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[blunder1983]

Hi guys,

I wasnt expecting to be up this early on Xmas day! I woke up at 5am with a NASTY earache and sorethroat. I've had a cold for 4 days now, but this is something else. From wot I can tell my entire sinuses are blocked up on one side of me head.

Anyone know where I can get decongestant today (Karvol, Ol Bass Oil or something similar)? My ear hurtys!

Oh and

Ho Ho Ho

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[Ya-ta Boy]

Go to any pharmacy near you. A LOT of pharmacists speak at least some English. Explain (or mime or draw a picture) of what your symptoms are and the pharmacist will give you something. (Most likely a string of pill packets with a variety of medicines.)

[beekeeper3000]

i've been experimenting with several.

matoco - it's in an orange box. 2 pills, three times a day. not very strong.

consel - white, black, and red box. much stronger. definitely a daytime pill, it will make you feel like you had 4 cups of coffee, so make sure you eat something.

chloropheniramine maleate - this is the generic name of a lot of pills back home. it'll help your congestion, but will probably not help you stay awake. it's not a sedative, but i found i slept better with this than on consel.

lots of tea, water, orange juice. i was drinking a liter of water and a liter of orange juice every couple hours. just flush your system out.

barring that, get some nyquil from back home.

i also managed to get a flu shot (25,000 for the US one). it's only been two days, but i don't have the flu!

[peach]

A lot of pharmacies have tylenol cold. Works well.

[hari seldon]

The pharmacies do carry Allegra-D, but I would see a doctor about an earache. You probably ought to be on antibiotics. Last winter I had a similar condition that complicated into an inner ear infection.