A warm saltwater gargle is what my Mom always had us do. I still use it to ease a sore throat. About 1/2 tsp salt to a cup of warm water.

I'm a firm believer in Airborne at the first sign of not feeling good. Put a tablet in 1/2 C water, when it is done fizzing, drink it. We like the orange flavor....tastes like very strong orange juice. Sucking on Zinc lozenges is good too. Garling with the salt water helps the throat and so does Chloraseptic if they still make it.

Started a cold on Wed, and got my airborne out and took it until Friday. Now today I'm on 1000 mg of vit c and will take for couple more days.

Airborne doesn't work once the cold has set in, you have to take it right when you have the symptoms.

Miserable night coughing but I'm not dripping with a runny nose like I did yesterday. Sore tummy!

Feel better soon.

You too, Glenda. I took some honey and then gargled with salt water, and my throat doesn't feel as raw. I didn't have Airborn in the house, since I rarely get a cold but it would be too late anyway. I take 1000 C every day but maybe I'll pop another one.

Double your C's. Take one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

I now use WalMart's generic airborne.

Always have it in my medicine cabinet.

I take 1500 of C 3 times a day and can prevent a cold that is threatening or turn one around in the early stages.

If you are able to take aspirin, it is a wonderful pain reliever for sore throats. I take half of an adult dose. The salt water gargles are helpful to me, as well.

If the throat is still sore, you might want to see a doctor and make sure it's not strep. I hope you're feeling better.

I agree with Vit C, I always take 2-3000mg at least twice a day when a sore throat starts and have sore throats gone overnight.
Usually have a runny nose for a day or so, but not a sore throat. I used to get them quite often and suffer for several days, but haven't had one to last more than a few hours in over 30 years since using Vit. C.

Gargle with a couple of drops of tea tree oil in a cup of warm water. Oil and water don't mix, but stir it around to "distribute" the tea tree oil as best you can, then gargle. It will work wonders.

I also think gargling with warm salt water repeatedly (every half hour or so) will help. I would also take Advil or Aleve for pain relief and inflamation.

Hope you feel better soon and you caught it soon enough to not turn into a full blown cold.

I feel for you. I have been battling some kind of bug for 2 weeks now that started overnight with a horrible painful sore throat and just got progressively worse. Nothing I took would touch the pain in my throat except Advil. 2 weeks later the sore throat has diminished a bit but not completely.

Whatever this bug I got I sure hope you don't get. I was drowning in phlegm, coughing but not deep coughs, just short in the throat cough and then I lost the hearing in my right ear which still has not come back. After a week of thinking it was just a bug that would have to go away on its own I finally went to the Doctor. He put me on antibitotics right away, I have an ear infection as well as a swollen parotid gland on my neck. I have not been this sick in 10 years and after 2 weeks I am still coughing and battling this thing. I don't think the antibiotics are helping at all.

If after a few days your sore throat does not ease go to the Doctor and don't do what I did and wait.

I sucked on Chloraseptic Max lozenges for sore throats and took the Advil which eased the pain.

drink pineapple juice or eat some
its suppose to help

Wow, cherryfizz, you have had a really bad bug. I hope you feel better, and I hope I don't have what you have. I have taken about four 1000 units of Vitamin C. At Target tonight I bought some lemon and honey drops made by Burt's Bees, and they did sooth my throat. Right now it hardly hurts at all. I hate a sore throat.

We were meeting my granddaughter and her boyfriend before they head back to Pittsburgh and they both have colds. They were at the Jersey Shore and she said she got a bad sore throat about a week ago. They were both coughing, so I guess it's going around. Thanks for the advice. I hope everyone who has a cold ,gets over it quickly.