Hi im in my third trimester and I have a
cold is there anything I can take that
will help me feel better and wont hurt the
baby??
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El
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Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 476 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: 10-02-05 18:58pm
Pretty much only paracetemol if you have
aches an pains. If you are all stuffed
up, you can use one of those nasal
inhalers- I don't know if avaialable in
canada- vicks make them, they are not a
spray, it's just vicks vapor rub in a
lipstick shaped tube, and you smell it- it
clears your nose. Failing that, just buy
the actual rub, and put some on a hanky to
sniff.
Eucalyptus oil on a hanky will do the
same. There should be some safe lozenges
for sore throats too- if you can't find
any, my mum used to give us a spoonfull of
honey for a sore throat when we were kids,
it seemed to help- shortlived though!!!
For earache she'd put warm olive oil on
some cotton wool and put it in our ears-
the heat would give some relief.
Just drink plnty of fluids, and get lots
of rest.
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lesliepei
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Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 187 Location: Canada
Posted: 10-02-05 19:04pm
Just so you know, paracetamol is
acetaminophen (tylenol) in canada. You
could use a saline nasal spray to help
with your stuffy nose...It's just salt
water and is fine to use. Lozenges are
fine for your throat. If the stuffy nose
doesn't get relief with the saline spray,
call ob/gyn in morning and ask them what
you can take over the counter. Hope this
helps.
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teach486
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Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 276 Location: US
Posted: 10-02-05 20:07pm
The list of safe over the counter
medications that I got from the health
department says for colds you can take
chlor-trimeton, sudafed, actifed, or
benadryl.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 10-03-05 05:50am
I had a really bad cold in my 3rd tri, I
got some salinex (nose stuff) and some
benadryl dm cough syrup. That was the
only thing the doc and pharmacist told me
I could take. Go to your pharmacy adn
the pharmacist will help you out.
Teach, it's 2 posts now where i've seen
you post things that are on your safe list
that were no no's for me and my friends up
here. I don't know if they give dif
advice in the states or what. Hmmmmm.
:)
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lil_devil
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Posted: 10-03-05 08:22am
Thanks
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 10-03-05 13:04pm
My sister is 39 weeks and shes got the
okay to take sudaphed (or however you
spell it) from her doctor.
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teach486
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Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 276 Location: US
Posted: 10-04-05 19:22pm
I am not sure why there is such a
difference between what you can and cannot
take for canada and the us. What is
mentioned is what was on the list that the
health department gave me. It was also
the same list that my doctor was going to
give me, but I already had the copy from
the health department.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 10-05-05 06:28am
teach486
wrote:
i am not sure why there is
such a difference between what you can and
cannot take for canada and the us. What
is mentioned is what was on the list that
the health department gave me. It was
also the same list that my doctor was
going to give me, but I already had the
copy from the health
department.
ya it's weird, I have oher friends from
the states and they were told to take
certain things too that my friends and I
up here were told not to. Maybe there's
diff meds in the stuff, like your fda
approves certaint things while ours
doesn't. Who knows. As long as we have
healthy kids!!! :d
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teach486
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Posted: 10-05-05 18:29pm
Amen!
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sandyallen
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Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 10-05-05 18:47pm
Hi there! Please be very careful what
you use to take while being pregnant, some
of this stuff is used to make meth out of,
as the person posted above always check
with your dr or pharmacist on any new
chemical you are putting into your system
and know what your allergies are, the main
thing is is to drink lots of fluids!
Good luck to you, hope you feel better
soon!
