As I tucked the box of Luden?s I had just received into my purse, I felt like a kid again in the candy store.
Growing up in the shadow of WWII, common sense and prevention not doctors and prescriptions was the prevalent thought on colds. Let?s face it. Colds cannot be cured even if their complications, ex. pneumonia, can.
Whenever I caught a cold (funny thing though is I can never remember chasing one), my mother dictated stay in bed and rest (BORING) and drink plenty of fluids. Long ago Chaucer wrote, ?Feed a cold and die of fever,? and so because of the wisdom of the ages.
It was chicken soup, jello, and tea for me along with regular doses of aspirin (forty years later diagnoses of Reyes Syndrome would make this OTC drug verbotten for children). Ample tissues solved the problem of my runny nose but not my throat. Boy, how it hurt even long after the cold was gone!
You see I liked cherry cough drops so much I crunched them like candy ? not surprising since confectioner William H. Luden first made them in 1879. I trust them for TLC (Trusted Luden?s Care) even now that I ain?t a kid anymore.
Luden?s cough drops are an over the counter health care demulcent. Their pectin ingredient works to coat a dry, scratchy throat and sooth it by relieving swelling and irritation. At $.99 for a 14 drop box or $1.79 for an individually wrapped bag of 30, next time you have a sore throat, just drop a Luden?s in your mouth. How sweet it is! Bet you feel better already. For more information about this product, check ludens.com online.
The product(s) featured in this review was provided free of cost to me for the sole purpose of product testing and review. This review has not been monetarily compensated and is based on the views and opinions of my family and/or self. Please note that the opinions reflected in this post have not been influenced by the sponsor in any way.
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