scooby dooby doo Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I'm all blocked up and I've just used my last lemsip sachet ☹️ HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Wussy southerner *tongue* It gets a little tiny bit cooler and you break out in a sniffle *eek* What you gonna be like when you get north of Watford????? 😬 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Birtwisle Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 such antisocial behavior from the pie man Hoop, you can have one of mine if you like. I think I am coming down with something nasty too ... you haven't been kissing me have you 🤔 Alex S713UMY 1.8K Viper Blue and Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted November 28, 2003 Author Share Posted November 28, 2003 its actually a fasir bit warmer today... I lived in cam for a few years - that's WAY colder than anywhere else ❗ HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted November 28, 2003 Author Share Posted November 28, 2003 Thanks Alex HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Hoopy, Get some beechams flu strength caplets - they work well and are quite a strong formula. If you are blocked up rather than bunged up then might I suggest figs or senakot?? Hope you feel better soon. Edited by - mav on 28 Nov 2003 10:32:47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FH Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Ahem! 's a waste of munny buying all these branded products A chemisty/dispensarying-type friend of mine many years ago said what you need is aspirin (or paracetemol) for the aches and pains, a decongestant (to clear the nasal passages), some hot water (to melt the hunny) (for soothing the throat) and alcohol (preferably whisky or brandy) to knock you out and let you have a good sleep)... If you buy 4Flu/Lemsip/etc all you're doing is lining the pockets of the fatcat pharmaceutical bods and paying for the trips abroad they take to get rid of the profits 😳 In her opinion, Lemsip and Beechams powders, effervescent or soluble tablets et al are a complete con. Ah well, the power of advertising FH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 If you are bolcked up unfortunate typo Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 corrected the branded products are just as good as the unbranded ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted November 28, 2003 Author Share Posted November 28, 2003 where can i get pure decongestant 🤔 HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FH Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 At a chemists FH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewenm Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 For all those athletes out there... Lemsip (and others like Day Nurse, etc) are now off the banned substances list. Also now allowed is caffeine. Woo Hoo 71482 miles and counting... but a broken wrist ❗ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted November 28, 2003 Author Share Posted November 28, 2003 Mav- I've got the beechams capsules, and yes, they are very good. But lemsip and honey tastes so much nicer HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FH Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Lemsip - active ingredients: 1000mg paracetemol (the pain-killing bit - cheaper as, well paracetemol tabs 60mg pseudoephredine (the degongestant bit) - get own brand product from pharmacy Added ingredients - the tasty almost-lemony stuff So, add real lemon to above + hunny and you have a tasty medicine at a lot less cost. If you don't like the taste of brandy or whisky, leave them out of your hot drink ( ) drink something alcoholic separately Anyway, Hoops, I forgot my manners in previous posting (I just get so mad at people being conned by expensive prettily packaged stuff) Hope you feel better soon. Please remember to sit facing forward on the starboard side of the train as you pass through Grantham - and look east if you feel a sneeze comin' on FH Edited by - FH on 28 Nov 2003 12:43:38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewenm Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 It was the pseudoephredine that was on the banned substances list and is now not. It's still a stimulant, but only just 71482 miles and counting... but a broken wrist ❗ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Woods Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I'm still getting over this d *mad*mn cold as well IMHO if you have 'just' a cold you should stay off the paracetemols, decongestants etc. Our GP told me that the reason you feel rough is because your body raises its temperature to fight the virus and if you take drugs they lower your temperature and the infection takes longer to clear up. I once had a cold that dragged on for ages because I stayed on the Lemsip, as soon as I stopped takeing it I got a lot worse for a couple of days then got better BTW I hope you feel better soon, theres a lot of this about at the moment Edited by - Nick Woods on 28 Nov 2003 13:58:55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted November 28, 2003 Author Share Posted November 28, 2003 ah - right. I've never seen the decongestant on sale. But I do like the lemony taste Nick, its true that lemsip etc just treat symptoms. But the symptoms are what make you feel awful. So if you're not actually in any dnager then treating the symptoms may be better over all. depends really... HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 ☹️ Hope all shedders with nasty lurgy germy things are feeling better soon. That said, I'm still trying to shake off the last of mine. Ugghhh! 😳 nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud 9 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Hoopy..Hope your feeling better, here`s some blackcurrant lemsips, and you can read my beano On the hill , not over it!! Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 I'm not any better and Emma is ill with something else ☹️ oooh ❗ blackcurrent lemsip - never had that before yum yum thankyou ❗ HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Hope you are all feeling better very soon Viv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 I think Em and I have swapped colds ☹️ HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morls Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Get well soon This should cheer anyone up As cute as Kylie, but from a country better at rugby here Mark My Caterham Silver Jubilee No. 7 is here with Mavis, under 'Mark's Cars'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanB Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I've had a niggly feeling of general unwellness for a few weeks now - definitely an incipient cold coming on. Thing is, what to do about it. Do I Option 1: Take off all my clothes, stand in the rain for an hour, and just get the damn cold going properly and kill it off; or Option 2: Take a day off work, stay in bed drinking homemade Lemsip substitute and hope I get better? Option 2 has the advantage of a day in bed, and Option 1 has the disadvantage of a probably criminal record... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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