Best over the counter cold and flu medication ingredients

Here are the best over the counter cold and flu medication ingredients curated and ranked by pharmacists. When it comes to choosing the best medication for your cold or flu, the aisle of your local drug store can be disorienting without the right background knowledge of ingredients. Add that on top of a headache, fever, and fatigue from being sick, and you may have zero idea which one may work best for your symptoms. Luckily, by just knowing a few of the most common cold and flu medicine ingredients and how they function, you can be browsing the cold and flu aisle confidently and be able to choose the best product(s) for your symptoms in no time. The list highlights a few of the most common (and most useful) active ingredients to look out for when you, or a loved one, are feeling under the weather. Simply look at the back of the package and read the “active ingredients” section to really figure out what’s going on “under the hood” of any over-the-counter medication. I always recommend grabbing the generic versions in order to save money while getting the exact same actives in your medications as the brand names. (Disclaimer: If you are feeling sick and may be contagious, it may be best to have these items delivered to you or picked up by someone else to help reduce spreading whatever you have around.)