I have a man cold and taking my usual bowl of chicken soup washed down with a Lemsip Max but now I’m thinking… if the main ingrediant of a Lemsip is paracetamol, why don’t I just have a paracetamol? It’d cost alot less.

Whats the point of a Lemsip other than the paracetamol?

Thank you.

Now that you’ve read this, you now have a cold sorry thats just how this one works.

  • Deestan@lemmy.world
    122·
    10 months ago

    It also has a phenylephrine which clears blocked nose and stuff.

    If you don’t have a sufficiently stuffed nose, paracetamol is cheaper.

    • TheLight@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      17·
      10 months ago

      Phenylephrine has been proven to not work when ingested orally (nasal spray delivery was not part of the study).

      So Paracetamol is not only cheaper, it’s the exact same therapeutic effect.

      • Deestan@lemmy.world
        6·
        10 months ago

        Thanks for catching that. I am not familiar with this product, so just went with the described contents. Frustrating that it is legal to sell.

    • gramie@lemmy.ca
      5·
      10 months ago

      Except that phenylephrine has been shown by multiple studies not to have any effect. It’s only there as a replacement for pseudoephedrine, which does work, but can be used to make meth.