Over-the-counter (OTC) medications for acute cough in children and adults in community settings

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Susan M ^a   Schroeder, Knut ^b   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BROMPHENIRAMINE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CLEMASTINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEUDEXTROMETHORPHAN; DEXBROMPHENIRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; EPHEDRINE; GUAIFENESIN; LORATADINE; MOGUISTEINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PEPPERMINT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PLACEBO; PROMETHAZINE; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SALBUTAMOL; TERFENADINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; EXPECTORANT AGENT; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EVENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRRITABILITY; LOOSE FECES; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COUGH; DRUG COMBINATION; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; COUGH; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXPECTORANTS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922229851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001831.pub5     Document Type: Review

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