help for a really bad cough... pleeease

[GoddessInTheKitchen]

hi, i don't actually have the cough yet but i feel really bunged up and feel terrible and i can feel it coming on, i always have really bad coughs that actually stop me from doing anything due to the coughing fits i have.

i just wondered if anyone had the same problem and if there is anything i can take now to prevent it happening? (wishful thinking i guess)

is there any medicine out there that anyone knows of that may help me?

hopeful bump

Do you think you are too late to try First Defence? I have tried this several times when I felt like I was coming down with something and it has worked so far.

oh thankyou, i have never tried it but i will now, i'm open to all options

I swear by Pholcodeine linctus. It is available over the counter, makes you feel woosey then the next thing you know it's morning. I think I'm just too heavily sedated to cough. Obviously no good if you're expecting or bf and I have to warn my husband that if ds's wake up not to expect any sense out of me.

Was recommended by my GP when I had a cough that went on for weeks and within 3 days having proper sleep and giving my throat a rest the cough was gone.

that sounds wonderful jollyma, dd is at my mums tonight so it doesn't matter if i'm in a coma! i'm split now, think i'm gonna go buy both and read the labels

mentholated Covonia is good or the chesty one as long as you are not on any heart meds

well, i got to tescos way too late for their pharmacy to be open so had to buy whatever they had on the shelf which was, covonia.. the dry cough one and first defence (which btw works 3 days into an illness because my blocked nose has totally dried up!) result!
my bad bad cough has surfaced this morning so am overdosing on the covonia and may be off to pharmacy in a minute to get jollymas suggestion so thanks for the help