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New To Benylin:
Cough And Cold Tablets Provide All-In-One Mucus Relief

As the British winter season hits, we begin preparing to battle against the common cold virus. Innovations and research have driven the way we treat and manage cough and cold over the decades and now the makers of Benylin, renowned for its cough syrup, have now launched their first cough & cold tablet for mucus relief this winter – Benylin Mucus Cough & Cold All in One Relief.

Benylin Mucus Cough & Cold All in One Relief is their first cough and cold tablet to help get rid of the mucus in your chest and nose. The tablets work to thin and loosen chest mucus to ease the congestion in your chest and also help clear the mucus in your nose in one effective remedy. Benylin understands that when suffering from mucus, people are looking for one effective remedy that will help clear it from both the nose and chest at the same time. They provide all-in-one relief for your mucus symptoms including a max strength ingredient for mucus cough.

As a familiar illness that the average UK adult experiences 2-5 times a year,[i] we know that most cases of the common cold no longer require a visit to the doctor, but can be treated from our medicine cabinet at home. The makers of Benylin are committed to developing products that address their customer's need and tackle the symptoms that matter most to the cough and cold sufferer.

Study and innovation in cold and flu has changed the face of the illness. From a virus that infected and killed millions of people during historical pandemics, to a common illness that modern society can treat easily and effectively – the history of cough, cold and flu marks some significant breakthroughs in medicine.

Brief History of Cough, Cold and Flu

16th C: Common cold first indentified as an illness[ii]

19th C: Quinine powder started to be used as a cough treatment[iii]

Late 19th C: Heated air was being used to suppress cough symptoms and break up mucus.[iv]

1827: Codeine and morphine used for the first time in cough syrups[v]

1901: First human virus was discovered[vi]

1933: First isolation of the influenza virus from humans[vii]

1952: Guaifenesin was first approved in the US[viii]

1956: Paracetamol became available in the UK[ix]

2007:Benylin identified the need to deal/talk about the mucus symptoms of cough[x]

Present: Cold viruses are constantly mutating so it is unlikely that there will ever be a cure for the common cold[xi]

Benylin Mucus Cough & Cold All in One Relief Tablets are available in supermarkets and chemists across the UK from September 2011; RRP £4.49

Contains guaifenesin, phenylephrine and paracetamol. Always read the label.

[i] Cardiff Universityhttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/subsites/cold/commoncold.html
[ii] eHow Health – http://www.ehow.com/facts_5602499_discovery-common-cold.html
[iii] eHow Health – http://www.ehow.com/about_5317292_history-cough-medicine.html
[iv] Ibid
[v] Ibid
[vi] Columbia News – http://news.columbia.edu/research/1722
[vii]Ibid
[viii] MedicineNet – http://www.medicinenet.com/guaifenesin/article.htm
[ix] PharmaWeb http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pwy/paracetamol/pharmwebpichealth.html
[x] Benylin Brand Information
[xi] Eccles, Ron & Olaf Weber: Common Cold. Birkauser, Berlin: 2009.

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