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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:25 am 
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Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine when have a cold is best?

is it true their theory? why then so many people take cough drops and gel caps when have the flu or cold.

how makes you better and why some believe making yourself better without medicine is best? how old is this idea and when became the idea that should take medicine?

also, in which areas of the world is still this way and why?

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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:52 am 
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Well I cant take cold medicines because they will interact with daily maintenance medications I have to take so when I get a cold I just get extra rest, drink plenty, take in extra fruits for vitamin C and oddly enough increase the amount of time I spend on the treadmill because I find if I increase the time of my workout my colds tend to be shorter in duration.

Im from the Northeast part of the USA - Connecticut specifically.


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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:02 pm 
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People believe strange thing. Cold medicine do nothing for the infection, or the immune reaction to it. They just help with the symptomes. So it depends primarily on how miserable you are, and how willing you are to spread your infection. Droplets from a cough or sneeze are a great way to spread it to everyone around you.


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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:54 am 
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cause medicines are proven to make cold flus and certain illnesse last longer


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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 5:18 pm 
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Some people are IGNORANT.
Some are gullible.
Some are insane.


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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 3:48 am 
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Cold medicine does not treat the cold, only the symptoms. So you are not curing yourself, only making yourself more comfortable. But it can be argued that the temperature and the mucus in the sinues etc are actually a result of the body fighting the cold germs, so by reducing them, you are making the cold last longer!


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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:36 am 
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Because most cold and cough medicines make more profits for the drug companys rather than have any effect on the symptoms.


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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:50 pm 
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I dont often take medicine, because it often makes you tired and even the non drowsy ones can make you feel weird. It also only masks the effects of your illnes while not treating the causes. You body has reason for most of the effects of illnes. You get fevers because many of the viruse cannot survive at higher temperatures, you sneeze to get rid of viruses and bacteria you breath in through your nose, etc. If you take medicine it tricks you into feeling better when you still have the infection. This can cause you to work your body too hard and make it worse in the long run.

I want to keep my immune system working well. If you never expose your immune system to bacteria often and let it fight the infection it will be more effective at recovering. It is just like your mussels and your brain, if you dont use it it become less effective.


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 Post subject: Why do some people beleive that not taking any cold medicine
PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:38 pm 
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It may be better not to take medications for a cold simply because they dont do much. And even though the incidence of serious adverse effects is very small, it isnt zero. Balance that against the fact that its just a cold, and the conclusion is pretty logical.
Last I checked, cold medicines are a $4 billion+ per year business in the US, and thats driven almost entirely by advertising rather than the value of the medicines. That says a lot about the power of advertising.



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