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I had punmonia and i cant get the mucus up what can i do and why is it so had for a doctor totell you how to get the mucus up?
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Hydration/Mucokineti: To get mucus up you need to drink extra fluids so that the pnlegm gets thinner&easier to bring up.Besides that there are drugs called 1Mucolytic Agents 2Expectorants 3 Surfactan.Expectorant increasesBronchial Secretions&mucolytic help break down the chemical structure of the mucus. Common mucolytic used is mucinex& xpectorant is guefenicine.Others/Pottasium Iodide&sodium citrate.AskMD/Pharmacist
Answered 11/16/2017
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