Lozenges from a sore throat - a real medicine or a placebo effect?

With the onset of colds, the most common problem among children and adults is the recurring pain in the throat. It can be both short-term and can serve as a harbinger of more serious colds or infectious diseases.

At the same time, lollipops from pain in the throat become the most popular way to combat this problem. Modern pharmaceuticals every year pleases their grateful consumers with new varieties of this product. Beautiful boxes promise an almost instant cure and relief of symptoms - it is only necessary to send a useful and tasty lollipop to the mouth, and the pain will recede. But is it really so, and can magical lozenges replace the full treatment?

Yes, if it comes to pharyngitis, that is, an inflammatory process that develops on the back wall of the pharynx. In this case lollipops from the pain in the throat will have a pronounced therapeutic and analgesic effect. In addition, it will be a big plus that they have virtually no contraindications (except, perhaps, diabetes), and are not able to exert any significant influence on the more serious medicines prescribed by a specialist. In other words, lollipops are an excellent option for self-treatment, especially in the initial stage of the disease, when the sore throat only began to appear.

But when buying this miracle remedy, one must always keep in mind the fact that many manufacturers prefer to mask ordinary medicines and candies with a medicine. They are unlikely to have any effect, except, perhaps, an increase in the level of sugar in the blood. If the action of the tool lasts only while you dissolve it, and even the pain does not go down much - it means that it's an ordinary caramel, which you just sold at a higher price.

Pastilles from sore throat, which include a sugar base and anti-inflammatory ingredients are the most effective means, which can bring relief even in the most hopeless situation. These funds include "Tharangomed", "Strepsils", "Pharingosip", "Septotelet" and a number of other drugs sold only in pharmacies, which are really effective drugs. By purchasing them you do not risk overpaying for a beautiful package.

How to take lollipops correctly from a sore throat?

The answer to such a seemingly simple question is not known to all consumers. First, lollipops must necessarily resolve - only in this case they will have a therapeutic effect. If you have a habit of chewing them, then the treatment will be useless. Secondly, despite the fact that the tablets do not have significant side effects, they should be used in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. If you take them more often, it becomes addictive and the medicine ceases to function on the mucous membranes.

Choosing lollipops from pain in the throat, people prone to allergies, as well as suffering from bronchial asthma, should be extremely attentive to the choice of taste of candy, so as not to provoke a sharp exacerbation of the disease.

And of course, you should not take pastillas as a panacea for all troubles - the only thing that they can have a noticeable effect is the reduction of pain in the throat. Cough, runny nose, and even more so the temperature - are the true signs that from self-medication you need to move on to the scientifically-based intake of medications prescribed by the doctor-therapist. Also it is necessary to address to the expert and in the event that after two days of reception of candies there does not come simplification - probably, the reason of a pain in a throat at all a banal pharyngitis, and, for example, an angina. And from her local antiseptics will not save, because their action is not so strong.