Cough, Cold, and Allergy
Battling allergy, flu, or cold symptoms, such as a nasty cough? Below are various categories of products that may help. Click on a product category link to see which products pharmacists recommend most often. Learn more about our Top Recommended Health Products.
Recommended Products by Category
Antihistamines—Oral
For allergy sufferers, antihistamines can provide welcome relief from watery eyes, stuffy nose, and other annoying symptoms. They work to counter...
Bronchial Asthma
Bronchial asthma can restrict airflow to the lungs—a scary situation. For some people, a fleck of dust or pollen is enough to trigger an attack...
Cold Remedies
We've all been there: the sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, and coughing of the common cold. When chicken noodle soup doesn't cut it, the...
Cough/ Cold/ Flu Combinations—Daytime
Although the flu usually hits harder and lasts longer than a cold, the two ailments cause many symptoms, including headache, sore throat, stuffy...
Cough/ Cold/ Flu Combinations—Liquid Formulations
For cold and flu sufferers who prefer liquid to pills, the products below may offer relief against sore throats, stuffy noses, and other symptoms...
Cough/ Cold/ Flu Combinations—Nighttime
The flu usually packs more punch than a cold, but they both cause many symptoms—headache, sore throat, cough, and congestion among them. The...
Cough/ Cold/ Flu Combinations—Solid Formulations
Dealing with cold or flu symptoms, but can't stomach a liquid medication? The solid cough, cold, and flu products below may help you feel better...
Cough Suppressants
Cough suppressants block—or suppress—the cough reflex. Generally, coughing is a healthy way to clear the airways of mucus, so cough suppressants...
Decongestants—Nasal/ Topical
Stuffy nose? Decongestants may help clear you up by narrowing blood vessels and reducing blood flow to the nasal passage. Nasal/topical decongestants...
Decongestants—Oral
If you can't unclog a stuffy nose, decongestants may be the answer. They may clear congestion by narrowing blood vessels and reducing blood flow...
Expectorants
Expectorants work to loosen congestion and help each cough more effectively clear phlegm and mucus from the lungs. Dry coughs, on the other hand...
Flu Products
What hits suddenly and can lay you up for weeks with a headache, fever, and fatigue? That's right, the flu. While the flu shot is usually your...
Homeopathic Cold Products
Homeopathic health products contain plant- or mineral-derived active ingredients. If you're interested in homeopathic options for temporary relief...
Homeopathic Cough Products
Hacking up a lung? Some sufferers soothe symptoms with homeopathic cough products. Homeopathic products contain smaller amounts of a highly diluted...
Homeopathic Flu Products
Got the flu? Some sufferers turn to homeopathic health products, like those listed below, for relief. Homeopathic products contain plant- or mineral-derived...
Sinus Products
Feel out of whack? Got nasal discharge, a pounding headache, sinus pressure, and congestion? The products below are designed to relieve symptoms...
Topical Cough Suppressants—Lozenges
Suffering from a dry, nasty cough? Not only can it keep you up at night and distract you during the day, but it's likely spreading your germs...
Topical Cough Suppressants—Ointments
Need to catch some zzz's but can't because of a nagging cough? A cough suppressant, which works to stop the cough reflex, may be the answer...
Zinc Cold Remedies
Some cold sufferers may choose to treat symptoms with zinc products. Zinc is an essential mineral that may boost the immune system and may shorten...
Zinc Lozenges
Although zinc may fall last on an alphabetical list of minerals, some people go to it first as a cold remedy. Taken in lozenge form, these products...
