{"id":3488,"count":1,"description":"<strong>Cough, cold and flu symptom relief.<\/strong> Most upper respiratory infections are viral and self-limiting \u2014 paracetamol for fever and aches, hydration, rest, and time fix the majority. The two situations where medication helps are <strong>(a)<\/strong> influenza specifically, where an antiviral can shorten illness if started early, and <strong>(b)<\/strong> bacterial complications (sinusitis, otitis, pneumonia) that follow an upper respiratory infection and need an antibiotic.\n\n<strong>What we currently stock in this category:<\/strong>\n\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/antiflu\/\">Antiflu (oseltamivir 75 mg)<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 the only neuraminidase inhibitor we stock. Effective against influenza A and B if started <em>within 48 hours of symptom onset<\/em>. Five-day course (75 mg twice daily for adults). Reduces symptom duration by 1-1.5 days and lowers risk of complications in high-risk groups (elderly, COPD, diabetes, immunocompromised, pregnancy). Not effective against the common cold (rhinovirus, coronavirus, RSV) \u2014 those are different viruses.\n\n\n<strong>If your symptoms point at bacterial complications<\/strong> \u2014 purulent green-yellow sinus discharge after 10+ days of cold symptoms, ear pain with hearing loss, productive cough with fever and chest pain, sore throat with high fever and lymph nodes \u2014 see our <a href=\"\/nl\/antibiotics\/\">Antibiotics category<\/a>. Common first-line agents: <a href=\"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/augmentin\/\">Augmentin<\/a> (amoxiclav, sinusitis\/otitis\/CAP), <a href=\"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/althrocin\/\">Althrocin<\/a> (erythromycin, penicillin-allergic streptococcal pharyngitis or atypical pneumonia), <a href=\"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/synclar\/\">Synclar<\/a> (clarithromycin, atypical or H. pylori adjuncts).\n\n<strong>What this category will look like soon.<\/strong> True symptomatic-relief products \u2014 decongestants (pseudoephedrine, oxymetazoline nasal spray), antitussives (dextromethorphan, codeine for productive cough), expectorants (guaifenesin, ambroxol, bromhexine), throat lozenges, antihistamines for runny-nose colds (loratadine, cetirizine), combination cold\/flu syrups \u2014 are being sourced. Most are already commonly stocked at WHO-GMP-certified generic manufacturers; we expect to expand this category significantly in the next 4-6 weeks.\n\n<strong>Self-care that works for the common cold<\/strong> (no medication needed): hydration (water, soup, herbal tea), saline nasal irrigation or saline drops, honey for cough (children over 1 year), zinc lozenges in the first 24 hours (Cochrane data \u2014 modest benefit if started immediately), throat gargling with warm salt water. Vitamin C and echinacea have weak-to-no evidence in trials. Steam inhalation feels good but does not shorten illness.\n\n<strong>When to seek urgent care.<\/strong> Difficulty breathing or chest pain, persistent high fever ( &gt; 39 \u00b0C \/ 102 \u00b0F for 3+ days), confusion or lethargy, dehydration, symptoms returning after 5-7 days of improvement (suggests bacterial superinfection), severe headache with stiff neck, persistent vomiting. Children, the elderly, and pregnant women should have a lower threshold for review.\n\n<strong>Waarom bestellen bij MedsBase.<\/strong> WHO-GMP-certified Indian generics, discreet packaging, worldwide shipping, every order covered by our <a href=\"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/medsbase-re-shipment-assurance-policy\/\">Reshipment Assurance Policy<\/a>. Meer dan 1.400+ klanten bediend.","link":"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/cough-cold-medicine\/","name":"Verlichting van hoest-, verkoudheids- &amp; griepsymptomen","slug":"cough-cold-medicine","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":3342,"meta":[],"menu_order":0,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/3488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/3342"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/medsbase.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=3488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}