What is the best lozenges for sore throat

Benefits of medicated lozenges

Sore throats are literally a pain in the neck, and that pain or discomfort is caused by inflammation in one or more areas of your throat. Whether it’s that first sign of a dry, tickly sore throat or that throbbing or sharp stabbing throat pain, you want something that will provide relief at the site of pain – and fast.

Medicated lozenges are a great option for managing your sore throat because they get to work where you need it most – in your mouth and throat. Lozenges are designed to be sucked and dissolved in your mouth, slowly releasing the active ingredients directly into your mouth and throat to quickly relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

How to use medicated lozenges

Medicated lozenges are intended to be sucked slowly rather than chewed. By dissolving in the mouth, the lozenge releases its active ingredients directly to the areas of inflammation in your mouth and throat. Always follow the directions on the label to make sure you are taking the right dose of lozenge.

Types of medicated lozenges

Another bonus found with lozenges is that they can contain one or more active ingredients in different combinations to help you find relief from whatever type of sore throat or mouth condition you are dealing with. Common ingredients for sore throat lozenges are analgesic (pain reliever), anti-inflammatory, antiseptic or antibacterial, and local anaesthetic (numbing) agents. DIFFLAM offers a range of medicated lozenges that target the diffuse, local inflammation and redness around the throat and mouth to deliver local soothing and lasting relief of sore throats and painful mouth conditions. Talk to your pharmacist to help you discover the right sore throat lozenge for you.

Lozenges for pain, swelling and redness

When you need fast relief from the pain, swelling, and redness of sore throats and painful mouth conditions, consider DIFFLAM Anti-Inflammatory Lozenges. They contain benzydamine – a unique nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that delivers triple-action anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anaesthetic effects that targets inflammation, reduces swelling, and rapidly numb pain. Available in mint flavour

Dosage – Adults and children 6 years and over: 1 lozenge every 1 to 2 hours as required; maximum of 12 lozenges per day.

There’s also DIFFLAM Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Bacterial Lozenges, which combines benzydamine to target the inflammation that causes pain, swelling, and redness with the anti-bacterial agent cetylpyridinium chloride to help fight mouth and throat infections. Available in honey lemon, raspberry, and eucalyptus menthol flavours. 

Dosage –Adults and children 6 years and over: 1 lozenge every 1 to 2 hours as required; maximum of 12 lozenges per day.

Lozenges for when you need a stronger, numbing effect

When you need a stronger numbing effect for painful sore throat and mouth conditions, look for DIFFLAM Plus Anaesthetic Lozenges. They contain benzydamine with triple-action, locally-acting anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anaesthetic relief, plus lignocaine – a local anaesthetic that effectively numbs mouth and throat pain from just 90 seconds. They also have the added benefit of an antibacterial agent, dichlorobenzyl alcohol (DCBA), to help kill bacteria that can cause minor throat and mouth infections. Available in honey lemon and eucalyptus menthol flavours.

Dosage –Adults and children 6 years and over: 1 lozenge every 2 to 3 hours as required; maximum of 12 lozenges per day.

Lozenges for sore throat and cough

For those times when your sore throat comes with a cough, try DIFFLAM Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Bacterial Lozenges with Cough Suppressant. With an anti-inflammatory (benzydamine), an anti-bacterial (cetylpyridinium chloride), and a cough suppressant (pholcodine), these lozenges help to soothe a painful throat and mouth, fight mouth and throat infections, and relieve a dry, tickly cough. Available in blackcurrant flavour.

Dosage –Adults: 2 lozenges, dissolved slowly in the mouth 1 at a time, every 3 hours as required; maximum of 12 lozenges per day. Children (6-12 years): 1 lozenge every 3 hours as required; maximum of 6 lozenges per day.

Let’s face it - nobody likes suffering with a sore throat. Whether you’re trying to cope with the type of sore throat that gives you a sharp pain, a dull ache, a loss of your voice or a tickly cough, it can be difficult to figure out how to get to the bottom of it.

Of course, keeping your fluids up and drinking warm drinks in particular can help to soothe your throat, but there’s nothing quite like a lozenge to help to alleviate your painful symptoms and to make your sore throat feel a little better.

Luckily for us, there’s a selection of lozenges brands in the UK with a host of different products readily available to purchase online. Here’s a run through of some different lozenges brands in the UK, and a closer look at some of their products.

Tyrozets

Tyrozets are small but mighty, and certainly pack a punch in the lozenges world. Designed with a dual action, they contain anaesthetic which will numb pain in your throat, while the antibiotic ingredient will help you to stave off a throat infection. The lozenges dissolve in your mouth and gradually release their active ingredients to help you feel better.

Strepsils

Strepsils are one of the most prominent lozenges brands around, with a huge selection of lozenges available on the market. They have created a number of different lozenges products which specialise in helping the different types of sore throat or tackling different symptoms. You can pick up lozenges for a sore throat and blocked nose, solely for sore throat pain relief, for children, and lozenges with vitamin C too. Available in a variety of flavours from strawberry to honey and lemon, menthol, cherry and more, you can grab a flavour which suits you.

Here are the sore throat and cough lozenges:

Dequadin

Dequadin have lozenges for sore throats and mouth infections, available to purchase from Weldricks Pharmacy in doses of either 20 tablets or 40 tablets. As well as effectively helping you to treat a sore throat, Dequadin can also be used for infections such as thrush, glossitis, stomatitis and pharyngitis too.

Halls

Halls is another brand of lozenges that is incredibly popular in the UK market, not least for its variety of flavours and ready availability in most convenience stores and supermarkets. They’re great for soothing a sore throat, and are available from Weldricks Pharmacy in an original sugar free flavour, or alternatively a cherry flavour, as pictured here:

Covonia

Covonia is a particularly great lozenge brand if you’re looking for a great option not only to help you with a sore throat, but also to help clear congestion at the same time. It has a distinctive warming flavour and helps to clear your airways, soothing your mouth and throat. The double action lozenges come in a standard variation, a 30g variation, or as a sugar free variation too:

Lockets

Lockets are the perfect lozenge choice for you if you have a mild sore throat and are looking for a lozenges to help to soothe this ailment. They are created with a real honey centre and contain vitamin C, packaged into lozenges with a delicious honey and lemon flavour, tasting great while working hard to relieve your sore throat at the same time.

MAC

MAC is a range of throat lozenges that are designed to tackle your sore throat. There are two different variants, the standard MAC lozenges with a honey and lemon flavouring, or the Dual Action kind pictured below which are both antiseptic and local anaesthetic, finished with a blackcurrant flavouring.

Difflam

Difflam is another of the lozenges brands available in the UK, offering a selection of products that are designed to relieve pain and irritation of the mouth and throat. The range contains 20 lozenges per packet, and can be bought in a eucalyptus flavour, orange-honey flavour, or the mint flavour pictured here:

Evidently, there are a number of different high-quality lozenges brands available in the UK market, each with a range of products that will soothe your sore throat regardless of what your focus may be - simply to soothe, to help your pain, to get rid of irritation or to clear mouth infections.

Whatever the root of your sore throat problem may be, be sure to check out the range of different lozenges available online with Weldricks Pharmacy.

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