GeorgeannaS
Jan 3, 2016, 12:34 PM
My husband been running a fever and has a bad cough for over a week and tried every OTC medicine and nothing is working what should we do?
joypulv
Jan 3, 2016, 12:45 PM
Has he stayed home and indoors that whole time? Is he warm and clothed in all sorts of extra warmth like a hat and scarf and sheepskin slippers indoors? Is he mostly drinking warm broth and other warm liquids, or watered down juices? Is there a humidifier if the heat is on and is dry, but is the humidifier clean and free of mold?
THERE IS NO MEDICINE FOR THE COLD OR FLU*, because they are viruses. So you do the above. THEN you go to your doctor, who has his health history. We don't. We don't even know if he is a 300 lb smoking 70 year old or a 20 something athlete in his prime. A cough caused by a virus can turn bacterial.
Tamiflu can be used by prescription when flu symptoms are 2 days or less, in some people. It may or may not work. It is not for colds.
smoothy
Jan 3, 2016, 01:03 PM
I'd say it was past time to go to visit a doctor by the third day of a moderate fever... immediately if it's a high fever.