What is the best thing to take when I have a sore throat.?

Yeah my sore throat is turning into a cough, Please help me I feel like total crap. I just dont feel like doing nothing....

W M	Gargle with warm salt and water every 1/2 hour. That is what they do in the hospital.
ricardocoav	One cup of warm water with iodized salt and then go to the doctor if you have fever or sore throat doesn't clear up.
A.Z.	try vit C in orange and lemon and stay away from cold drinks. good health ;)
stascia	zinc lozenges work well if youre looking for a more natural cure - it also helps further infections from occurring. otherwise, quick fixes such as chloroseptic spray or sore throat lozenges like cepacol or halls may numb the throat temporarily and make you comfortable. hot liquids (preferably tea or cider, nothing to think like hot chocolate or caffeinated like coffee) may help soothe the pain. warm lemon water also helps alot of people.
jerry h	take plenty of vitamin C drink tea with honey rent a movie go back to bed phone your mommy eat some chicken soup get your favorite teddy bear out tell him where it hurts
Molly	Mom always said to gargle with warm salt water. It might taste horrible, but it somehow sooths the throat. It might be summer, but chicken soup is good too. And popsicles. I would always rotate.
psd1941	Keep a small piece of liquirice in your mouth. the slow juice made in your mouth will soothen your throat and lessen coughing.
lady_dragonfly_27	Sperm, it numbs the throat!
yazmminne	Hot tea lemon cayenne peper it relly works or just tea and lemon
teddybear	A sour throat lozenge.
joy ride	I would drink any kind of hot tea with honey and a little lemon every hour on the hour...tomorrow you will feel normal...this works for evry person i have told...good luck hope you feel better, and drop me a line if it works!!!
PsychoBabble	To help the pain from the sore throat, gargle regularly with warm salt water -- do this four or five times daily. You can also take a cough medicine, but try not to take too much of this, as the expectorants can cause nausea and vomitting, which is really the last thing you want when you're already sick. Instead, try taking a spoonful of honey when you're throat is feeling particularly bad -- this will coat your throat and help keep the cough from irritating it and making it feel dry and scratchy. To help stave off the spread of infection, you can also gargle with peroxide -- but don't take it straight up! Mix it half and half with water and gargle for as long as you can. You may also want to swish it around in your mouth a bit. It will make your mouth feel kind of funny, and it will taste a little strange, so you can rinse out your mouth with water or, better yet, listerine. Make sure to drink plenty of liquids, but stay away from acidic drinks which will further irritate your throat. Do not drink milk, either...it will coat your throat, but it can irritate a cough. There is also a great tea made by yogi tea called "throat comfort." It's got some very soothing ingredients, and it also has Slippery Elm bark and Mullein which form a protective slippery coating along your throat's mucous lining. If you can get a hold of this stuff, it's relatively expensive as far as tea goes, but I swear by it -- I get sore throats all the time especially in the winter. Finally, (because I know this is becoming quite exhausting) you may want to invest in a humidifier if you do not have one, or spend some time in the bathroom with the door closed and a hot shower running (or you can, yourself, partake in a nice hot shower or bath.) The steam will help open up your airways to alleviate a cough, and the moisture will help soothe a sore throat. And, as always, if it doesn't get better in a week or two, or continues to get worse, see your doc! (But you knew that already) Good luck!!
303S	My sister sent me a home remedy recently I have yet to try. Mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.
san_mateo_guy	Robitusin works but drink plenty of water and Cranberry juice. The more vitamin C and H2O you drink, the more you'll flush out your systems
Red Fox	Hot Lemon and honey water. Grapefruit Juice. Hot Good Earth Tea Hot Green Tea
smile_friend	Ginger tea!
Linda	Gargle with Hydrogen Peroxide, drink tea made from Mullein leaves.
peppermintzee	Gargle with a teaspoon of salt mixed in a cup of hot water