A 37-year-old member asked:
What is the best medicine to take when sinus drain makes you cough?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Corey Clayanswered
Allergy and Immunology 12 years experience
Sinus rinse: The predominant method used for flushing the nasal cavity with saline is the Neti-pot. Neilmed has a newer device that is a squeeze bottle. The advantage is better control over the velocity of the rinse. If the rinse makes you cough, then you would do well with a more gentle strategy such that it flows out the other nostril instead of down the throat. Our patients do well with this.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
I have a cough what is the best medicine i will take?
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Dr. John Rhoadesanswered
Family Medicine 50 years experience
Extra fluid: Drink extra water, this will loosen the secretions and allow you to cough up the material easier.
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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr commented
Preventive Medicine 43 years experience
Additional fluids/water intake can be helpful for some situations, including asthmatic bronchospasm. Yet it can also compound problems, even be fatal, especially in so called "cardiac asthma", congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema.
Jul 12, 2015
Last updated Mar 10, 2015
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