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Suggest Remedy For Severe And Persistent Cough

I have had a severe cough for over a week. It is persistent and I often go into intense coughing fits that cause me to lose my breath and be very weak. I went to the ER early in the week, at the recommendation of the Nurse-on-Call who heard my cough. I have also been seen by a doctor, and the result of both of these visits is a regimen of Mucinex-D, tessalon pearls, and arithromiacin. I have missed a week of work (I teach) and don t feel I am getting any better. I am light-headed, dizzy, and I continue to cough.
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What you have is a post viral hyper-reactive airway disease. It is quite irritating sometimes causing fits of coughing bout as well as refractory to the normal cough and cold prescriptions. I will suggest you to start a steroid inhaler like SEROFLO which contains both a bronchodilator and a steroid for 2-3 weeks after which it can be easily stopped.
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Suggest Remedy For Severe And Persistent Cough

What you have is a post viral hyper-reactive airway disease. It is quite irritating sometimes causing fits of coughing bout as well as refractory to the normal cough and cold prescriptions. I will suggest you to start a steroid inhaler like SEROFLO which contains both a bronchodilator and a steroid for 2-3 weeks after which it can be easily stopped.