What do you do to feel better when you have a cold/flu?

I take the OTC cold and flu pills that have codeine in them cos they work the best, as recommended by the pharmacist I got them from.

Although taking those pills nearly fucked me in the ass big time recently. because I had to take a pre employment drug test for a new job working for the government and I thought I was all good, I don't do drugs, but my piss test came up positive for opiates.

I was absolutely shocked, then the tester, noting that I obviously had a cold cos I was sniffing and coughing all over the show, asked what cold and flu medicine I was taking, when I pulled it out of my bag he went 'ahhh, yea we see this all the time during winter' But my piss still needed to tested further to make sure the 'opiate' trigger was just the cold and flu codeine and not heroin.

I felt pretty dejected, I mean - I failed a drug test. I spoke to my would be new manager and told him the situation, and he was very understanding but it sucked. The further testing came up all.clear, and the 'opiate' in my pee was consistent with my cold and flu medication.

But that's how I started my new job, 3 days late because they had to wait for the lab to clear me of drug use. Pretty sure that's going to follow me around now.

Stupid cold and flu pills.

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