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What Could Cause Severe, Continued Dry Cough While Being On Formonide 400?

I am taking formonide 400 twice a day for more than 3 months, since 3 days dry cough seems more and disturbing too much at office and home as well.

While coughing the sound seem different since three months. Can you please suggest on this.

Thanks in advance.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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thanks for your question
i completely understand your question
cough can be due to the inhaler sometimes the inhaled drug can cause post cough.
but if cough is with mucopurulent , yellow , foul smelling expectoration , it is due to an infection .
you need to consult a pulmonologist to rule out other causes like gerd , bronchial asthma , bronchitis , post nasal drip etc
pulmonologist will evaluate your cough by sputum culture , spirometry and accordingly stage the disease and if neede increase your medications or evaluate if formonide is needed or not.
for now in my opinion u need to take a leukotreine antagonist lime monteleukast and levocetrizine as an anti allergic plus a proton pump inhibitors like pantaprazole , this will solve your problem
disscuss these treatment modalities with your pulmonologist so that he can prescribe you , these medications need a prescription
in my opinion you have dry allergic cough
thanks
feel free to ask more questions
may god bless you with good health
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What Could Cause Severe, Continued Dry Cough While Being On Formonide 400?

thanks for your question i completely understand your question cough can be due to the inhaler sometimes the inhaled drug can cause post cough. but if cough is with mucopurulent , yellow , foul smelling expectoration , it is due to an infection . you need to consult a pulmonologist to rule out other causes like gerd , bronchial asthma , bronchitis , post nasal drip etc pulmonologist will evaluate your cough by sputum culture , spirometry and accordingly stage the disease and if neede increase your medications or evaluate if formonide is needed or not. for now in my opinion u need to take a leukotreine antagonist lime monteleukast and levocetrizine as an anti allergic plus a proton pump inhibitors like pantaprazole , this will solve your problem disscuss these treatment modalities with your pulmonologist so that he can prescribe you , these medications need a prescription in my opinion you have dry allergic cough thanks feel free to ask more questions may god bless you with good health