickleSmile

Icantstopeatinglol · 28/10/2014 04:25

What's codeine linctus serenity? The rest I've tried apart from the honey as I've got none Sad This is like torture, throat is killing!!

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HowsTheSerenity · 28/10/2014 04:56

It's a liquid form of codeine that is pretty potent.
I'd try pholcodine first. It's fake codeine basically. You should be able to get it from the chemist.
I have chronic bronchitis and reoccurring pneumonia and it stops me coughing.

MissYamabuki · 28/10/2014 05:04

Honey to sooth your throat
Benylin for chesty coughs - this is the only thing that will stop a fit of dry, tickly cough.

MissYamabuki · 28/10/2014 05:15

For me, that is Smile I don't understand why, but it works!

Procrastinatingpeacock · 28/10/2014 07:15

I second the recommendation of pholcodine linctus. Unlike many cough "medicines" that simply soothe your throat for a few seconds, it acts on the central nervous system to actually suppress the coughing reflex. I was given it by a pharmacist last year and it was far more effective than anything I have used before.

deadwitchproject · 28/10/2014 07:58

Superdrug's Bronchial Balsam worked for me and DH when nothing else did. Still can't understand how as it's pretty innocuous.

Icantstopeatinglol · 28/10/2014 10:33

Thanks for all your replies, well in the end I took two codeine and it pretty much worked instantly! Think I was so exhausted that as soon as the cough was slightly suppressed I was knocked out lol. Hoping that's the worst of it over with!
I appreciate all your replies tho, I was nearly demented with the bloody cough and my throat couldn't handle much more!!!

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