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Cough suppressant
Cough suppressants are a kind of antihistamine type drug and common cold or symptom drug (common cold or symptom drug).
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A 58-year old asked:
Please recommend a cough suppressant for a baby?
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A male asked:
What is the best nonprescription cough suppressant?
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What are the most effective cough suppressants?
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A 24-year old female asked:
If cough suppressants don't work then what are my options?
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A 40-year old male asked about a female:
Is it ok to give my seven year old cough suppressant medicine?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Left over cough from bronchitis that's been gone for 2 or 3 weeks, still have the cough. Will a regular cough suppressant work for now?
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A 54-year old female asked:
What is the name of cough suppressant with vicodin?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is better at night - cough suppressant or expectorant?
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A member asked about a male:
Can you use hydroxyzine as a cough suppressant for a 5 year old boy?
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A member asked:
What are the differences between a cough suppressant and an expectorant?
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A 43-year old male asked:
What is an effective over the counter cough suppressant for the common cold?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Can i give my 3 1/2 year old cold medicine with a cough suppressant in it. ?
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A 23-year old male asked:
What is the most effective cough suppressant? Would numbing type like benzocaine help as well?
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A 34-year old male asked:
If my cough isn't made better by cough suppressants and goes in bursts that can make me vomit, what can it be?
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A 40-year old female asked:
When taking a cough suppressant should you always take an expectorant? I've seen & been told mixed answers. Thanks
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A 24-year old female asked:
Cough suppressant for a 3 yr old? Temps of 103 every night for last 5 nights. Cough seems to be worsening. Help please!
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A 37-year old asked:
My baby is 9 mo's old, and is with the common cold for more than 4 weeks. Is it ok to give him some cough suppressant?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Can you get pneumonia if you don't cough (by using cough suppressants) when you have acute bronchitis? Or is that ok to do?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Pretty sure I have bronchitis (had it a few times before). Are there any new good OTC cough suppressants you can recommend for a dry hacking cough?
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A 57-year old female asked:
I am confirmed positive for Covid. Dry consistent cough making sleep difficult. Can I take a cough suppressant with Covid? Whats recommended if so?
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A 51-year old male asked:
A general question- is it ok to take cough suppressant medicine when you have mucus comng out when coughing.i.e you will be leaving mucus inside chest?
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A 37-year old asked:
How can a nighttime cough medication be both a cough suppressant and an expectorant?
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A 54-year old male asked:
Is it safe to give 6 years old cough suppressant for dry cough? If so which one is recommended?
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A 35-year old male asked:
What is the best cough expectorant? I don't want a cough suppressant because i want to get the mucous out.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Why don't more cold meds include an expectorant? It seems like cough suppressants would just prolong things by keeping mucus inside.
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A 25-year old male asked:
I took delsym at 7am today. Then I took dayquil at 7 pm. Can I take dayquil again at 3 am or is that too much of the cough suppressant?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I have a cold where one of my nostrils the right one is all stuffed up. I've taken a cough suppressant that hasn't helped. Please help me?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Can i give our 3 1/2 year old little remedies cold medicine with cough suppressant in it. Tried honey and natural stuff. Nothing is helping?
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A 19-year old male asked:
My friend accidentally took Tylenol (500 mg) and a cough suppressant with Paracetamol (500 mg) in it at the same time. Will she be okay? She haven't taken any other meds since. Thank you?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Can a pregnant woman take the cough suppressant ricola?
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