What are the medicines for cough?

Colds and coughs are very common. Most people will cough when they have a cold. Coughing can cause great damage to the throat. If you cough severely, you need to take cough medicine in time, otherwise it will damage your throat. So what are the common medicines for treating coughs? Are there any contraindications and precautions when taking cough medicines? The following is a relevant introduction, let’s take a look.

Cold is a very common disease, so there are many medicines for treating colds and coughs. However, colds and coughs also depend on the situation. When taking medicine, patients must find the right cause and take the right medicine. Otherwise, even if they take more medicine, the disease cannot be cured.

The cough medicine we usually talk about actually includes three categories: antitussive drugs, expectorants and antiasthmatic drugs. Antitussive drugs include licorice mixture, licorice tablets, Kebiqing tablets, and Ketaling. Antiasthmatic drugs include ephedrine, aminophylline, and theophylline. Like fever, coughing is a protective reaction of the body. For example, if rice grains enter the throat accidentally while eating, they can be expelled through violent coughing. In case of bronchitis or pneumonia, the bacteria and tissue destruction products in the lungs can be expelled from the body through coughing and expectoration. Coughing helps this process, but cough medicines should not be abused at this time.

Therefore, when a child coughs, it is necessary to analyze the various causes of the cough so as to prescribe the right medicine. For example, a cough caused by a cold is due to the stimulation of upper respiratory tract inflammation, and coughing at this time has no protective effect on the body. Therefore, using cough suppressants to stop coughing is beneficial to the disease. However, when suffering from tracheitis or pneumonia, a large amount of sputum will accumulate in the upper and lower respiratory tracts. It is not advisable to use antitussive drugs alone at this time, otherwise the sputum will remain in the respiratory tract due to the cessation of coughing, causing the inflammation to spread; generally, expectorants should be used, such as ammonium chloride, potassium sulfonate, and Tan Ke Jing, among which ammonium chloride has a strong expectorant effect and is only used for patients who cannot cough up sputum and whose sputum is thick. Since expectorants have side effects of nausea and vomiting, children should not use large doses.

To sum up, it can be seen that there are many medicines for treating coughs. It is because there are so many medicines that people are troubled when choosing. They don’t know what kind of medicine corresponds to what kind of symptoms. Therefore, when you have a cold and cough, it is best to take medicine under the doctor’s instructions. Children should be especially cautious when taking medicine to avoid drug allergies.