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See book keywords and concepts |  Cough and cold remedies: a potential danger to patients on monoamine oxidase inhibitors. BMJ; 1:404-406. 1969.
Dawson JK. Earnshaw SM & Graham CS. Dangerous monoamine oxidase interactions are still occurring in the 1990s. J Accid Emerg Med; 12(1):49-51. 1995.
Doyle H & Kargin M. Herbal stimulant containing ephedrine has also caused psychosis (letter). BMJ; 313:756. 1996.
Edmonds ME, Archer AG & Watkins PJ. Ephedrine: a new treatment for diabetic neuropathic oedema. Lancet; 1:548-551. 1983.
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Bottom Line Health
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Zinc cold remedies should be used cautiously. There is evidence that zinc can lessen a cold's severity, but zinc products should be used only two or three times a day, primarily in the first 48 hours after symptom onset—not every three hours, as indicated on labels. Do not use zinc lozenges and nasal spray—choose one. High concentrations of zinc can cause nausea and diarrhea.
Neil Schachter, MD, professor of pulmonary medicine and medical director of respiratory care, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. | | The precautions we take with dangerous chemicals should also be applied to seemingly innocuous items, such as Tylenol, cold remedies and even vitamins," Katz says. "Pill vials should be securely closed, hidden away and stored at a height young children can't reach."
. . The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-— vention has more suggestions on how you can prevent poisoning at www.cdc.gov/ncipc/fact sheets/poisonprevention. htm.
Drug Expiration Dates: Take Them Seriously
Cynthia LaCivita, PharmD, director of clinical standards and quality, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts |  Cold remedies like Sudafed® and decongestants like AcuTrim®, which is also used as an appetite suppressant, contain stimulants that boost physical performance. They can also cause heart palpitations, weight loss, hypertension, hallucinations and convulsions.20
The athletic field isn't the only place where people are looking to improve performance. While middle-aged men across the country leapt at the chance to take prescription drugs like Viagra®, Cialis® or Levitra® to improve sexual performance, others looked to more natural supplements like horny goat weed. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts |  Diet and lifestyle modifications: Avoid caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, and taking cold remedies that contain ephedrine (which can cause rapid heartbeat and trembling). The amino acid phenylalanine seems to decrease anxiety and can be taken as a supplement. Taking 300 mg of magnesium aspartate daily divided into three doses can also be beneficial. Blackcurrant oil may provide fatty acids, which also improve anxiety levels. Environmental stressors should be identified and avoided to whatever extent possible. |
Rainer W. Bussmann and Douglas Sharon
See book keywords and concepts |  According to this theory, illness is explained as due to "cold" causes, such as entry of air into the body, or "hot" causes, such as excessive consumption of hot foods, with curing conforming to a doctrine of opposites: hot remedies to drive out cold and cold remedies to extract heat. The classic study of the "hot/cold dichotomy" was conducted by George Foster181, who traced its origins to Greek humoral pathology brought by Spain to the New World. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Ginger tea is one of our favorite cold remedies, and it also may help to ease a cough. One animal study found that a component of ginger called shogaol worked at least as well as dextromethorphan against cough. That may mean simply that shogaol is just as good as placebo, now that the effectiveness of dextromethorphan is in question. Nevertheless, ginger tea is tasty and not very expensive.
Another old-fashioned approach to calming a cough is horehound. |
American Medical Publishing
See book keywords and concepts | | POPULAR cold remedies THAT COULD KILL
The Food and Drug Administration advised consumers
Monday to avoid over-the-counter cold remedies and have appetite suppressants with a common alternative ingredient linked to increased stroke risk, and it called on drug companies to stop using the ingredient.
Consumers may still find the products in their drugstores for several months until the FDA rule, which in effect bans the Alka-Seltzer Plus ingredient's use in non-prescription remedies, is in cold remedies place. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  They have not been systematically evaluated as cold remedies. However, one double-blind trial found that people who were given 100 mg of Asian ginseng extract in combination with a flu vaccine experienced a lower frequency of colds and flu compared with people who received only the flu vaccine.40
According to test tube experiments,41 wild indigo stimulates immune function (page 255), which might account for its role in fighting the common cold and flu (page 269). |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Most over-the-counter cold remedies contain some combination of acetaminophen and various decongestants, antihistamines, and cough suppressants. Some experts believe that these ingredients may work against one another. For example, acetaminophen may increase nasal congestion, while the decongestant decreases it. If a cold is making you extremely uncomfortable and you feel you must take something for it, it is better to take a single ingredient product appropriate for the particular symptom you are treating. pecially heavy consumption of junk food. | | The following is a list of some of the most common types of cold remedies, and what they can and cannot do:
• Analgesics, such as acetaminophen, aspirin, and ibuprofen, help to relieve aches and pains and reduce fever. By themselves, colds do not usually cause significant fever. Allowing a low-grade fever to run its course may actually be beneficial; an elevated temperature is one of the body's ways of fighting infection. If you have a fever that reaches 102°F or higher, chances are something other than the cold is causing it. |
American Medical Publishing
See book keywords and concepts | | POPULAR cold remedies THAT COULD KILL
The Food and Drug Administration advised consumers
Monday to avoid over-the-counter cold remedies and have appetite suppressants with a common alternative ingredient linked to increased stroke risk, and it called on drug companies to stop using the ingredient.
