Cough

Have you tried sucking on a Fisherman's Friend?

That's what caused it in the first place.

"carry on coughing"

Honey, Brandy and a little hot water. Works every time.

Tried that..don't work...next!

More brandy.

Or you could just cough.

hONEY GARLIC AND LEMON JUICE WITH A SPOT OF WARM WATER 3 TIMES A DAY.

Fundamentally there isn't really any such thing as a 'cure' for a cough.
The most important thing is to keep hydrated.

Steam might help a little with some types of cough and honey/lemon/brandy remedies can sometimes ease it a little.
Cough medicines don't work.
Cough sweets and lozenges don't work.


I've had one for the last couple of weeks too, and it's getting on my nerves. So you have my sympathy.

Thank you for your replies and your sympathy study...the only good thing about this blessed cough is that i'm unable to go to do a job i hate(taking bets in a call centre)

Can't you do the online live chat? It's very popular with the football forum lot.

so i've read crisp

Just make sure your name is exotic sounding

Had the flu and then a cough that lasted for a month - really irritating. Got lots of fresh air and it went away eventually.

My misses has it now.The neighbours carn't be getting much kip.Had a swig of night nurse the other evening and it zonked me out for the best part of the next day so fck that for a game of soldiers.

Yeah, I had Benyllin and a few nightmares about post-Modern architecture......until I tried Prince Charles' Holistic Duchy Originals Cough Syrup at £82.50 per litre.

Hot water and dark rum (half & half) and add a spoonful of sugar. 90% success rate

I have it 6 weeks , has me up the wall ,coughing every few minutes ,dr has me on a inhaler and my daughter told me antihitamins ,taking honey and lemon etc ..

have a smoke and get it off your chest.

Can't wait for it to leave , will celebrate big time when it does...

6 weeks workrider!!!!..I'm into my 5th week now with no signs of it  abating..on top of the cough i generally feel extremely unwell.Tried to man up yesterday and went out for a game of golf.Packed it in after 10 holes and went straight to bed.Never have i felt so fatigued in the 60yrs i have lived on this planet.Hope i make it to 61 but the way i feel at present it must be 33/1 poke..apologies for the self pity but there we have it.

I had a cough for about 5 months and after trying all of the above and other remedies went to the doctor. Turns out it was something called acid reflux. She prescribed Omeprazole and it is much better. Wish I had gone to the doctor earlier. Do you get heartburn too Twizzle?

Yeah there definitely seems to be some long lasting cough doing the rounds.
Half the people I work with have been suffering since the New Year seems very hard to shake off.
I seem to have got it also last few days driving me up the walls nothing seems to ease it.

No Catford..no heartburn.Just arrived back from the doc's and he has prescribed me Clarithromycin...side effects look awful but..gulp..here goes.

U need a TB check.........esp if nights are worse.......(swets)

        Ive had it...................

If thats the same same as klaracid twiz which I think it is, best anti biotic I have ever taken

Little or no side effects

Still have it , though not as bad so maybe its on its way to someone else ....Feel fine twizzle , just cough cough spit cough cough spit ,my wife and children disown me when we are out together...

This came to the south of England back in November.

This is a old and tested way to get rid.
Infuse one teaspoon of thyme, in a cup of boiling water,strain then drink it, as and when.
Do not use a metal spoon to stir, use a silver one instead.
Do not use a metal tea strainer.

Do this each October, to keep chest and coughs away the following winter.

I get a persistent cough regularly, can last up to 5 months. Esp bad in winter months.
No medicinal cure. Tried everything. Been to doctors, had all checks, x-rays etc. nothing found.

One thing that always helps tho, is going abroad - lots of sunshine. It clears right up.


Can't wait to emigrate

I could be about to finish with it thank God , hardly coughed allday...

Has anyone been experiencing nausea and vomiting as well as the coughing?
I have had a weak chest and irritating cough for about a month now, at first the cough was fierce and made me want to puke too, subsided a little but now seems to have worsened and tonight I feel constantly nauseous and have begun vomiting.
I think it's gonna have to be a trip to the doctors tomorrow.

Into my 7th week now and all the drugs haven't worked.My wife is worse than me.As i write she has been coughing continuously for 20 mins and has now been sick.Its like a living hell.Back to the doctors weds but i'm beginning to despair this fcking cough is with me for life.

You post gives me some hope workrider.

best of luck twizzle

Cheers Captain ( cough, cough, cough, cough)

ive had the "coughing" problem myself for the last month or so,very annoying.

seemed to have improved a bit with better weather the last few days.

Only coughed a few times today , so happy with my progress ,was at the doctors friday and he's said once I didn't smoke i had nothing to worry about , hope it relents soon Twizzle ...

Fingers crossed..i think i'm on the mend.Good nights sleep and haven't coughed once this morning and i'm feeling better..cheers workrider

Well done Twizzle , hardly coughed all day till I read your , haven't coughed all day ....Fecking coughing now....

And i just finished watching an episode of Married with two children on  line and laughed so much the fcking cough's back with avengeance..i give up

Ask your Doc for a inhaler , maybe that would help , I'm nearly finished mine and things are looking up...

Its Gone..YIPPEE

nothing worse than a Far cough

I still have mine.....

do as me  and eat a garlic bulb a day

you'll never get a girlfriend granted but you'll sure as hell never get colds and flu