Over-the-counter cough suppressants ineffective, physicians say
From the I-had-no-idea file: OTC cough suppressants apparently don’t work. I knew they didn’t work well, but I figured they worked well enough to at least reduce symptoms of cough a bit. Chest physicians obviously don’t agree. I loved Wyeth’s comment that “people wouldn’t purchase and re-purchase” the drugs if they weren’t working–yeah, right. Placebo effect and synchronicity, combined, they sell a hell of lot of cough syrup.
