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Honey's use as a cough treatment has been linked on several occasions to infantile botulism and accordingly should not be used in children less than one year old. [23] Many alternative treatments are used to treat the common cold, though data on effectiveness is generally limited.
Guaifenesin might act as an expectorant by increasing the volume and reducing the viscosity of secretions in the trachea and bronchi via stimulation of the gastric mucosa. . This stimulation leads to an increased parasympathetic activity in the respiratory tract via the so-called gastro-pulmonary reflex, although some in vitro studies suggested that it might also act directly on the ...
Paregoric was used in various formulations for hundreds of years. [citation needed] Paregoric was a household remedy in the 18th and 19th centuries when it was widely used to control diarrhea in adults and children, as an expectorant and cough medicine, to calm fretful children, and to rub on the gums to counteract the pain from teething.
Mucoactive agents—expectorants—include mucolytics, secretolytics and mucokinetics (also called secretomotorics) [3] Mucolytics: thin (reduce the viscosity of) mucus [2] Secretolytics: increase airway water or the volume of airway secretions [2] Mucokinetics: increase mucociliary transport (clearance) and transportability of mucus by cough [2]
Guaifenesine is an expectorant, phenylephrine is a decongestant. The drug is sold under the brand name Entex and as generic brands. Entex La is 400 mg guaifenesin and 30 mg phenylephrine hydrochloride. Entex Pse is 600 mg guaifenesin and 120 mg phenylephrine hydrochloride.
Hannah Richardson is among the participants in the two-year clinical trial. The 24-year-old’s family history of Alzheimer’s goes back generations. ... When WashU Medicine began the Primary ...
In February 1984, the 31-year-old college student living off a trust fund in Sarasota, Florida, typed out a letter to the United Nations, proposing a study that would double as a "training program ...
[1] [2] It is a combination of oxomemazine and guaifenesin. It is sold under a variety of brand names including Toplexil by Aventis . It is sold over the counter in France , Morocco , Egypt , Algeria, South Korea and the UAE [ citation needed ] .