Hi Arthur: I was very interested in what you wrote about colds/medicine. About a month ago I had a horrendous cold with a bad cough and called my doctor for cough medicine I could take with my medicines. He said I had to come in and be seen. I didn't think I needed to, but he's the doc, so I did. He listened to my lungs and said I had pneumonia, put me on an antibiotic and cough medicine. Nobody was more surprised than I was. My coughing was pretty bad and I cracked a rib. (Ex-cruciating, but now better.) Trying to cough or sneeze with a broken rib is unbelievable. The cough medicine helped a lot. Good luck!!! Liz S.