The cough may be different, respectively, and it requires a different treatment. The pharmaceutical industry produces large amounts of cough tablets, some of which suppress cough shock, others, on the contrary, they encourage and promote the discharge of phlegm.

What could be the kinds of pills and cough cough

In many diseases cough is initially dry without sputum, sometimes very intrusive. This is called non-productive cough, it trying to translate into a productive cough (sputum) and suppress too frequent cough shock since they irritate the airways and support the inflammatory process.

Accordingly, all of the pills cough can be divided into tablets suppressing cough expectorants and tools that enhance the bronchi (bronchodilators).

Tablets suppress cough

These tablets can be divided into two groups: those of the central and peripheral actions. By centrally acting drugs include those that inhibit the function of the cough center in the brain. These drugs act simultaneously on the respiratory center, so they face an overdose of respiratory arrest. For drugs of this series are all tablets containing codeine (kodterpin, Codelac). There are drugs of the central antitussive effect, does not inhibit the respiratory center, for example, glaucine, which is found in many cough tablets

For drugs suppressing cough, peripheral actions are drugs that act mainly on the peripheral units of the cough reflex, sensitive receptors and inhibiting receptors voltage mucosa partially impact and at the same time on the central nervous system without oppression breathing center. These tablets include, for example, libeksin that possesses both bronchodilatory activity.

Cough tablets containing expectorants

Expectorants also be divided into two groups: the means of reducing the viscosity of bronchial secretions (phlegm) and means of stimulating adventure sputum bronchi toward the mouth.

Means of reducing the viscosity of sputum (bronhosekretolitiki or mucolytics) may have a proteolytic enzyme or a character (eg, trypsin), and may be synthetic. Synthetic include mucolytics such as bromhexine and ambroxol (lazolvan). The proteolytic enzymes liquefy mucus by breaking the bonds of protein molecules. Bromhexine lazolvan and stimulate the secretion of the natural protein in the alveoli - surfactant, which prevents the bonding of the alveoli and regulates the density and viscosity of sputum. Today, there are drugs that replace the natural surfactant in violation of formation of the latter in the lungs, for example, alveofakt, which is obtained from the lungs of cattle.

Actually expectorants increase motor activity of ciliated epithelium lining the bronchial tubes that move mucus in the direction from the periphery to the center. Also stimulates the motor activity of muscles of the bronchi, which are also moving in the right direction phlegm. All expectorant drugs are divided into reflex and resorptive action.

The tablets cough expectorant drugs that contain reflex action, cause irritation of the mucous membrane that contributes to the reflex increased secretion of sputum, bronchial dilation and promoting them secret. These drugs are thermopsis, marshmallow, Terpin hydrate.

The drugs resorptive action are absorbed into the blood and begin to act in their allocation in the composition of bronchial secretions. They liquefy phlegm more liquid and more stimulate the motor activity of ciliated epithelium and muscles of bronchial tubes (bronchioles). Such drugs include iodine (sodium iodide and potassium), ammonium chloride, sodium bicarbonate.

As expectorant agent for various diseases of the bronchi and lungs are also used decoctions and infusions of plants, including a commission. For this purpose, use the rhizome with the roots of elecampane, plantain leaves, leaves a mother-and-stepmother, marjoram.

Bronchodilators

To Expectoration easily administered as medicines that help dilate the bronchi - bronchodilators such as aminophylline. This medication relaxes the muscles of the bronchi. In conjunction with mucolytic and expectorant means it has the effect of cleansing the bronchi by expectoration.

A cough can be very different and independent, non-prescription use of various tablets cough can not improve and worsen the patient's condition, as to their use should be, above all, the correct diagnosis.

Galina Romanenko

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