WET COUGH
A wet cough is one in which mucus builds up in the chest. If you have a wet cough, you may feel tightness in your chest and you may hear a wheezing sound when breathing.
This mucus build up is difficult to get rid of by coughing.
Cold
Flu
Lung Infections
COPD
Acute Bronchitis
Postnasal drip
Smoking
Cough with Phlegm or Sputum
Gurgling or Rattling sound while Coughing
Breathlessness
Fever
Cold & Flu symptoms
Chest Pain
Mucolytics and Expectorants are used to treat wet or productive cough.
They are a group of medications that works by thinning and loosening and clearance of mucus in the airways, helping to clear chest congestion.
Common examples of Mucolytics and expectorants are Ambroxol and Guaiphenesin
Q: What is Wet Cough?
A: A wet cough is one in which mucus builds up in the chest.
Q: What are expectorants?
A: Expectorants are used to treat wet cough that help loosen mucus making it easier to expel from the body.
Q: What is Guaiphenesin?
A: Guaiphenesin is a common expectorant which thins the mucus making it easier to expel from the body.
Q: What are mucolytics?
A: Mucolytics are medications that break up mucus so you can clear it out of your lungs more easily 1
Q: What is Ambroxol?
A: Ambroxol is a mucolytic agent that breaks down the mucus to reduce its Viscosity 2
Q: Are Bronchodilators to be used for all cases of Wet Cough?
A: Bronchodilators are not recommended for all types of wet cough and may be used only when the wet cough is complicated by airway narrowing or in presence of wheeze.
RELIEVE WET COUGH AND CHEST CONGESTION
Relieves wet cough
Non-drowsy formula
Acts from 15 minutes