When patients have a cough, cold, fever, or flu, they're not at top form. When they choose to rely on self-medication, they enter a pharmacy or store, only to find many dozens of products available to them. Many are combinations of two, three or four ingredients. As they do not feel well, they often try in desperation to read several labels, only to give up in confusion and buy some combination product that looks fairly good. Then, when they get home, they read the label more closely and discover that they don’t have all of the symptoms listed as treatable. But, they take it anyway. By so doing, they risk side-effects from ingredients that they did not need in the first place.

Finally, an innovative new product is being marketed that helps consumers avoid this frightening scenario and clarifies self-therapy for the patient. SymptomPak is the first of its kind. The product has five of the ingredients most often needed for colds, cough, fever, and flu. They are in separate bottles, rather than in one pill. By purchasing this product, the consumer can choose only the bottles one needs at that particular time. This product allows the consumer to be more mature in choosing self-care, since the consumer can now tailor the therapy to specific symptoms. Since each bottle carries its own set of uses, warnings, and instructions, the consumer using SymptomPak gradually becomes more educated about therapy of minor health conditions.

For over three decades, I have taught pharmacy students about the dangers of fixed combination products for minor self-treatable conditions, cautioning them instead to recommend single-entity products whenever possible. I followed this guideline in my own community pharmacy career, which spanned almost four decades and allowed me to counsel many hundreds of patients. SymptomPak is ideal in allowing consumers to easily follow the rule of relying on single-entity products. I recommend it highly.

As a Maxillofacial surgeon, I regularly treat patients with sinus issues as a result of trauma or simple cold and flu symptoms. As a patient, I have wanted to be able to treat myself with over the counter medications that do not contain medicines that treat issues that I do not have. For example, if I am having sinus problems due to allergies or a cold, there is no reason to take something for chest congestion. Additionally, as the only Maxillofacial Surgeon in the U.S. to earn the Disaster Medical Specialist designation, I have a unique insight into preparedness. Part of maintaining viability in any extreme situation relies on preparedness; the same can be said in regards to preparing for Cold/ Flu season. SymptomPakTM is a multiple use, over the counter medication that allows the patient to target the symptoms that they are having. Health care providers are always wary of multiple combination medicines, as it is extremely easy to inadvertently overdose on what is thought of as benign or harmless medicines (such as Tylenol). For those individuals who take multiple medications on a daily basis, the seriousness of accidentally overdosing can have dire consequences. SymptomPakTM addresses these issues in that the patient can mix and adjust the dosage of the medications to treat the symptoms that they are having. It is very simple to use and a pharmacist or your doctor can help determine what combination would be best for you when you need it. I think it is an excellent product that will change the way OTC medications are made.

A multi-symptom package is a great idea and one that could be most helpful to have stocked at home.

SymptomPak provides a simple way for anyone to treat their specific cold or flu situation. With this product you don’t have to spend precious time trying to find the right combination product. You can buy just one product and use it for any cold or flu situation. This product not only saves time but it provides peace of mind knowing that you have everything you need with one simple purchase. Since each ingredient is separate you can take only what you need based your symptoms and find out which combination works for you."

SymptomPak is a simple, yet effective way for my customers to manage and treat their specific symptoms. This innovative product allows for individualized treatment in one comprehensive package. It allows for treatment of only what is needed without over-medicating. SymptomPak is a wonderful choice that I highly recommend for all my customers.

A Pharmacist most often recommends single symptom medications to combat a cough and cold. Multi-ingredient medications can cause unwanted side effects. SymptomPak allows a family member to give or take the exact medications needed and to avoid complications and achieve relief.

Finally a product I can recommend to my customers that can be tailored to their symptoms.

As a pharmacist, one of my many duties is to recommend over-the-counter cold medications. Unfortunately, the current multi-symptom products available have two major drawbacks. First, they often contain ingredients for symptoms that the patient is not currently experiencing, exposing the patient unnecessarily to adverse side effects. Second, once the patient gets the multi-symptom product home, they run the risk of inadvertently duplicating ingredients by also taking something they already have in their medicine cabinet. The new product SymptomPak offers a solution to both of these problems. It has the convenience of including all of the ingredients that a patient might need during a cold, with the flexibility of individual packaging which would enable the patient to take only the ingredients that they actually need for this particular set of cold symptoms. Next, since it contains everything a patient might need, it should decrease the incidence of duplicating ingredients, since they will not need to take anything else. In conclusion, I would highly recommend SymptomPak to treat cold symptoms as it offers more convenience and safety for my patients.

Finally, a product that can be used in different combinations to handle all of the symptoms that are seen with a typical upper respiratory infection, without having to deal with side effects from taking unnecessary medications. I would recommend this product above all the numerous cough and cold products on the market.

Finally! A product that makes sense to both the pharmacist and the patient! Never again will we have to treat the symptoms that we don’t have like so many of the other cough and cold products on the market. This seemingly simplistic product is the perfect choice for treating just one symptom or a multitude and everything in between.