Consumers may still find the products in their drugstores for several months until the FDA rule, which in effect bans the Alka-Seltzer Plus ingredient's use in non-prescription remedies, is in cold remedies place. |
Prevention Magazine
See book keywords and concepts |  Tabasco sauce) can work as well as over-the-counter cold remedies, says Dr. Zi-ment. "Some of the foods used to fight respiratory diseases for centuries, including hot peppers, are very similar to the drugs we now use."
The stuff that makes hot peppers so nose-clearing good is capsaicin, a plant chemical that gives hot peppers their sting. Chemically, capsaicin is similar to a drug called guaifenesin, which is used in many over-the-counter and prescription cold remedies such as Robitussin, says Dr. Ziment. |
Ray Strand, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  He figured he could fight it off and spent the next ten days taking over-the-counter antihistamines and cold remedies. In spite of good rest and lots of fluids, Mike only got worse. When he developed a fever of 102 degrees coupled with severe pressure in his sinuses, Julie grew worried and made an appointment for him with their family doctor that afternoon.
The doctor evaluated him and diagnosed an acute sinus infection. He asked Mike if he was allergic to any antibiotics, and Mike answered that he was not. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  You should not take any medications (including nonprescription drugs such as laxatives or cold remedies) without your doctor's approval.
Definitions of the drug categories, labeled A, B, C, D, and X, are listed below:
• A: Adequate studies in pregnant women have failed to show a risk to the fetus in the first trimester of pregnancy, and there is no evidence of risk in later trimesters. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
See book keywords and concepts |  Ocimum basilicum (basil)
Origanum major ana (marjoram)
Pinus pumilio (dwarf or white pine)
Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary)
Santalum album (sandalwood)
Styrax benzoin (benzoin)
Thymus vulgaris (thyme)
Broader Context of Treatment
Many traditional cold remedies are based on culinary ingredients, highlighting the fact that there is no real difference between medicinal and edible plants. Here is an example of a treatment that capitalizes on the value of common medicinal foods. Take this combination at the first sign of a chill or sore throat. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
See book keywords and concepts |  Appetite Suppressants
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) is often found in appetite suppressants as well as cough and cold remedies. The FDA recently recommended that products containing PPA be removed from the market due to evidence linking it to increased risk of hemorrhagic (bleeding) stroke in women.
Chickweed is also used as an appetite suppressant. As far as appetite suppressants go, it is among the least harmful. Garcinia cambogia is another rising star in the weight loss world. It is used as both an appetite suppressant and a fat burner, and appears quite harmless. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts |  Synthetic ephedrine compounds are widely used in over-the-countet cold remedies like Sudafed.
• American angelica has compounds that can relax the windpipe and thus may be beneficial for asthma. More exotic botanicals such as Tylophora asthmatica, Boswellia serrata, and Petasites hybridus are worth checking into as well (Miller 2001).
The Importance of Essential Fatty Acids
The increase in the prevalence of asthma has recently been linked to the altered consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). | | PPA is a popular ingredient in dozens of over-the-counter and prescription diet aids and cough and cold remedies. A case-control study found that the use of PPA significantly increased the risk of hemorrhagic stroke in women. The FDA has requested that drug companies stop marketing products containing PPA (Ketnan et al. 2000; Mersfelder 2001).
Coumadin. Intracranial hemorrhage is one of the known side effects of Coumadin (warfarin). Coumadin is the drug of choice for thrombosis prophylaxis (prevention). | | Birth control pills, most over-the-counter decongestants, cold remedies, and diet pills should also be avoided. Some migraine headache, blood, and heart medications may also cause Raynaud's symptoms.
Take Good Care of Your Skin
Use a cream to keep your hands soft and protect them with gloves when using detergent, using harsh chemi' cals, or gardening. Keep fingers and toes dry with talcum powder. Be careful not to injure the skin in affected areas, and treat injuries without delay. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  So while everyone else carries around boxes of tissues and cold remedies or comes down with the flu, you'll be on the ski slopes, enjoying a vacation, or doing whatever else you do best. More important, you'll be better protected against other serious illnesses, including cancer, that can cut life short.
