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2. Doctors Say This Is How You Can Loosen and Clear Mucus From ...

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   In contrast, expectorants lubricate your airway, which helps loosen up the mucus and make the secretions in your airway thinner. By loosening up the mucus, expectorants make your cough more ...

3. 12 Cough Drops to Stock Up on Now for Quick Relief - AOL

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   Please note: If your cough continues for two weeks, you are having shortness of breath, chest pain, difficulty breathing, a fever, or are coughing up blood, Dr. Mehdizadeh says it’s time to see ...

4. Doctors Say This Is the Best, Most Effective Way to ... - AOL

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   “These are great to moisten and loosen up hard mucus so it blows out easier,” Dr. Parikh says. In fact, Dr. Kelley calls salt water irrigation the “gold-standard intervention” for nasal ...

5. Ambroxol - Wikipedia

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   Ambroxol is a drug that breaks up phlegm, used in the treatment of respiratory diseases associated with viscid or excessive mucus. Ambroxol is often administered as an active ingredient in cough syrup. It was patented in 1966 and came into medical use in 1979. [1]

6. Demulcent - Wikipedia

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   A demulcent cough drop. A demulcent (derived from the Latin: demulcere "caress") is a mucilaginous or oleaginous preparation [1] that forms a soothing protective film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane. [2] However, they generally help for less than 30 minutes. [3]

7. Mucoactive agent - Wikipedia

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   It is commonly available in cough syrups and also as sustained-release tablets. Mucolytics can dissolve thick mucus and are usually used to help relieve respiratory difficulties. They do this by breaking down the chemical bonds between molecules in the mucus. [5] This in turn can lower the viscosity by altering the mucin-containing components.