From: Margaret Harrison
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: MED: Entex
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Naomi Gurt Lind wrote:
>
> I've been prescribed Entex to help clear a cold I've had for the past two
> weeks. The prescription was made over the phone on the basis of a
> description of my symptoms and a Q&A ("fever? headache?" etc...) with the
> nurse. Although I am confident that what I have is a cold and not flu,

Of course, I know nothing about the medication. But here's what I do know from my own
experience. If it's there longer than a week, it's not a cold. It's probably a bacterial
infection (though it could be a mild one). In my case, about 10 years ago, I kept getting
"colds" every couple of months that would knock me out for almost a week, and hang on a
week or more after that. I didn't go to the Dr, because I was sure it was a series of
colds. I finally went, because I was going to be seeing my mother, and I knew she'd
harass me unmercifully if I didn't. A sinus infection was diagnosed, and antibiotics and
decongestants cleared it right up. Now I get the sinus infection once a year or less -
and a cold only about twice a year. If a cold lasts longer than a week, I go to the
doctor. Though my last sinus infection was a doozy (made me miss Le Cid with Domingo at
Washington Opera!!!!), so I went sooner.

I'm mostly thankful that the flu which is going 'round the Washington area like wildfire
has spared me - at least so far! I'm told that this one is very prone to bacterial
secondary infections - and my husband is evidene of that. Lucky for me, he was travelling
when he got sick, and by the time he got home he wasn't infectious, so I missed getting it
from him!

Peggy

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Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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