Sinus Medication Solution

Question by L Street Brownie: Do you need Nyquil to sleep and relieve your night time cold symptoms?
A female friend of mine calls herself a social drinker. She does not drink every day, or so she says. She likes mixed drinks, wine coolers, or cocktails containing vodka, tequila, or rum. Not a beer person or wine for that matter. Likes her martinis too. But I question whether or not she drinks at least one drink per day. She has battled sinus infections all of her life, from nasal congestion, coughs, and sinus infections that spread to her ears. She has a mild form of asthma and when she gets ear and sinus infections she uses an inhaler.
With the onset of winter, and the fact that she just got over an ear infection, I have noticed that she takes Nyquil every night. Not only does it help her with her cough, she finds that Nyquil has a sedative property to it so that it reduces her anxiety. She is very stressed about work and some personal issues and I am concerned that she is developing a dependence on alcohol through the Nyquil. One night, we had a couple of drinks, rum and Coke and she did a couple of shots of rum. Then she is still buzzed from the rum but insisted on taking Nyquil for her cough before she went to bed. I really didn’t notice her coughing much that night. She also smokes and is trying to quit. Sometimes I am not sure if the coughing is aggravated by her smoking more than a cold or sinus condition.
I think that her use of Nyquil is for more than just as a cough supressant. There are other cough and cold medications available that are just as effective as cough suppressants and offering alternative relief for cold symptoms and sinus condition sufferers. The big difference is that Nyquil contains alcohol and the alternative cough and cold medications do not.
Have you used Nyquil in the past? Are there other cough medications available that are just as effective that do not contain alcohol? How should I approach the subject of Nyquil with my girl friend?

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Answer by Travis
for me personnaly i use nyquil if i need the best sleep i can get while having a cold

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Question by doublewidemama: Have you ever had an entire night ruined by a sinus headache?
anyone know of any good home remedies for sinus headaches?

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Answer by Roger Rodrigues
Yes.i have it many times…
In Brazil we use to smell alcohol with canfora (you find canfora in any drugstore) then you mix it all together and keep smelling til the pain is gone…

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Question by James M: is it safe to take Benadryl (severe sinus relief) every night?
Ive been taking Benadryl (2 pills) every night for the past couple of weeks to help me goto sleep (i dont have any severe insomnia or disorders, but im perscribed adderal (2 15mg extended release every day) for ADD and its impossible to goto sleep) and i was wondering what are the dangers in doing this i heard something about dependence but im not sure thats an issue here (due to not developing tolerance)
btw: the chemicals in the brand im taking are (in each pill)
Diphenhydramine HCl 25mg
Acetaminophen 325mg
Phenylephrine HCl 5mg
thanks in advance

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Answer by Vincent Evangelista
You could definately mess up your liver you take it on a daily bases. You could also become dependent on it, regardless of tolerance. Take it long enough and your body will tell you that you can’t go to sleep without taking the Benadryl.

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Is there any quick remedies that I can make at home (like a tea or coffee or pasta or something)?

i sleep on my side, whichever side i sleep on gets clogged up, i roll over, the slime goes to the other side, i wake up, and it goes down my throat, then my throat gets sore