Explore: Expectorants

Mucoactive agents are a class of pharmacologic agents that include expectorants, mucolytics, mucoregulators, and mucokinetics that can affect the volume

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and trachea. Examples are carbocisteine, ambroxol, and bromhexine. Expectorants are substances claimed to make coughing easier while enhancing the production

guaiacolate, sold under the brand name Mucinex, among others, is an expectorant medication taken by mouth and marketed as an aid to eliminate sputum

guaiacolate) is the only FDA approved expectorant in the United States. Besides terpin hydrate, other expectorants lacking evidence of efficacy include

Due to its purported properties as an antiseptic, cough reliever, and expectorant, it has been used in traditional herbal medicine. Hyssop is a brightly

monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), as they can cause hypertensive crisis. Expectorants such as guaifenesin are a related type of drug that help to clear mucus

brand.[better source needed] In 1944, two clinicians who evaluated the expectorant action of paregoric, concluded: The survival of paregoric through the

hydrocodone, ibuprofen, naproxen), cough suppressants (dextromethorphan), and expectorants (guaifenesin). Pseudoephedrine has been used in the form of the hydrochloride

medicine used for the treatment of cough. It contains guaifenesin, an expectorant; and codeine, as the phosphate, an opioid antitussive. It is taken by