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Cough suppressant
Cough suppressants are a kind of antihistamine type drug and common cold or symptom drug (common cold or symptom drug).
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A 24-year old female asked:
If cough suppressants don't work then what are my options?
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A 34-year old male asked:
If my cough isn't made better by cough suppressants and goes in bursts that can make me vomit, what can it be?
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A 40-year old male asked about a female:
Is it ok to give my seven year old cough suppressant medicine?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Left over cough from bronchitis that's been gone for 2 or 3 weeks, still have the cough. Will a regular cough suppressant work for now?
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A female asked:
Does tramadol work as cough suppressant?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is better at night - cough suppressant or expectorant?
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A 30-year old asked:
Is there any normal food that can act as a cough suppressant?
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A member asked:
What are the differences between a cough suppressant and an expectorant?
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A 35-year old male asked:
What is the best cough expectorant? I don't want a cough suppressant because I want to get the mucous out.
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A 37-year old asked:
My baby is 9 mo's old, and is with the common cold for more than 4 weeks. Is it ok to give him some cough suppressant?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Pretty sure I have bronchitis (had it a few times before). Are there any new GOOD OTC cough suppressants you can recommend for a dry hacking cough?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have severe MD and now a cough. Can't expel mucus due to trunk weakness. Should I take cough suppressants, or will that increase my pneumonia risk?
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A 37-year old asked:
How can a nighttime cough medication be both a cough suppressant and an expectorant?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Can I give our 3 1/2 year old little remedies cold medicine with cough suppressant in it. Tried honey and natural stuff. Nothing is helping?
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A 36-year old asked:
Will taking a decongestant cough suppressant interfere with taking metformin?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Dx early dbl pneumonia 5 days ago, now done with antibiotics. Is it okay to take a cough suppressant at night only?
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A 47-year old asked:
I was carded for buying a plain ordinary bottle of cough syrup..no decongestant.just cough suppressant and expectorant. Is this legal?
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A 49-year old male asked:
My father had bypass surgery last week, and has a cough that keeps him awake at night. Is it OK for him to take a cough suppressant at night?
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A 35-year old female asked about a male:
Can I give my 5 year old Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and Dextromethorphan Polistirex cough suppressant?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Minor cough itchy throat started last week after I took expectorant/cough suppressant combination medicine to loosen mucus. Did the medicine cause it?
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A member asked:
I have a dry non-productive cough that will not go away, and my ribs hurt horribly from the never ending hacking. Is there any i have been taking cough suppressants like mucinex, (guaifenesin) and cold medicine like nyquil. Trying to sleep is horrible ,
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A 21-year old female asked:
My one year old found a hall(cough suppressant.oral anesthetic)it's used for sore throat and coughing. Should i be worried?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Have bad post nasal (oxymetazoline) drip-Is taking clarithrimycin, codeinex cough suppressant , piriton and ovranette contraceptive pill all together dangerous?
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A 43-year old asked:
Should I use cough drops as appetite suppressants?
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A member asked:
how to avoid cough?
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A 28-year old male asked:
treatment for cough?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Remedies for coughing?
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A 45-year old asked:
what helps with cough?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Why do I keep coughing?
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A 38-year old asked:
How to not cough too hard?
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