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Learn how you and your staff can help patients differentiate between common cough/cold symptoms and COVID-19 while also offering additional educational resources.

How to Tell the Difference Between Cough/Cold Symptoms and COVID-19

Bykov recommends checking the list of active ingredients on the package and to pick a product that targets your particular symptoms.
 

How to Choose Medicines Safely During Cough and Cold Season

Study shows that women have practiced preventive practices of physical distancing, mask wearing, and maintaining hygiene to a greater degree than men. 

Study: Women More Likely to Embrace Behaviors Aimed at Preventing the Spread of COVID-19

Pharmacists are likely to encounter patients seeking counsel on the use of nonprescription drugs for the symptomatic relief of some of the common mild symptoms associated with COVID-19 that may be amenable to self-treatment.

Help Patients Relieve Mild COVID-19 Symptoms

Pharmacists must be that first-line contact who can steer patients in the right direction.

A Cough Can Be Benign or the Sign of Something Deadly

Pharmacists can help patients choose nonpharmacological measures to avoid these common but bothersome adverse effects.

Counsel Patients About Drug-Induced Nonallergic Cough and Rhinitis

Coughing is highly prevalent in all medical settings and affects a wide variety of body systems.

It’s Not Just a Cough: Harms Associated With Coughing

A few unexpected products, such as honey, could end the misery more quickly than expected.

Help Patients Shorten the Duration of a Cold

Pharmacists should understand the facts, misconceptions, and myths about pertussis.

When Is a "Whoop" Not a Cheer?

Assess allergy, medical, medication histories to ensure self-treatment is appropriate.