Thrissur: Authorities have issued a strong warning against giving cough syrup containing chlorpheniramine maleate and ...

Majlesi: Benzonatate: a cough suppressant that may help for postnasal drip An albuterol inhaler (similar to what is used in people with asthma): may help relieve the bronchial spasm that happens ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Cough seems to be going around here in the Northwest. My wife has coughed excessively for months now. She was given hydrocodone-homatropine syrup for a month, but the doctor won ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Influenza, commonly known as flu, is ...

While it may seem odd, placebos have been shown to be more effective than not giving any treatment for cough. In one study, children were given either agave syrup, a placebo of colored sugar water ...

When it comes to seasonal illnesses, few are as dreaded - or as preventable - as whooping cough. The violent coughing fits, the struggle to breath, and the high pitched "whoop" sound that some ...

A subacute cough is a type of cough that persists for 3 to 8 weeks. It falls between an acute cough, which lasts less than 3 weeks, and a chronic cough, which lasts more than 8 weeks. There are ...

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, whooping cough cases were trending upward in the US, because the vaccines that are currently used offer strong initial protection that wears off after two or ...