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Suggest Medication For Treating Dry Cough
Dear Doctor,
I am writing to say that I have been coughing for four weeks now. I feel the need to cough quite often. It is a dry non productive cough. First, I feel tired of coughing and also, I feel something in the chest (perhaps irritations). I am French and I am currently in Cardiff for two weeks. I was wondering if there was a medecine you could please recommend so that I can go and buy it tomorrow at the pharmacist's? Thank you very much in advance for your help and advice.
Best regards,
Samia Amar
I am writing to say that I have been coughing for four weeks now. I feel the need to cough quite often. It is a dry non productive cough. First, I feel tired of coughing and also, I feel something in the chest (perhaps irritations). I am French and I am currently in Cardiff for two weeks. I was wondering if there was a medecine you could please recommend so that I can go and buy it tomorrow at the pharmacist's? Thank you very much in advance for your help and advice.
Best regards,
Samia Amar
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Sat, 21 Jul 2018
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Hello,
The dry non-productive cough points towards allergic cough.
For that, you can be prescribed an antihistaminic drug like levocetirizine or Benadryl.
Dextromethorphan-containing syrup can be prescribed as well.
If no improvement or cough duration more than two weeks then investigate with chest x-ray for further workup.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Parth Goswami, General & Family Physician
The dry non-productive cough points towards allergic cough.
For that, you can be prescribed an antihistaminic drug like levocetirizine or Benadryl.
Dextromethorphan-containing syrup can be prescribed as well.
If no improvement or cough duration more than two weeks then investigate with chest x-ray for further workup.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Parth Goswami, General & Family Physician
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