COUGHMEDICINE

Cough medicine

A cough medicine is a medicinal drug used in an attempt to treat coughing and related conditions. For dry coughs, treatment with cough suppressants may be attempted to suppress the body's urge to cough. However, in productive coughs, treatment is instead attempted with expectorants in an attempt to loosen mucus from the respiratory tract.

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