Non-antibiotic treatments for upper-respiratory tract infections (common cold)

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1477-1484

  Arroll, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antihistamine; Common cold; Cough; Echinacea; Heated humidified air; Nasal decongestant; Non antibiotic; Over the counter; Vitamin C; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BROMHEXINE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; CODEINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXBROMPHENIRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DOXYLAMINE; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; EXPECTORANT AGENT; GUAIFENESIN; LETOSTEINE; LORATADINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; OXYMETAZOLINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SALBUTAMOL; VICKS MEDNITE; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINACEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; INSOMNIA; ISRAEL; MONOTHERAPY; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASTE DISORDER; TREMOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URTICARIA; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 28044433904     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.09.039     Document Type: Article

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