alt Hacker NewsI stopped taking pretty much any OTC meds about 10 years ago. My sinuses seem much healthier. I hardly ever get congestion or runny nose anymore. Not sure there's a correlation here but for me, they don't seem to have any benefit.
I stopped taking pretty much any OTC meds about 10 years ago. My sinuses seem much healthier. I hardly ever get congestion or runny nose anymore. Not sure there's a correlation here but for me, they don't seem to have any benefit.
In general, things like medicine/drugs (even caffeine!) should be used as sparingly as possible, so they're maximally powerful when you do need them.
If you pop OTC meds at the first sign of anything, your body gets used to it and it becomes a baseline; whereas before it would blow all the symptoms away, now you need it just not to get significantly worse.