TikTok user claims Mucinex can help you get PREGNANT in viral video - leading stunned women to either swear off the cold medicine for good... or run out and buy it

A TikTok user has women around the country running to the store to pick up Mucinex — or avoiding it at all costs — after she claimed the over-the-counter cold medicine can help you get pregnant.

Julia Schuller, who is known as @juliasendojourney on the platform, shared that she saw an increase in her fertility after she took Mucinex to battle COVID-19. The TikTok has been viewed more than 8.5 million times and left many people stunned.

The 25-year-old from Pennsylvania explained that she regularly tracks her fertility because she has endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and noticed the spike.

'Yes, Mucinex-D did help me get better while having COVID, but Mucinex-D also helps some other things. It helps you get pregnant,' she said. 'After I started taking the Mucinex-D my fertile signs went way up.'

Schuller said she called the doctor who has been helping her track her fertilty to see what was going on and was told that they 'actually give Mucinex to women to help increase their fertility.'

'Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Mucinex D,' she joked at the end of the video, which received thousands of comments after it was posted on December 4.

'There's two people in this world: 1. Get Mucinex 2. Avoid Mucinex,' one person wrote, while another added: 'Never. Take. Mucinex. Again. Got it!!'

People mainly wanted to know if her claims that Mucinex can help with pregnancy were true, prompting a few nurses to weigh in.

'It loosens the cervical mucus to make it easier for swimmers to get in,' one nurse. commented, while another agreed, saying: 'It makes a happier environment for the swimmers.'

One woman who has struggled with PCOS for nearly 10 years explained that she took Mucinex and is now eight weeks pregnant, saying: 'Never put it together until now!!'

There is anecdotal evidence that guaifenesin, the active ingredient in Mucinex, may benefit women with fertility problems and help with sperm mobility, but there haven't been any major studies to prove this is true.

BuzzFeed spoke to Dr. Natalie Crawford, a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist, who explained that guaifenesin can loosen cervical mucus the same way it does in the lungs.