Dimetapp Elixir

Pros: really cuts the symptoms down
Cons: none

I have such severe allergies that I've been on allergy shots most of my life. On bad days I supplement with OTC and prescription allergy medicines. I've tried about every OTC and prescription allergy medicine over the course of my 30 years to the point...

Pros: EVERYTHING
Cons: NONE

My son went to spend the night with his grandparents. He has a little cold. I forgot to pack the medicine I had been giving him. My mom went to the pharmacy to pick him up some. This is what the pharmacist recommended. Now I see why! It works and...

Pros: Works fast at relieving cold symptoms
Cons: causes drowsiness

It seems that my whole family inherited their mother's allergies, my wife seems to be allergic all things green and furry animals. So of course we don't have any plants in the house, but we do have two cats and one of them sheds like crazy in the spring...

Pros: Was the only medication that I was sure my son would take
Cons: This product line is under recall.

Of all of the people in the world, my oldest son has got to be the biggest baby of them all when it comes to medication. He will absolutely NOT take any medication unless it tastes good or is easy to swallow and even at 16 years old, he still has not...

Pros: Great flavor, multi-symptom relief, strong medicine.
Cons: Higher priced that store brands, but worth it.

I starting buying Dimetapp with my fourth child. I used to buy the store brand medicines, because I figured in most cases they do the same thing for less.

Wrong!

If you read the ingredients as they are listed, that will tell you...

Pros: NONE
Cons: Causing strokes

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Pros: relieves allergy symptoms
Cons: may cause nervousness, excitability

My daughter occasionally has allergy related asthma attacks. This past Sunday night she had one of these attacks. With these attacks she does not breathe well and that is when I give her the prescription medicine Albuterol Syrup. She takes this medicine...

Pros: Taste great
Cons: Too soon before next dosage

Its that wonderful time of year again, fall and cold season. I love the fall, but along with the falling leaves come the falling temperatures, that climb back up just to fall again. This in my opinion helps initiate colds.
Unfortunately last...

Pros: works like a charm
Cons: one

I have depended on Dimetapp elixir for years. I guess you could call me a die hard fan. When I was young, about 12 years old, Dimetapp was fairly new, and it was available only by prescription. Every year I could count on getting severe bronchitis,...

Pros: great taste, it works!
Cons: none

I purchased this medicine when my Pediatrician recommended it for my daughter's cold symptoms. This is the only cold/allergy medicine that he recommends.

I have used this medicine myself, so I can honestly say that it works great. It has a...

Pros: Kids like the flavor ! It works fast !
Cons: This medicine is not right for everyone.

Twenty years ago, my pediatrician prescribed Dimetapp for my two young children, when they got colds. At that time you could only purchase Dimetapp through a doctors prescription. Now you can buy it at virtually any grocery or drug store.

This...

Pros: tastes good and works quickly
Cons: can be expensive

Dimetapp Elixir! What WON'T you hear? NO MOMMY, YUCKY, I’M NOT SICK,
YOU CAN’T MAKE ME TAKE THAT and many more phrases I'm sure. There are
usually no problems getting a child to take this medication.

We have used Dimetapp for at...

Pros: it works and tastes good
Cons: none

I remember back in the day when I was a child and my Daddy gave me Dimetapp when I had a cold. It was one of the few medicines that worked and that tasted good...well, not good, but "grape-like" enough so that I would not run away from the...

Pros: Works on symptoms it claims to and it has a great grape taste
Cons: can cause drowsiness

I was first introduced to Dimetapp Elixir back when my first child was 2 years old and I have been using it for cold and allergy symptoms with my kids ever since. The new formula that is out at the stores now is Children's Dimetapp Elixir....

Pros: it works
Cons: ?

This medicine is a God sent! When my little girl's nose is running off of her face and there's no sign of it stopping any time soon, I give her this. This is what the nurse at my Pediatrician's office recommends.

This stuff tastes good, so...