How do I stop fucking coughing so I can sleep?

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Have been feeling rough since Friday, my throat feels like I'm swallowing razor blades and the cough is relentless. I've genuinely never had such a painful sore throat. I've come downstairs to the sofa so I don't wake the whole house up and I know there's probably not much I can do right now but what are your suggestions when I can send someone to the shop tomorrow?

One cocodamol before bed helped me. Cough has thankfully cleared up now.

When you find out please let me know too 😩😩

Mix a teaspoon of turmeric powder with a cup of warm milk to make turmeric milk. Add honey to taste. Turmeric milk can help soothe a sore throat, relieve congestion, and reduce coughing,”

Ive done this before but with a small glass of water. Sort of swirl in the turmeric and then quickly down it before the powder settles. It was not tasty but it did seem to help my cough. The milk and honey combo might be nicer to drink … worth a try…?

Warm not hot, honey and lemon. Keep sipping it.

Prop yourself up with lots of pillows. Night nurse was the only thing that helped me get a bit of sleep last time I had an awful cough.
Hope you feel better soon.

Will try this tomorrow, please tell me it cleared up quickly? 😩

Sorry to hear you're not feeling well either. I am never ill and this has knocked it right out of me. Hope we are both feeling better soon.

This is normally my go to on the rare occasion I catch a bug. It isn't making the slightest bit of difference to this though. 😩

Codeine.

Or cocodamol. It works.

I was also going to say prop yourself upright on pillows and take all the drugs you can get.

Night nurse is a great shout, will get some picked up tomorrow. Getting more than 5 minutes sleep will helped a lot.

Annoyingly I don't have either of those. I do have Morphine however which seems a bit extreme but I'm willing to give it a go, if it'll work the same way.

Yes, morphine works the same way but it also suppresses breathing so keep the dose low

Codeine is a cough suppressant, one cocodamol instantly stopped my cough, I didn’t actually know this, I took it cos I’d coughed so much I was in pain and it was the only painkiller in the box.

Crikey, I'd rather wait until the morning than mess with morphine.

You can buy cocodamol at any chemist. Don't need a brand name as most are usually 8mg codeine/500 paracetamol. I think Solpadeine Max might have 12mg.

I'm on 30mg 4 times a day. Hate it! But my cough soon cleared up 🤣

Codeine supresses the cough reflex but it can also stop you breathing so be careful.

Lignocaine spray / lozenges anesthetizes, it's the same stuff dentists use.

Dequacaine Lozenges are good.

Night nurse is wonderful stuff but also, slather your feet in vicks and then put socks over the top. No idea why it works but it really does.

I swear by Benylin Chesty Cough hardcore OTC .Absolutely brilliant.knocks you out with a generous dose at nighttime. Do mot confuse with Non Drowsy BENYLIN!

Pineapple juice is the only thing that works for me

100 day cough it's what people are calling it.

Use cough syrups, cough sweets, drink hot drinks -lemon/honey/ginger. Sleep up right.

Time

If you end up with a fever feeling hot cold shivery it might have progressed to Pharyngitis abd you'll need antibiotics as you're throat will be be infected abd you'll probably find it more difficult to swallow

Tyrozets can work really well to numb your throat

You have to get the drowsy cough medicine - really hard to make them give it you you but you have to INSIST. Hope you get well soon.

Strepsils or these generic cheaper versions with the effective ingredient beginning with H (see photo) an actually work really well

@JanglingJack Wise choice I think, it did seem a bit extreme. 😂