I have a man cold and taking my usual bowl of chicken soup washed down with a Lemsip Max but now I’m thinking… if the main ingrediant of a Lemsip is paracetamol, why don’t I just have a paracetamol? It’d cost alot less.

Whats the point of a Lemsip other than the paracetamol?

Thank you.

Now that you’ve read this, you now have a cold sorry thats just how this one works.

  • Clegko
    2•1 year ago

    ~~But they also found that phenylephrine works amazingly well when used as a nasal spray, which they didn’t quite know before. ~~

    Incorrect, see comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/4577725

    • kirklennon
      5•1 year ago

      Do you have a source for that? My understanding is that the recent review looked only at oral usage and made no determination on its efficacy as a nasal spray.

      • Clegko
        3•1 year ago

        I recall reading it somewhere when the news was first coming out that it was useless as an oral medicine- lemme see if I can find it again.

        Edit: I musta misread whatever news article it was - I just skimmed the actual release from the FDA and don’t really mention the nose spray route at all. https://www.fda.gov/media/171972/download