Sore Throat

[Freddie]

With all this talk about getting a flu shot...........is it too late to get one if I have a sore throat?

Went to bed last night with (what I thought) was a dry throat. This morning its scratchy-dry and Tylenol isn't helping for the discomfort. The right sinus is SUPER clear and the right ear tends to plug up for a bit when I have blown my nose.

I used to take Zinc when may throat was like this, but now that I'm a heart patient I've read that Zinc can effect the INR, along with everything else I used to take.
I'm screwed.

Besides tea and chicken soup, is there anything else I can take or use?
Maybe I should just see the doc, but I have no temp. Feel pretty good otherwise.

Your input is muchly appreciated

 

[Bina]

Herbal products can affect INR, and OTC cold remedies can affect BP meds.
Yup, you is screwed.....there is a nasty cold going around.

 

[Cooker]

Gargle with salt water was what my mother made us do. As I got older (notice I did not say matured) I found vodka right out of the freezer worked well...did not feel a thing ........now that I don't drink it is back to warm salt water.

A Snicker Bar might help too

 

[Freddie]

Come on you two. I'm serious.
I'll have a frozen Kit-Kat until I get some real answers

 

[Cooker]

Come on you two. I'm serious.
I'll have a frozen Kit-Kat until I get some real answers

Gargle with warm salt water!!! And what is with the face?(() )))

 

[Bina]

Hey, why you think we make joke?
Dis is no joke......herbs, bad.....vodka, good.

 

[Karlynn]

Freddie,
I started taking a calcium, magnesium and zinc tablet 3 weeks ago and have not noticed a change in my INR. Plus Al Lodwick doesn't have it on his list of interactions.

 

[Freddie]

Karlynn,
I went to PTINR site and searched Vitamins; somewhere in that list mentioned that zinc had an effect on INR levels. Thats where I got the thought.

 

[Bina]

Fred, once you have a cold, there is not much you can do about it.
Take some Vitamin C and go to bed

 

[Granbonny]

Freddie

Freddie

Can I hang out with you.. ...So far..NO sore throat....but waterly eyes/nose......I did the saline nasal spray this morning....Funny..it gets worse in the late afternoon...Trying to stay off computer..(for eyes)..but hate this nasal drip..(when I bend over)..just checked on dinner in the oven..and nose was pouring..(clear)........Yes, garging with warm salty water is good for the sore throat...and cooker was not fooling with you on the Vodka.. Swish..but don't swallow.. .I learned that many years ago when I first had some deep gum treatment..pain pills didn't do anything..someone told me to try the vodka thing..Works...something in the vodka that numbs the pain.. ..I think I may have swallowed some too. I am afraid you will just have to wait the sore throat out..I just looked and saw where I do have a bottle of Choraseptic ..sore throat spray...alcohol/asprin/sugar free...Says..Real relief/real fast.. ..Bonnie