Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Cough Syrup is Snake Oil

So, it turns out cough syrup is no better than sugar water. It performed no better than a placebo in a test. From now on, I'm making my own cough syrup out of sugary water combined with a proven pain-reliever, also known as a gin and tonic.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

NOW you tell me. After I already wasted five bucks on foul tasting crap that made me dizzy and sick to my stomach.

Shoulda gone with the traditional honey, lemon, and whiskey.

Michelle

Unknown said...

Codeine is a whole different ball game . . . it definitely has an effect :-). Back when I was in college, one of my friends drank a whole bottle of codeine cough syrup as a "recreational drug." He said it made him think he was turning into a lizard, or something like that.