Question:
OTC drug for cold and sore throat?

I am post op 5 months with a 71 pound loss. I am having my first cold with a sore throat. Does anyone have a good over the counter drug that works best after having gastric bypass?    — ragan (posted on May 10, 2009)

May 10, 2009
My surgeon said I could get the Tylenol equivalent of Ny-Quil and Day-Quil. I found it at Wal Mart, but I'm sure that any pharmacy would carry it.
   — Erica Alikchihoo

May 11, 2009
Tylenol Cold works well.
   — trible

May 11, 2009
I just gargle with salt water for the sore throat and take tylenol for headaches...Stuffy noses, I use a Neti Pot...I go all natural when I can...For bad colds I take "Tylenol Cold Multi-Symptom Severe" to relieve all your cold symptoms as a last resort...I also like the Halls SF Vit C to calm a stratchy throat (taste too much like candy though and so I have to watch how many I eat! LOL...But I honestly have not had a cold that lasted more than 3 days since surgery 5+ years ago...I used to get sick for weeks! My surgeon also suggested ZiCam nose spray to halt colds before they really get started and I SWEAR by that stuff for when I do feel a cold coming...I just put zinc drops in my neti pot now...and take zinc lozenges when exposed to a cold...Hopefully your cold passes soon...
   — .Anita R.