Medication Information

For a Cold or Stuffy Nose:

• Chlor-trimeton
• Cool air vaporizer at your bedside
• Nasal Spray such as saline spray
• Vicks Vapor Rub
• Sudafed
• Actifed
• Claritin
• Jasmine Tea
• Zyrtec

For a Cough:

• Robitussin DM
• Cough drops
• Cepacol/Sucret
• Chloraseptic Throat Spray

For Constipation:

• Colace
• Dilose, Citrical, or Metamucil
• Glycerine suppositories
• Milk of Magnesia
• Fibercon and Benefiber
• Fresh fruits, prunes, bran and adequate water intake are helpful for prevention of constipation.

For Diarrhea:

• Kaopectate: Use for only one day, as directed.
• Immodium

For Headache or Minor Pains:

• Tylenol: as directed

For Hemorrhoids:

• Preparation H, Anusol and Tucks
• Warm Sitz Baths

For Indigestion or Gas:

• Mylanta, Maalox, Mylicon, Tums, Zantac, Pepcid, Tagament, Prilosec and Prevacid

For Nausea:

• Sea bands-motion sickness bands
• Vitamin B6
• Prescriptions such as Zofran, Phenergan and Meclizine.