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Suggest Treatment For Sore Throat, Cough And Severe Headaches

Posted on Tue, 3 Feb 2015

Question: I am an almost 64 year old black male. I am diabetic and have taken 2 doses of Diabetic Tussin today . One at 6:30 and one at 10:30pm. The Tussin seems to affect the sore throat and the coughing, but I have very severe headache which is preventing me from sleeping. It's now 1:00am. Is there a safe headache medicine that I can take?

Answered by Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
paracetamol

Detailed Answer:
Good day,

Noted your concern. You could safely take acetaminophen (TYlenol) for headache. This is a safe medicine if you do not have liver disease. You can take 2 tablets of tylenol 500 mg for the relief of headache.

Regards
Binu

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