What Is Guaifenesin
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Fibromyalgia is a mysterious condition whose causes are still largely unknown, as is how it inflicts damage. There is no strong evidence that any single treatment (or combination of treatments) has any significant effect for most patients. Treatment must involve not only relieving symptoms but also changing the patients' attitudes about their disease. Treatment should also teach patients behaviors that help them cope.
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Pregnancy, Head Colds and Medication
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...And for a cough, medicine with dextromethorphan and guaifenesin, like Robitussin DM, should be... Read more »
Cold Remedies and the FDA: Is your medication really safe?
By Sloane Miller , Health Expert...Robitussin, which uses the same active ingredient, Guaifenesin. When I asked him how well... Read more »
How Can You Know Which Allergy Medicine Is Best?
By Kathleen MacNaughton , Health ExpertThere are tons of allergy medicines available, both over the counter and by prescription. So, how... Read more »
The Never Ending Cough: Is Cough Medication the Answer?
By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert...antihistamine and expectorant (a mucus thinning agent such as guaifenesin). Others may have only... Read more »
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Sinusitis: Treatment for Chronic Sinusitis
...nasal corticosteroids or for those patients who have nasal polypsSaline nasal washesTheexpectorant guaifenesin with a decongestant taken by mouthAntihistaminesIf the condition dramatically... Read more »Pneumonia: Treatment
...cough.Coughing is an important reflex for clearing the lungs. Some doctors advise taking expectorants, such as guaifenesin (Breonesin, Glycotuss, Glytuss, Hytuss, Naldecon Senior EX, Robitussin),... Read more »Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Medications
...However, it is not clear if these agents offer any important benefits.Expectorants. Expectorants, such as guaifenesin (found in common cough remedies), stimulate the flow of fluid in the airways... Read more »Sinusitis: Treatment for Acute Sinusitis
...decongestant.ExpectorantsExpectorants are drugs that cause mucus to be coughed up from the lungs. The most common type used is guaifenesin, which is found in many over-the-counter (OTC) cough... Read more »Alzheimer's- Diagram of the Brain
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative disease of the brain from which there is no recovery. The disease slowly attacks nerve cells in all parts of the cortex of... Read more »Medications
This combination medication is used to temporarily treat coughing and chest congestion symptoms... Read more »
Guaifenesin/pseudoephedrine is used for the temporary relief of nose/sinus/ear congestion and cough... Read more »
This combination medication is used to temporarily treat coughing and chest congestion symptoms... Read more »
This combination medication is used to temporarily treat coughing, stuffy nose, and chest... Read more »
Guaifenesin/pseudoephedrine is used for the temporary relief of nose/sinus/ear congestion and cough... Read more »
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