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Expectorants : Drugs, Classification, Dosage, Uses

Expectorants are the drugs used for cough. Cough is a protective reflex, its purpose being expulsion of respiratory secretions or foreign party cles from air passages. Expectorants (Mucokinetics) Bronchial secretion enhancers :- Sodium or Potassium citrate, Potassium iodide, Guaiphenesin (Glyceryl guaiacolate), balsam of Tolu, Vasaka, Ammonium chloride. Mucolytics: Bromhexine, Ambroxol, Acetyl cysteine, Carbocisteine DEMULCENTS AND […]