Of course, if you are sick, then you need medicine – it’s no different if you happen to be suffering from the cold and/or the flu. Cold and flu medicine, in the early stages, could be simple run-of-the-mill over the counter stuff that you can buy without having to make a trip to the doctor (of course, this is provided that you are certain that you’re only suffering from the cold and flu; check out our symptom section to be sure). We would like to point out that the reason why there is such a phrase as “finding a cure for the common cold” is that there is no cure for the common cold – you cannot get rid of it, and the only way to treat it is through the alleviation of its symptoms. That being said, cold and flu medicine could be a whole range of medications that are formulated to treat specific symptoms of the cold and flu. Sometimes, a specific cold and flu medicine would be able to alleviate most of the symptoms that stop them from working (though it is advised that you rest when suffering from the cold and flu instead of making things worse by stressing yourself out).
In this section of the site, we will be providing you with a listing of the generic names of cold and flu medicine (with brand examples, of course), that you can use while self-medicating.