antitussives

Dextromethorphan is in a class of medications called antitussives.

Treatment for mild to moderate cases include corticosteroids, bronchodilators, and antitussives.

Use other antitussives such as guaifenesin or dextromethorphan.

Like codeine and other antitussives, it relieves the symptom, but does not heal the illness.

Little controversy exists concerning over the counter psychoactive medications in antiemetics and antitussives.

Non-narcotic antitussives (such as chlophedianol) are also known as cough suppressants.

Especially in children, pentoxyverine can cause hypoventilation, but much more seldom than codeine and other opioid antitussives.

Opioid and nonopioid antitussives such as dextromethorphan may act synergistically, but further studies are required to confirm this hypothesis.

Carbocisteine should not be used with antitussives (cough suppressants) or medicines that dry up bronchial secretions.

Phenyltoloxamine is widely used in preparations as an enhancing agent for some analgesics and antitussives (acetaminophen, dihydrocodeine, codeine, hydrocodone).

It does not cause side effects such as constipation or respiratory depression which can be produced by opioid antitussives such as codeine and its derivatives.

Oxeladin differs from common antitussives that cause addiction (such as etilmorphin, codeine or its derivatives) in that there is no evidence of risk of addiction or dependence.

Oxeladin has none of the side effects (such as hypnosis, respiratory depression, tolerance, constipation and analgesia) which are present when common antitussives, such as codeine and its derivatives, are used.

The other dihydromorphinone used as an antitussive is hydromorphone (Dilaudid Cough Syrup); the other narcotic antitussives are either more directly related to codeine or not so at all (open chain methadone relatives and thiambutenes).

Dihydrocodeine was developed during the intense international search for more effective antitussives, especially to help reduce the airborne spread of tuberculosis, pertussis, pneumonia, and similar diseases, in the years from c.a. 1895 to 1915, and is similar in chemical structure to codeine.

Your Answer: Correct Answer: Children younger than 4 should not be given cough medicines (also known as antitussives or cough suppressants), and children of any age should not be given aspirin (because of the risk of Reye's syndrome) or use decongestant nasal sprays.