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A member asked:
If cold symptoms are your immune system's response to a pathogen, does suppressing the response with otc cold/flu meds just prolong the illness? or is there benefit to taking these meds?
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Cough suppressants : can prolong or worsen problems, need to able to clear the lungs with coughing, if possible. The other agents can help make the cold more tolerable, probably not lengthening the time of infection.
Answered 12/5/2019
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