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I see someone mentioned the Chinese honey-loquat syrup already, but I wanted to talk a little about it. Chinese cough syrup. Basically, it's Slippery Elm, a demulcent. 635mg/tablespoon, which isn't mentioned in the wiki article there, but that's what it...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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I've had flu, and what I've got now is not flu. (If it was flu, I wouldn't be typing this.)...
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Sean Eric Fagan commented on
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Not true in the US at least -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamiflu...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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Wrong: we have some antiviral drugs these days that are effective against Influenza A and B: oseltamivir and zanamivir, reducing the severity and duration of symptoms by around 1.5 days if treatment is started within 24-48 hours. Problem is, they're not totally effective and they have side-effects; overuse may also lead to the propagation of drug-resistant strains....
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brucecohenpdx commented on
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My wife picked up the flu by going shopping on Thursday; it hit her hard on Friday: dizziness so bad she couldn't stand up without help, and nausea that wouldn't even let her keep water down. It started to fade Saturday afternoon, and is mostly gone now. I tried some googling to see if I could get a differential diagnosis for the particular strain she got, but couldn't find enough info to do that. Now we're waiting to see if I get it. Aren't you glad real viruses can't travel the intertubes?...
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tangurena commented on
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I'm not a doctor, but I have had a persistent cough for several months. Repeated trips to various doctors yielded prescriptions that did nothing for the cough. Finally a trip to an ENT resulted in a diagnosis of GERD. So I'm on these mad expensive pills, and the real cure (for me) is to lose weight. I'm only 4 years older than you....
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