The Efficacy of Organic Cold Medicines

Much to my chagrin, synthetic medicines hardly control cold symptoms. As much as we would like to believe the advertising, none of these meds work like they say they do. I’m sure every one of us has had their lion’s share of anti-histamines, headache medicines and so-called all-in-one cold medicines. And we can all agree that they don’t work in eliminating all symptoms at once. Why? Because cold viruses are a lot more complicated that we think. They mutate and evolve with each cold tablet we take. If it works now, don’t expect it to work again because it will remember the ass-whooping it got and it will know how to make your breathing more miserable next time.

Synthetic cold medicines will work in eliminating one symptom,but that’s all there is to it. For every point, it’s got a counterpoint. For instance, Phenylpropanolamine works well in relieving you of clogged nostrils but you will fall asleep on the wheel when going on a long drive.  Acetaminophen works great in relieving the headache, but it does nothing to relieve the runny nose and difficult breathing. Doxylamine succinate does wonders in relieving the allergic symptoms such as sneezing and tickling nose, but it doesn’t do anything for the headache and the fever.

Pharmas will tell you that it’s the precisely the reason why they put it all in one tablet, syrup or suspension; for several chemicals can be introduced to the body and work on the symptoms separately. How about the source of the symptoms, the cold virus? What chemical combats that? The answer, none. In the age of communications at the speed of light, space travel and advanced warfare, there has been no medicine synthetically produced to kill the cold virus. Up to this day, any weather change will still give us the sniffles, no matter how healthy we think we are or how expensive our medicines are. 

I personally believe, organic cures will be the answer to this insufferable problem. I am taking one tablet, supposedly based on plants and other organic materials (manufacturer says there was nothing synthetic added), that has become very effective for me in the past. Its active ingredients include microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, potato starch, magnesium stearate (vegetable grade), glycerol, calcium carbonate among others. It’s been very effective for me in the past few months. I am hoping that my body does not outgrow the efficacy of this medicine. I just wish more pharmaceuticals out there venture into organics for more effective medicines.