Table 3.

Products advised by the pharmacists for a selected clinical symptoms of common cold

Symptom	Patients receiving medications [n]	Statistics
headache	paracetamol [329]	p > 0.05
	acetylsalicylic acid [41]
	magnesium metamizole [15]
	inosines [140]
	homeopathics [17]
	herbal products [5]
	pseudoephedrine [67]
	alpha-mimetics [150]
	anti-histamines [27]
	mucolytics [78]
	sore throat products [53]
fever	paracetamol [127]	for paracetamol with ascorbate acid and pheniramine maleate OR = 2.105, 95%CI 1.152–3.843; p = 0.022
	acetylsalicylic acid [25]	for acetylsalicylic acid OR = 3.901, 95%CI 1.445–10.463; p = 0.009; for acetylsalicylic acid with phenylephrine HCL and chlorphenamine OR = 3.758, 95%CI 1.172–12.045; p = 0.04
	magnesium metamizole [14]	for magnesium metamizole OR = 2.983, 95%CI 1.365–6.52; p = 0.008
	inosines [68]	for inosines OR = 4.754, 95%CI 1.832–12.34; p = 0.001
	homeopathics [14]	p > 0.05
	herbal products [8]
	pseudoephedrine [17]
	alpha-mimetics [54]
	anti-histamines [7]
	mucolytics [49]	for ambroxol HCL OR = 2.664, 95%CI 1.353–5.242; p = 0.006
	sore throat products [46]	for choline salicylate OR = 3.017, 95%CI 1.199–7.591, p = 0.028; for chlorchinaldol OR = 3.222, 95%CI 1.491–6.96, p = 0.004; for amylmetacresol with levomenthol and 2,4-dichlorobenzol OR = 3.677, 95%CI 1.515–8.933, p = 0.005
rhonorrhea	paracetamol [265]	for paracetamol with phenylephrine HCL OR = 8.036, 95%CI 3.154–20.477, p < 0.001
	acetylsalicylic acid [28]	p > 0.05
	magnesium metamizole [4]
	inosines [90]	for inosines OR = 10.509, 95%CI 4.153–26.591, p < 0.001
	homeopathics [13]	p > 0.05
	herbal products [5]
	pseudoephedrine [72]
	alpha-mimetics [166]	for xylometazoline in nasal spray OR = 8.96, 95%CI 2.726–29.452, p < 0.001; for xylometazoline gel form OR = 4.366, 95%CI 2.508–7.603, p < 0.001
	anti-histamines [28]	for fexofenadine HCL OR = 4.987, 95%CI 1.446–16.95, p = 0.009
	mucolytics [52]	p > 0.05
	sore throat products [41]
cough	paracetamol [185]	for paracetamol, ascorbic acid and phenylephrine HCL OR = 5.667, 95%CI 1.132–28.378, p = 0.046; for paracetamol, ascorbic acid and pheniramine maleate OR = 2.261, 95% CI 1.242–4.092, p = 0.01; for paracetamol, ascorbic acid and phenylephrine HCL OR = 4.515, 95%CI 1.821–11.196, p < 0.001; for paracetamol, phenylephrine HCL and ascorbic acid (in a form of tablets) OR = 2.771, 95%CI 1.292–5.945, p = 0.012
	acetylsalicylic acid [27]	p > 0.05
	magnesium metamizole [7]
	inosines [81]	for inosines OR = 1.812, 95%CI1.175–2.794, p = 0.009
	homeopathics [15]	p > 0.05
	herbal products [3]
	pseudoephedrine [14]
	alpha-mimetics [53]
	anti-histamines [14]
	mucolytics [105]	for bromohexide HCL OR = 18.391, 95%CI 6.396–52.877, p < 0.001; of ambroxol HCL OR = 9.57, 95%CI 3.869–23.671, p < 0.001; of acetylcysteine OR = 8.527, 95%CI 2.822–25.759, p < 0.001
	sore throat products [47]	for chlorchinaldol OR = 4.222, 95%CI 1.867–9.546, p < 0.001
fatigue	paracetamol [169]	for paracetamol with ascorbic acid and phenylephrine HCL OR = 3.378, 95%CI 1.431–7.979, p = 0.007; for paracetamol with phenylephrine HCL and ascorbic acid (in form of tablets) OR = 2.307, 95%CI 1.086–4.902, p = 0.043; for paracetamol with pseudoephedrine and dextromethorphan OR = 1.917, 95%CI 1.131–3.252, p = 0.021
	acetylsalicylic acid [26]	for acetylsalicylic acid with pseudoephedrine OR = 3.831, 95%CI 1.263–11.62, p = 0.024; for acetylsalicylic acid with ascorbic acid OR = 3.041, 95% CI 1.136–8.141, p = 0.04
	magnesium metamizole [5]	p > 0.05
	inosines [73]	for inosines OR = 1.715, 95%CI 1.107–2.657, p = 0.021
	homeopathics [12]	p > 0.05
	herbal products [2]
	pseudoephedrine [10]
	alpha-mimetics [44]
	anti-histamines [8]
	mucolytics [50]
	sore throat products [49]	for choline salicylate OR = 4.718, 95%CI 1.76–12.65, p = 0.002; for amylmetacresol with levomenthol and 2,4-dichlorobenzol OR = 3.517, 95%CI 1.428–8.664, p = 0.008