Give six generic names of cough sedatives:
- A- Codeine.
- B- Dextromethorphan.
- C- Phlocodein.
- D- Methodone.
- E- Morphine.
- F- Isobarmiline.
Dry cough medicines:
Medications used to relieve dry cough are so-called antitussive drugs. They reduce the reflex of cough by acting on its centers located in the brain. No cough medicine should be used for more than a few days without medical advice.
Cough suppressants fall into several categories: opioid cough suppressants, antihistamine cough suppressants, and non-opioid and non-antihistamine cough suppressants. Among these drugs, there are some that associate the antitussive substance to a bronchial fluidifier. This association is not logical.
Opioid cough suppressants:
The opioid cough suppressants used in adults may contain the following substances: codeine, dextrometorphan, ethylmorphine (or codethyline), noscapine, pholcodine. They should not be used in cases of respiratory failure or asthma cough. Their main undesirable effects are constipation, nausea, feeling dizzy and drowsiness that can be troublesome when driving or using machines. Dextrometorphan does not cause respiratory depression at the usual doses.
Since July 17, 2017, all opioid cough suppressants containing codeine, dextromethorphan, ethylmorphine or noscapine can only be purchased on prescription, regardless of the dose delivered and regardless of the age of the patient. Syrups that were previously available for self-medication are no longer available, and they can no longer be sold online at pharmacy sites.
This decision to impose a medical prescription for these drugs was taken by the Minister of Health following the finding of a recent increase in their consumption and a diversion of their use by some teenagers for the purpose of "stoned" (cocktails "purple drank", or codesoda).
Antitussives containing pholcodine are not affected by this measure. They had to be compulsorily prescribed by a doctor, because of a possible link between the taking of pholcodine and a sensitization to the curares.
TIPS: HOW TO CALM A DRY COUGH?
A dry cough is a cough without expectoration (without emission of secretions). She is unproductive. It often accompanies a sore throat or runny nose in the symptoms of a cold or rhinopharyngitis.
Dry cough is a reflex of the body. In the case of a cold it will occur when secretions flow into the throat.
symptoms:
- irritating cough.
- Straight.
- irritated throat.
- Hoarse voice.
How to heal?
When to consult your doctor
- persistent cough for 3 weeks.
- Fever for more than 72 hours.
- Discomfort to breathing, chest pain and back pain.
- Feeling of panting and looking for air.
- Fast breathing and accelerating heart.
- Persistent cough in a person taking a conversion enzyme inhibitor.
(Treatment of high blood pressure: perindopril, captopril, enalapril, ramipril, lisinopril ...).
medications:
Precautions should be taken with the administration of dry cough medicines. The active ingredient they contain is likely to cause drowsiness or loss of alertness. Particular attention must be paid to the machine operators.
Taking alcohol together with treatment increases sedation further.
These antihistamine drugs should not be taken with other sedative drugs.
They are contraindicated in children under 2 years old.
In case of activity during the day, evening intake (evening) will be recommended (as for Toplexil for example).
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