Expectorant cough syrup

Expectorant cough syrup Medicine

Contraindications

Premature infants or neonates; acute asthma attacks.

Undesirable effects

GI disturbances, anorexia or increased appetite; drowsiness, blurred vision, difficulty in micturition, dry mouth, chest tightness; hypotension, muscle weakness, tinnitus, headache; epileptiform seizures; photosensitivity.

Therapeutic indications

An indication is a term used for the list of condition or symptom or illness for which the medicine is prescribed or used by the patient. For example, acetaminophen or paracetamol is used for fever by the patient, or the doctor prescribes it for a headache or body pains. Now fever, headache and body pains are the indications of paracetamol. A patient should be aware of the indications of medications used for common conditions because they can be taken over the counter in the pharmacy meaning without prescription by the Physician.

Temporary relief of cough associated with respiratory tract infections and related conditions such as sinusitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, and asthma when these conditions are complicated by tenacious mucus or mucus plugs and congestion; effective for productive as well as nonproductive cough, particularly dry, nonproductive cough that tends to injure mucous membranes of the air passages; helps loosen phlegm and thin bronchial secretions in patients with stable chronic bronchitis.

Name of the medicinal product

Expectorant Cough Syrup

Dosage (Posology) and method of administration

10ml 3-4 times/day.

Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction

Alcohol, barbiturates, hypnotics, sedatives, tranquilisers & other CNS depressants, MAOIs.