| Mucinex DM Regular and Maximum Strengths are expectorants indicated to control coughs and thin and loosen mucus. |
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| Medications affected by the advisory are marketed as decongestants, expectorants, antihistamines and antitussives. |
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| The main groups of drugs used to treat coughs are expectorants, mucolytics and suppressants. |
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| Cough mixtures, expectorants, and suppressants are ineffective and should not be used. |
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| Some species have been used in the form of crude drugs as anodynes, antiphlogistics, antitussives, expectorants, antiasthmatics and detoxicants, especially in China. |
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| For dry coughs there are a variety of suppressants available and for the chesty cough there are expectorants to help bring phlegm up and make the coughing less harsh. |
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| In treating a cough, a dry tickly one may be better suppressed with anti-tussives, whereas a mucosal cough may be better encouraged by expectorants to remove the mucus. |
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| It advised parents not to give cough and cold medicines, particularly nasal decongestants, antihistamines, cough suppressants and expectorants, to children under six. |
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| Expectorants for example guaiphenesin, ammonium chloride, squill, sodium citrate and ipecacuanha may help chesty coughs. |
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| Expectorants in cough mixtures can promote mucus removal for a chesty cough and help to ease breathing for exercise. |
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| Expectorants are supposed to encourage productive coughs but their benefit isn't proven. |
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| Expectorants that help to bring up phlegm can make you feel sick, drowsy and give you a headache. |
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| Expectorants are agents that facilitate removal of mucus from the lower respiratory tract. |
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| Expectorants work by increasing the total amount of mucus made. |
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