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A member asked:
I have an upper respiratory viral infection. was given ben...(.?) little "pearls" to help suppress the cough but my throat is killing me...what to do
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Sodium benzonate: Pretty good non narcotic cough suppressant. But that's all it does may want to call physician may require antibiotics.
Answered 12/27/2012
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