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Persistent cough of six days accompanied by originally brown sputum which has become white and frothy. recommended treatment?
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None: certainly no need for antibiotics maybe cough medicines to help with the symptoms and plenty of fluids can help i usually tell patients to take non-prescription antihistamines such as loratadine or cetirizine for 10 days
Answered 1/9/2020
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