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Be careful when picking an over-the-counter remedy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
DETROIT _ Lydell Blackburn has a cold.
And like so many other Americans, the Detroit man finds himself in a quandary as he paces up and down the cold-and-flu medicine aisle at a local CVS Pharmacy.
"Here's one just for coughs. Here's one that looks like it's for allergies. Here's one for coughing, congestion and fever," Blackburn says, peering down at a Robitussin DM box through bifocals. "I don't think I want this one because I'm not really congested. I just have a sort of dry cough."
After about 15 minutes, Blackburn settles on a bottle of Tylenol Cold and Cough medicine.
"Hopefully this will do the trick," he says in the checkout line.
Cough. Cough. Cough.
"Guess I better get some cough drops, too," he says, reaching for a bag of Halls hanging near the cash register. Cherry flavor. "Man, I hope I'm not coming down with the flu. There's just as many flu medicines as there are cold medicines. By the time you pick something to take, you'd be feeling better."
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