The American College of Chest Physicians says there's no evidence over-the-counter cough medicines work, and that they may actually make things worse with children. I'm not so much with the standard medicine, as my cardiologist can tell you, and that goes double for most cough and cold medicines.
When things are really bad for an adult here we dose them with a little Nyquil if they can't sleep and for children we've found that Eldertussin not only helps with coughs but DOES seem to resolve a lot of the underlying problems. It actually seems to shorten the amount of time the girls suffer a cold or cough. Otherwise we tend to let things run their course. You have a fever for a reason, you're coughing for a reason. Let your body do what it needs to do.
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