Unfortunately, they don't really seem to work very well!
A heavy slathering of good old fashioned Vicks Vapor rub does help control nighttime coughing.
Jax was complianing about a headache and sore throat last night so I grabbed the bottle of children's motrin - grape flavored chewables - she immediately felt better, and I hadn't even openned the bottle.
I have stooped as low as putting liquid meds into juice just to get some of it into her.
Thank goodness she is generally healthy as a horse and the need for meds doesn't happen often.
Right now, all of us are suffering from the change of weather allergy syptoms.