Am I going to be okay if I mix these two medicines together?

I would go with what he prescribed. Just hold your nose and drink some o.j. right afterward. Cough medicine isn’t that bad.

@buckyboy28 I agree, do what the doctor said.
I’m sorry you have swine flu! I already had it, it’s not so bad.
Feel better and welcome to Fluther!

…and if you really don’t want that, go consult your doctor, don’t just take advice from an unqualified internet community.

Dimetapp and Sudafed are completely different medications.

Sudafed is actually mostly acetaminophen, so you’d just be doubling up on the acetaminophen you are already taking, which might have its own issues, and certainly won’t give you the relief that the other stuff in dimetapp gives you.

Do what your doctor says, not what the internet says.

This is a question for a doctor or pharmacist.

Just call your doctors office (or email them) and ask if he can suggest a substitute in pill form. Overdosing on Acetaminophen can cause liver damage.

Look on the label, if the cold and flu medicine has acetaminophen (look at the active ingredients) you are doubling up. Check the actual milligrams. If he is prescribing you 1000 mg’s of acetaminophen every 4–6 hours and your sudafed cold and flu contains 500 mg’s, just pop on tylenol to reach the correct amount recommended. You don’t need a doctor for this, just do the math.

I looked it up and sudafed cold and cough has 325 mg in each tablet, recommended to take 2 tablets every 4–6 hours…soooo, if that takes care of you fever you are all set, If it is not controlling your fever take one regular stregnth tylenol in addition to the cold and cough med.

Can I ask why you prefer Sudafed to Dimetapp? I think Dimetapp is the magic pill for congestion. Although, it is rare to be very congested with the flu, that is typically a cold.

And, generally I recommend buying everything separately, cough medicine, congestion medicine, and pain killer/fever control, so you can take what you need of each thing separately instead of overmedicating yourself on a medicine you don’t need. If you have any medicine left over, and your next stuffy head cold does not have a fever with it, you won’t need the acetimenophen.

I’m a nurse practitioner – you may be able to get the ingredients your doctor prescribed for you in pill form by separating out the ingredients and reading the lebels of the products on the shelves at your local pharmacy. Dimetapp syrup is pseudoephedrine a decongestant and brompheniramine an anithistamine.
Sudafed cold & cough contains acetaminaphen aka tylenol, phenylephrine a different type of decongestant, guafenisen an expectorant which you probably don’t need, and dextromethorphan a cough supressant which you probably also dont need.
Plain Sudafed is pseudoephedrine. Brompheniramine is not found in many OTC products, so if you want to stick to your doctor’s recommendations, you may have to do the liquid form via Dimetapp – you’ll just have to go read labels to see if you can find it OTC in a pill.

If you have swine flu, you’re going to want to take the cough syrup. Trust me.