I have to be pretty incapacitated for an illness to stop me from doing something. If I'm contagious, then I won't go to work or out or anything, but I'll still like clean the house or go for a walk or something. Really the only thing that keeps me at home in bed is a 100+ degree fever. If I'm vomiting, I'll just take a shot of Fenadryn and be done with it. It's always been my experience that Immodium AD works in one dose. Claritin D always clears up my allergies. I'm a big Sudafed (sp?) user when it comes to colds, it always works for me. And if I need it, I work in a medical facility and am privvy to prescription drugs, I just need to talk to a doctor.