A member asked:

I have chronic cough.i'm under cough meds which includes bronchodilator mucolytic. but every time i take it i cough a bit more and its ineffective.

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Dr. John Chiu answered

>1 possibilities: (1) your cough may not be from asthma (2)Sometimes one may cough more after a bronchodilator because it opens up the clogged airways and allows the mucus to come out. (It may also mobilize the hair-like structures in the airways to move the mucus up). On the other hand, if you have chronic asthma, regular use of bronchodilators without an inhaled steroid will likely make your asthma worse.

Answered 12/8/2016

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