With the onset of colds, colds are exposed to a large number of not only children but also adults. And every time we have a cold, cough and other symptoms, we start looking for the best medicine for colds.
Prevention of colds
As wisdom says - disease is easier to prevent than treat. Therefore, the best remedy for cold is strong immunity. In addition to an active lifestyle and proper nutrition, containing the necessary vitamins, stimulants become stimulants in order to maintain immunity during the cold season. These are such drugs as:
- Grippferon (an interferon-based drug);
- tincture of ginseng (natural immunostimulant);
- Eleutherococcus tincture (natural immunostimulant),
- Immunal (a natural preparation based on echinacea);
- Bronchomunal (a preparation containing a combination of lysates of several species of bacteria);
- Viferon (an interferon-based drug).
They should be used as a preventive measure and after contact with sick people. The most popular and proven means of prevention is oxolin ointment.
Preparations for the first symptoms of colds
If you have developed malaise, then the best cold medicines can be called rest, copious drink and increased doses of vitamin C. In addition, the use in the early days of drugs such as:
- Anaferon (homeopathic immunomodulator);
- Cycloferon (immunomodulator with antiviral action);
- Arbidol (immunomodulator);
- Antigrippin (a combination of paracetamol and ascorbic acid).
All of them will help reduce the duration of the disease.
With nasal congestion or runny nose caused by a cold, it is good to do a nose wash with herbal decoctions or saline solution. New drugs for colds and runny nose, produced in the form of sprays, for example IRS 19, also have immunomodulatory properties.
Complex effect preparations
If you did not manage to cope with a cold at the beginning, and the disease caused a fever, then the combined preparations come to the rescue. As a rule, in one tablet, or capsule, a vasoconstrictor, antipyretic,
- Caged Flux Plus;
- AnviMax;
- Maxigan;
- Influenza;
- Teraflu .
But what kind of cold medicine is better to use in each individual case, only the attending physician can advise.