Out of Cheese

Somehow I’d managed to stay healthy all winter, despite things like visiting Adrienne when she was sick over Thanksgiving and seeing many friends and coworkers get sick at various times. But Tuesday morning I felt a cold coming on, and by Tuesday night I’d decided to stay home from work today. I’ll probably be home tomorrow, too.

I’ve been taking DayQuil, mainly because it’s worked reasonably well for me in the past and because really strong medicines like NyQuil worry me — I weigh a lot less than the average person, so anything strong is likely to hit me really hard. This is the first time I’ve taken the pill form of DayQuil instead of the liquid and I’m fairly happy with the results so far. It costs a lot less and tastes better (no taste at all versus that disgusting medicine-y taste that everything but Dimetapp has).

I did note the text on the packaging saying that my DayQuil pills are made in Canada. Here we keep being told that Canadian drugs are dangerous and shouldn’t be used, and yet our own FDA allows things manufactured in that cesspool of lax industrial regulation to be sold over the counter here. How dare they?

Maybe it’s due to the sneaky Canadian manufacturing techniques, but DayQuil’s actually a lot stronger for me than I’d expect. Each pair of pills lasts six hours, and about an hour after I’ve taken them I get really tired. That wears off about four or five hours into the cycle, so I’ve spent today in this odd state where I’m awake for two or three hours, then asleep for two or three hours, and so on. The liquid doesn’t do this to me. Maybe the pills are stronger? I’m not sure. Anyway, I’ll hopefully be better in time to get back to work on Friday.