So here I am, bed-ridden during Christmas season, nursing a fever, with a nagging sputum-gurgling cough. I had seen the ads of Solmux tablets, but I am old-school—I prefer the sensation of a good sweet cough syrup searing my throat. When I was a grade schooler, my mom would prescribe Robitussin. I don’t recall if it was the version with dextromethorphan—the ingredient that gave birth to the term “robo-tripping“—but heck I was brought up in an era when mercurochrome and merthiolate were staple antiseptics.
I have so many questions about those over-the counter medications I see. Which is better—Guaifenesin, the ingredient of the above-mentioned Robitussin; or Carbocisteine, the ingredient of Solmux? What is the difference between an expectorant and a mucolytic? I never could get a decent answer, although many have advised to skip the over-the-counter meds and resort to something more “natural”—like honey.
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