Get rid of cough fast

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Been up all night with a horrendous cough that won't shift. Not covid. What are your cough remedies that work quickly? Really don't feel like otc cough meds work

Pholocodiene or co-codamol. Obviously not both together or you’ll overdose.

I don't know if this is the right thing to do but i've always found that surpressing the cough urge helps the cough to go quicker. So kind of just holding my breath in when I get the urge to cough, then it goes.

Pholcodiene linctus and I find sucking on cough lozenges helps.

Suppressing the cough is literally the worst thing you can do. Have you tried 'huffing'? It brings up phlegm from deep in the lungs and then when you cough, it clears the lungs more effectively. Look up coughing techniques for cystic fibrosis sufferers.

I had a horrendous cough recently. Nothing shifted it apart from time. It took two weeks. I found paracetamol and Jakemans cough sweets were the best for dealing with the worst of the symptoms.

Steam? I guess this will only work on a mucus type cough though

DH recently had an awful cough, drove us both mad. Steam was the only thing that helped and seemed to speed up its demise.

Oh and his cough was dry to begin with but the steam still helped.

Jakemans black throat sweets are good in the day time when you just need to stop coughing for your sanity!

Obas oil and Vicks vapour are really good. Night nurse is also great for knocking you if sleep is difficult. And if you want to steer away from night nurse, try having an extra pillow at night.

Vicks on your feet and wear socks over it. Works a treat.

Oh and hit the garlic hard, plus Vit c and zinc high doses.