Traveling with your red blood cells, which are busy carrying oxygen, are white blood cells—the sentries of the body. Woe to the errant bacterium caught dawdling in the path of a healthy white blood cell! |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | The authors of TRANQUILLIZING OF AMERICA further comment on our custom of keeping our aspirin, cold remedies, Valium and Ritalin in the medicine chest, our vodka in the liquor cabinet, our beer in the fridge, and our cocaine in a plastic bag hidden in a shoe as we attempt to separate the drugs we use for medicinal or recreational purposes. "There is, in short, a separation, albeit sometimes blurred, between the drugs we take for medical reasons and those we take for social or recreational purposes. |
American Medical Publishing
See book keywords and concepts | | Consumers may still find the products in their drugstores for several months until the FDA rule, which in effect bans the Alka-Seltzer Plus ingredient's use in non-prescription remedies, is in cold remedies place.
Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief Contac 12 Hour Cold Capsules Coricidin D Cold Flu & Sinus Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir Robitussin CF
A Yale University study, which Day & Night found that phenylpropanolamine, or PPA, increased stroke risk in some users, spurred an FDA advisory committee last month to conclude that the product is not safe.
The study is scheduled to appear Dec. |
Michael Castleman
See book keywords and concepts |  Much of the more than $1 billion a year consumers spend on cold remedies goes for all-in-one cold formulas, but most doctors discourage taking them. Cold formulas do indeed contain ingredients to relieve every major cold symptom, but cold symptoms develop serially, not all at once. Why pay for a cough suppressant when what's bothering you is a stuffed nose? And why risk side effects from medicines you may not need—drowsiness from antihistamines and jitters and insomnia from decongestants?
Nature's cures for the common cold don't just suppress symptoms. |
Stephen Fried
See book keywords and concepts |  In the early 1970s there were few over-the-counter drugs besides basic pain relievers and cold remedies. There were hardly any generic drugs. When Kligman talked about "cosmeceuticals" back then, he was mostly talking about zit creams and wrinkle removers. It was unimaginable that twenty years later companies would be trying to figure out how to market nearly all prescription drugs as if they were face creams.
By 1997 almost any drug that could be made into a pill or an ointment was effectively being marketed as a cosmeceutical. | | Today's multisymptom, multi-ingredient, nonprescription cold remedies are among the last vestiges of the kind of broad combination-drug marketing that then dominated the entire prescription drug business. Although the practice is still common in less-developed countries and remains especially popular in Germany, most remaining prescription combination drugs in the United States are older painkillers mixed with aspirin or codeine. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | For example, phenylpropanolamine (PPA), an ingredient which is commonly found in many over-the-counter medications including cold remedies, decongestants, and appetite-suppressants, can elevate your pressure, as can caffeine. An alarmingly high reading can result from taking a decongestant and two cups of coffee an hour before a reading.
The big questions today are determining when hypertension needs to be treated with medication and how much the pressure should be reduced by means of medication. There's been considerable controversy about this. |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Antihistamines (many cold remedies and sleeping pills like Benadryl) cause disorientation, delirium, hallucinations in high doses, depression, etc.; Antihypertensives like Reserpine, Aldomet, Guanethidine, Catapres, Inderal, etc. cause depression, delirium, etc.; Anti-inflammatories like Indocin, Naprosyn, etc. cause depression, confusion, paranoia, delirium, hallucinations, etc. and the corticosteroids cause depression, anxiety, delirium, paranoia, mania, etc.; Antimicrobials like Acyclovir (Zovirax), Ampkotericin B, Flagyl, Keflin cause confusion, delirium, paranoia, etc. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Thorazine or Haldol), cimetidine (Tagamet), propranolol (Inderal), diet pills, and even over-the-counter cold remedies can reduce sexual feelings. Drugs used to treat high blood pressure can reduce vaginal lubrication, impair orgasm, and reduce libido.13 Virtually all recreational drugs (marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, and narcotics) reduce the interest in sex.
In the first chapter, we looked at the toxic effects of excess iron. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
See book keywords and concepts |  Cause: Bladder infections, constipation, and some medications, such as diuretics, pain relievers, sedatives, cold remedies, and medicines for depression and high blood pressure, can all cause temporary, reversible loss of control. Childbirth may stretch muscles or damage nerve tissue, interfering with normal urination. In postmenopausal women, incontinence may result from thinning of the tissues in the urinary tract and the sagging of the pelvic floor as estrogen levels drop. |
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