In a hypothetical situation, if you place ten people in a room and infect them with a germ you may observe various different responses. Some people may become very sick while others have no symptoms at all. This scenario plays itself out continually in life. People are exposed to bacteria, virus or other infectious organisms on a daily basis. Upon exposure some individuals become ill, while others exhibit no signs of illness. There are multiple reasons for the different responses to infection. Some of these may include different exposures of an infectious agent, genetic background, hygiene, or diet just to name a few. With many different variables that influence an infection and the ensuing immune response it is not surprising that different individuals will have a variety of responses to infection. Fevers, coughs and congestion are some symptoms associated with the body’s response to upper respiratory tract infections. At times such symptoms may become quite severe and require treatment as dangerous side effects may occur if left alone. SymptomPak offers a unique way of targeting symptoms. One drug targets one symptom. It is very simple, yet if needed a more complex combination maybe used to simultaneously treat multiple symptoms. Under the direction of a doctor or pharmacist, I recommend the use of SymptomPak to help relieve symptoms associated with a disease.

As a Physician Assistant and a mother, I am highly impressed with a product like this. For years it has been a challenge to prescribe a product based on symptoms. The simple fact is that you often recommend a product that treats less or more than the symptoms complained of by a patient. I am proud to see a product that is finally symptom based and easy to use. I just cannot believe it has taken so long! Finally, a product that is simple enough to recommend and readily available to the person with the ailments they describe. I will highly recommend this product.

Thank you SymptomPak. You have created a simple yet fully effective way to treat cold and flu symptoms. It is refreshing that one can purchase a group of medicines that can be individually tailored to their own symptoms. This can decrease exposure to potential side effects that may be encountered with combination medications. I am an OB/GYN and see many pregnant patients with cold and flu symptoms. The SymptomPak would be perfect to purchase at the beginning of pregnancy. Even though not all medications in the Pak can be taken in pregnancy, under the direction of their obstetrician, the patient's cold and flu symptoms could be treated. Also, their partner could avoid the late night run to the pharmacy because all the partner's needs are in the SymptomPak.

Having spent over 13 years as a retail pharmacist, I have made thousands of Over-The-Counter cough/cold/flu/allergy recommendations. Every time a patient asked me for help in choosing a product that would alleviate his or her symptoms I had to sift through the confusing mountain of combination products on the shelf, and rule out the products that contained ingredients the patient did not need. This was often a frustrating process for both of us because one product was missing a key ingredient, while another had extra ingredients that were not needed. Sometimes I would find the perfect combination, only to find that the patient's spouse had similar symptoms but could not take one of the ingredients due to other medical conditions. This resulted in the patient having to buy two or three combo products.....one for daytime (non-drowsy), one for nighttime, one for the kids, one for hypertension, etc... Many times my patient could not afford the cost of several remedies, and was forced to buy one that covered most of his symptoms, or even treated symptoms he did not have. I also witnessed patients returning to the pharmacy during the course of a cold or flu to buy different products as their symptoms changed during the course of illness. I wish SymptomPak had been available years ago. This is the one cough/cold/allergy product that I would, without hesitation, recommend to every patient that walked up to my counter, regardless of their current symptoms. I keep one in my own medicine cabinet now so that I don't have to go to the store if a family member gets sick in the middle of the night. The genius of this product is its simplicity. This is not a new drug. All of the individual ingredients in SymptomPak have been time-tested, and are well known to healthcare professionals. What this product does so eloquently is empower and educate the consumer to choose only the medications that they need at that time. The patient's needs often change from day to day, or even from dose to dose. The consumer benefits from not having to buy multiple products, not being exposed to side-effects of drugs they do not need, and not suffering needlessly by "settling" for a combo product that treats "most" of their symptoms. I believe that SymptomPak will very quickly become an essential fixture in the medicine cabinet of millions of people. Just as people keep an assortment of Band-Aid sizes in their cabinet, rather than waiting until they get a cut or scrape to go the store to get the right sized bandage, so will the convenience of having a supply of trusted medications (and the information on how to use them) on standby become the norm in households that want to be prepared for the unexpected."

I love Symptompak because it is so easy to use and it can be used to treat every member of the family. It takes the guess work out of what medications to take when treating the cold and flu and every symptom can be specifically treated without over-medicating. I would recommend Symptompak to EVERY patient that comes into my pharmacy suffering from cold and flu symptoms.

Most cold and flu products contain multiple ingredients making it possible to get a double dose of certain medications. The risk is so real that the FDA has recently intervened for safety concerns. With SymptomPak, you get just the medicine you need and none of what you don't.

SymptomPak is going to revolutionize the OTC cough, cold, & flu symptom relief products as we know it. I just wish this product would have been available for recommendation when I was a retail pharmacist; it would have made my job easier. This product makes treating specific cough, cold, & flu symptoms very convenient and tailored to the individual's needs at the time of illness. All friends, family, and former customers of mine will be getting this recommendation for any of their cough, cold, & flu symptom needs in the future.

I can say with certainty that this product will change the way patients treat their cold and flu symptoms. I have used it myself for treating certain symptoms of my own cold. The best thing is, you take only what you need and exclude everything you don't. SymptomPak is a quick and convenient way to treat your cold and flu symptoms, with easy to read directions.