Cold, Flu, Allergy (cont.)
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- Introduction to cold, flu, and allergy treatments
- Headaches, body aches, fever, and flu-like symptoms
- Nasal congestion, sneezing, and runny nose
- Cough
- Sore throat and other symptoms
- Pictures of Natural Cold & Flu Remedies - Slideshow

- Headaches, body aches, fever, and "flu-like" symptoms
- Nasal congestion, runny nose, and sneezing
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Cold, Flu, Allergy Glossary
- Cold, Flu, Allergy Index
Headaches, body aches, fever, and flu-like symptoms
Medications that reduce pain (analgesics) and fever
(antipyretics) are used to relieve headaches, body aches,
and fever. The three classes of analgesics/antipyretics
that are available OTC are aspirin, acetaminophen, and nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Some OTC products contain an analgesic/antipyretic as a
single ingredient. Others combine an analgesic/antipyretic
with a nasal decongestant, an antihistamine, or a cough
suppressant. Products listed in the headaches, body aches,
fever, and flu-like symptoms category contain an
analgesic/antipyretic either alone or in combination with
other ingredient(s) to treat cold/flu/allergy symptoms.
Examples of products in the headaches, body aches, fever,
and flu-like symptoms category include:
- Aspirin (plain aspirin, coated aspirin, or aspirin mixed with antacid): Aspirin
Regimen Bayer Regular Strength, Extra Strength Bayer Plus Caplets, Bufferin Analgesic Tablets,
Regular Strength Ascriptin, Ascriptin Enteric, and Alka-Seltzer Extra Strength.
- Acetaminophen: Tylenol Regular Strength Caplets and
Tablets, Aspirin Free Excedrin Analgesic Caplets and
Geltabs, Children's Tylenol Chewable Tablets, Elixir, and
Suspension Liquid, and Junior Strength Tylenol Coated
Caplets and Chewable Tablets.
- NSAIDs: Advil Caplets, Aleve Tablets and Caplets,
Motrin IB Pain Reliever Caplets and Gelcaps, and Children's
Motrin Drops.
- Aspirin plus a decongestant and/or cough suppressant:
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold and Cough.
- Acetaminophen plus a decongestant and/or cough
suppressant: Tylenol Cold Medication Multi-Symptom Caplets
and Tablets, Theraflu Flu and Cold Medicine, Actifed Cold
and Sinus Caplets and Tablets, and Children's Tylenol Flu
Liquid.
- NSAID plus a decongestant and/or cough suppressant:
Advil Cold and Sinus Caplets and Motrin IB Sinus Caplets
and Tablets.
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