Alcohol Free Cough Medicine
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Alcohol Free Cold Medicine
Ease your runny nose and cough with CVS Pharmacy's range of alcohol-free cold medicines. These medications offer similar efficacy to traditional products while potentially being a better choice if you're sensitive to alcohol or taking a prescription drug that may interact with the ingredient.
What are the Best Alcohol Free Cough Medicine Brands?
Why Does Cold Medicine Have Alcohol?
Alcohol is often added to liquid cough and cold medicines because the ingredient helps stabilize the formula and prevents it from spoiling as easily. It's also a good solvent and can help dissolve various substances that don't otherwise mix into water, making it one of the most convenient ways to get certain medications to blend into a liquid and keep the dose consistent between each serving.
Most cough syrups and other liquid medications only contain a small amount of alcohol, but even this amount may be problematic if you're taking certain painkillers, epilepsy drugs or other prescription medications that might interact. You might also want to avoid any quantity of alcohol if you're sensitive to the ingredient.
Alcohol-free cold medicines, such as CVS Health Tussin and Delsym adult cough suppressant, may help relieve cold symptoms with less risk of drowsiness or drug interactions. If you are looking for more non drowsy formulas, shop daytime cough syrup. Ask your doctor or pharmacist before taking cold medicines if you already take any medications or have a medical condition.
How Much Alcohol Is in Cold Medicine?
Most medicines with alcohol only contain a small amount of the substance, and you're unlikely to taste it or experience negative effects. However, some ingredients are particularly difficult to dissolve completely and evenly. Products such as NyQuil may contain up to 10% alcohol, which ensures consistent dosing but might make the product unsuitable for some people.
Alcohol-free nighttime cold medicines, such as CVS Health Nighttime Cold & Flu Relief, may be a better alternative to alcohol-based evening formulas if you're avoiding the ingredient. You can also give your little ones alcohol-free children's cold medicine products, such as NyQuil Kids Cold & Cough, to help keep them comfortable.
What Cold Medicine Is Alcohol-Free?
Tablet or capsule products, such as Sudafed PE Daytime/Nighttime, are almost always alcohol-free. If you're looking for alcohol free cough syrup or cough and cold medicine for kids who can't swallow pills, checking the product label and ingredient details may be the easiest way to determine if it contains alcohol. Alcohol-free cold medicines often advertise that they don't contain the ingredient on the front of the package, so it sometimes only takes a glance at the product to tell if it's suitable for your needs.