What to take for a cold?

I'm having the early signs if a cold, and I feel like his disease has made me really wary of any meds because something might make my UC worse. I know NSAIDS are out of the question. I have alka seltzer plus in my medicine cabinet (it has acetaminophen in it along with some cough suppressants and an antihistamine), do you think this would be ok? What else has nipped your colds in the bud before?

i couldn't go to sleep tuesday night because i was feeling sick and was miserable all day wednesday. i had a fluish/cold/body shutdown thing going on. couldn't even go up and down the stairs so i had to call off work. i felt like pure death!! came on very fast.

i felt completely fine thursday because of a handful things i did! on wednesday, as soon as i was feeling bad, i did a salt saline flush up my nose. i also rubbed frankincense and eucalyptus oils on my chest, neck, and feet. i ate a few cloves of raw garlic, drank 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar, gargled with salt water, stuck sliced onions in my socks and wore them all day, and also drank a few cups of gypsy cold care tea.

actually, by wednesday night, i was feeling much better already and was able to sleep thursday.

Waltussin DM is what I take for colds. It's the Walgreens version of Robitussin whatever. But I always make sure it's the DM version because it has/doesn't have some ingredient that I can't remember.

I take half the recommended dose because it makes me feel a bit loopy. I always start with half a dose of any new medication to make sure it doesn't have negative effects.

I've taken it for several colds and have never had a problem. I actually think it makes my UC symptoms better.