Article: 24701 of alt.peeves From: totototo@atlanticcoast.invalid (Rodger Whitlock) Newsgroups: alt.peeves Subject: Re: Second Year In A Row Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:13:55 GMT Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4023bcf8.181958011@news.newsguy.com> References: <1075852101.510309@smirk> <40226565.54F05241@MUNGEvif.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-156.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/16.243 Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!dfw-peer!news.verio.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!border1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!border2.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!129.250.175.17!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews4 Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.peeves:24701 On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:46:45 -0500, E Varden wrote: > So, if you find yourself hugging a bucket, that's not the 'flu. > It's a virus, and you'll recover within three days. Drink > ice-water, even if you hork it up again. Keep drinking water. > Dehydration is a bitch, and like liquishits, a killer when extreme. "Drink water" is not the optimum advice. Plain water doesn't replenish depeleted electrolytes. Fill one glass with tepid water containing a pinch of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). Fill a second glass with orange juice containing a pinch of salt. Sip alternately. Much cheaper than "oral rehydration formula", provides the same benefits, and uses ingredients widely and readily available. Authority: my pharmacist, who took the time and trouble to look up information on oral rehydration formula in one of his big reference books. !Peeve: my pharmacist. Peeve: the price of commercial oral rehydration formula. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] Article: 24661 of alt.peeves From: totototo@atlanticcoast.invalid (Rodger Whitlock) Newsgroups: alt.peeves Subject: Re: Second Year In A Row Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 03:37:48 GMT Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 18 Message-ID: <402068c5.254508828@news.newsguy.com> References: <1075852101.510309@smirk> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-319.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/16.243 Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!dfw-peer!news.verio.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews4 Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.peeves:24661 On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 23:48:21 -0000, Goethe Helen Waite wrote: > ...I don't have "the SARS", but I have a crud that makes me feel > like someone has held me upside down by the ankles and loaded my sinuses > with Elmer's Glue. Use an expectorant like plain Robitussin (guaiafenesin syrup, iow). It will help your sinuses drain by thinning the mucus. This works a lot better than trying to dry them out with antihistamines. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email]