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Re:Why Has a Useless Cold Medication Been Allowed on Shelves... by prmoustache on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:30AM (#37509524)
The paracetamol don't do anything for cold. You just have to wait and get better. You can also clean your nose regularly with a saline solution when it is too congested.
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Re:Why Has a Useless Cold Medication Been Allowed on Shelves... by shipmaker on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:36AM (#37509600)
It helps with the symptoms: makes you sneeze less, helps clear the sinuses, helps with the headaches (or that feeling that your head weighs two tons), etc.
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Re:Why Has a Useless Cold Medication Been Allowed on Shelves... by prmoustache on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:43AM (#37509670)
I don't know where you got your pharmaceutical diploma but paracetamol doesn't do anything for the sneeze. It only limit fever and headaches.

Most of the time it acts mostly as a placebo and only worth using unless you get actual measured fever.

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