best way to cure sore throat?

NeVeR

I'm off on holiday next week and i woke up yesterday with a very sore throat, anyone have any tips to great rid of it?

I've been drinking hot tea to reduce the pain, and i'm getting honey and lemon lockets in a few minutes,

any tip would be great,,

Prior Of Taize

salt+water+gargling...or disprin+water+gargling. both work very well

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

clip off it's wings, or try attaching weights to it.

Gazza22

Mordeth wrote:

clip off it's wings, or try attaching weights to it.

I noticed that flaw too, but i was going to be nice and not say anything!


Well your doing the right thing by drinking the hot fluids...

I would try Dispirin Direct...it's the melt in mouth form, found them very good for sore throats.

*Only take this if your not allergic to this medication and have taken Dispirin before!*

Gone West

best way to cure a soar throat?
Correct spelling can often help.

NeVeR

lol my mistake,,

gandalf

Prior Of Taize wrote:

salt+water+gargling...or disprin+water+gargling. both work very well

That normally works for me as well as dissolving a disprin on your tongue, tastes crap but it works.

Polly19

I suffered from extreme sore throats beofre my tonseils were removed.

Theres a product you can buy over the counter in the chemister called Diaflam(or something like that).U can get it in spray form or mouth wash form.Mouth wash is better.It helps numb your throat and ggood thing is you can take it ever 90min-3hours.So if a sore throat is coming on you can take it.The spray form is real easy to carry round though

Gazza22

gandalf wrote:

as well as dissolving a disprin on your tongue, tastes crap but it works.

Try Dispirin Direct:

It is specially formulated to dissolve on the tongue with a pleasant taste which means you can carry it with you and take it whenever pain strikes

lol i better shut up about Dispirin before people start thinking i'm a dispirin promotor ...

NeVeR

cheers guys thanks.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

that thing polly is talking about is called difflam

Polly19

thanks Mordeth

NeVeR

NeVeR wrote:

any tip would be great,,

Go see a doctor

iguana

There is also a medicated mouthwash called Oraldene which tends to work really well. It has a numbing effect when you use it and I find that my sore throats never last longer than a day and a half if I use it.

It tastes absolutely manky though, so if you are getting it get the mint flavour.

Third_Echelon

Stop Shouting!

LadyJ

There's some cure,think it has something to do with giving head to a taxi driver......Oh no wait,it's halls soothers!

Tar.Aldarion

damn you got the dirty reply in before me!

LadyJ

The lights are on ,Tar,but you're not home....

Capt'n Midnight

Hot milk and honey - tastes terrible though.

Or ask a pharmacists adivse on medicated strepsils,

Naos

Hot water, Honey and lemon...

Nectar of the Gods

Nightwish

i shout and scream til my voice goes, then it gets all hoarse and sexy!!!

whiskeyman

Try Merocaine from the chemists.
They are basically advanced Strepsils.
They're the best thing I've ever used to get rid of sore throats.
(And a cuppa hot tae / honey and lemon always helps )

sabriel

Gargling mouthwash and eating plain yogurt helps kill the bacteria.

lazylad

The absolute best way to cure a sore throat is a mouthwash thats expensive called difflam(something to that effect). You can buy it in the chemist, its a green coloured liquid in a bottle. Its excellent for dumbing the pain and killing infection. The rest of the cures on this thread are really only semi effective and hardly eveer seem to work at all. I always use the difflam, but if you use it when you feel a sore throat coming on it can prevent it coming out full blast.

*marie*

Try gargling with TCP, smells disgusting but it always works.

Oh and be sure to dilute it first...

Triton

Go to your doctor and get Calvepen antibitotics. They'll get rid of it.

netwhizkid

The last sore throat I had was cured by two Advil, I'd advise that you don't try all the remedies suggested here together, otherwise you might end up dead !

Healio

Have something spicy, i recommend a nice hot-curry, sorts out colds, blocked noses and sore throats.

danniemcq

spoons and spoons of honey. the ourer the better

*MmmPie*

Ice-cream, it numbs the pain for ages and tastes oh-so-delicious

Chong

*marie* wrote:

Try gargling with TCP, smells disgusting but it always works.

Oh and be sure to dilute it first...

I will have to agree, this is the best way to get rid of a sore throat. Take 3 times a day for a day and half, 1 teaspoon of TCP to 5 teaspoons of water gargle for about a minute. This truly does the trick, the smells dosent bother me anymore I actually kind of like the smell now. I know because I was dying last week with a sore throat and it worked so well.

ExoduS 18.11

Gargle witha disprin or salty water is was cures my throat!

Sparky

lazylad wrote:

The absolute best way to cure a sore throat is a mouthwash thats expensive called difflam(something to that effect). You can buy it in the chemist, its a green coloured liquid in a bottle. Its excellent for dumbing the pain and killing infection. The rest of the cures on this thread are really only semi effective and hardly eveer seem to work at all. I always use the difflam, but if you use it when you feel a sore throat coming on it can prevent it coming out full blast.

Thats the stuff made by 3M, it tastes good, have had a bottle in the house for ages now

Dave!

Soluble Solpadeine always works for moi

LadyJ

I'd reckon the OP's throat is better by now.....

Dave!

You can never be too sure, it could come back! Keep chucking those drugs in there!

weemcd

agree on the tcp. It is vile stuff but it does the job.

embee

Gargle with saltwater, disprin+water, tcp, listerine or Difflam mouthwash.

If you have an infection in your throat, try to avoid dairy products as they encourage mucus to form. Mucus will only harbour infection and bacteria for longer.

Victor

"Go to pharmacist"

newballsplease

Hows the throat OP?!!

Dwork

Is there any merit in suggesting heroin?

rogieop

gargle disolvable solpadine.

8 years too late but so be it.

Dwork

rogieop wrote: »

gargle disolvable solpadine.

8 years too late but so be it.

I wonder is it any better? Or is it still soar?

newballsplease

newballsplease wrote: »

Hows the throat OP?!!

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