Cold and Flu Medicines to Take During Pregnancy

[~Emma~]

Hi Everyone..

I have recently come down with some kind of cough/cold/flu type thing so I went to the chemist and spoke to the pharmacist about what medicines were safe to take during pregnancy. He told me to take some Benadryl (which is in Category A of medicines). I started taking the Benadryl, it did jack sh*t for my throat and all it really did was make me sleep all day Friday..

So what i really want to know is... What have other people used for sore throats, colds, coughs etc while pregnant... nothing seems to be working at all. I need to get this coughing under control as every time i cough i feel like i am going to :barf:

Thank you for your responses in advance :hugs:

Emma :wave:

[Jem]

I dont think there are too many meds you can take really..
i know whilst bf i can only take the basic panadol :(

just plenty of rest is my advice :yes:

[Spewiesmum]

Gargle warm salty water for sore throats and a pharmacist told me it was okay to take garlic tablets and panadol.

[Frazzled]

Lemsip sachets (to drink) had me fine in two days. Dont have strepsils. Cephacol are what i was given to take (throat lozenges).

Gte better soon

[annb]

Ive got a really dry croaky sore throat and lots of congestion...it sucks being pregnant when your sick!! Ive been having hot water with honey and lemon juice in it...today I got from the chemist some zinc lozenges which seem quite good they were in the natural health foods bit and thats about it. On saying that my hubby has the same cold and hes been dosing up with every medication and I cant honestly say he is getting better any quicker than me!

[sugar n spice]

I used to find that a hot lemon and honey drink worked the best on a sore throat when pregnant as your dosing up on vitamin c then.i find anasthetic numbing throaties do nothing anyhow they only numb it for a minute. Panadol and breathing in camomile tea in a hot bowl of water with your head over it and towel over you. Well thats what my dr recommended when i was preg last time with the flu and killer sore throat. Honestly even if you could take cough medicine its a waste of money