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99% of adults at least once in their lives suffered from a cough, which is often accompanied by sore throat and sore throat, making it difficult to talk and sleep. First aid can be cough drops. Effective drugs have anti-inflammatory, analgesic and emollient effects and have a minimum of contraindications.
You need to understand that cough is not a disease, but a symptom of various pathological conditions: from SARS to bronchial asthma, diseases of the cardiovascular and digestive systems. The doctor must determine the exact cause. He also selects therapy and prescribes medications, among which there may be cough drops for adults.
Cough is dry and wet. Effective cough drops are needed in the first case, to stimulate the formation and excretion of sputum and reduce irritation of the respiratory tract.
Ranking of the top 10 cough drops according to KP
Our top 10 brings together the best cough drops most often prescribed by doctors and patients. When preparing the rating, the composition and effect of lozenges were taken into account. Many patients do not want to overpay, so along with medicines from the middle price segment, there are inexpensive lollipops in the top. The drugs in the ranking are randomly placed, so the best cough drops can take both the first and tenth places.
1. Bronchicum C
Bronicum C lozenges contain a liquid extract of thyme and help with weak and intense coughs. They reduce the viscosity of sputum and facilitate its removal from the respiratory tract. They have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects, accelerate recovery from laryngitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis and other infectious diseases.
Important! Lozenges “Bronhikum S” are contraindicated for pregnant and lactating women, people with decompensated form of heart failure, severe pathologies of the liver and kidneys. The drug can cause allergic reactions – in this case, the reception should be stopped immediately.
2. Halls
Inexpensive Halls lozenges are not a medicine, but a dietary supplement with a high content of menthol and eucalyptus oil. These ingredients have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects, soothe coughs, sore throats and sore throats. The manufacturer produces several types of lozenges: with sage, eucalyptus, honey, lemon and vitamin C.
Important! Lozenges contain flavorings and glucose syrup, so they are not suitable for patients with diabetes.
3. “Sage” NATUR PRODUKT
Lozenges contain dry extract and sage oil. They reduce inflammation and irritation of the mucosa, act as antiseptics and stimulate expectoration, relieve dry cough and reduce pain in the nasopharynx.
Important! This dietary supplement is not recommended to be taken simultaneously with benzodiazepines and barbiturates, sedatives, antiglycemic and anticonvulsant drugs. In addition, lozenges enhance the effect of ethanol.
4. Doctor Mom
Pastilles based on licorice root extract, ginger, officinalis and menthol. The active ingredients have a complex effect: they facilitate the formation and secretion of sputum, reduce inflammation and pain, and lower the temperature. Pastilles “Doctor Mom” are prescribed for dry cough on the background of pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis and other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract.
Important! Lozenges should not be taken simultaneously with drugs that suppress the cough reflex or reduce sputum production.
5. Neotravisil
Neotravisil lozenges contain extracts of four medicinal plants: eucalyptus, licorice, mint and camphor cinnamon. The active ingredients have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, expectorant and antiseptic effects. Lozenges relieve sore throat and soften dry cough with SARS, laryngitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis.
Important! Dietary supplements should not be taken by women during pregnancy and lactation, people with carbohydrate metabolism disorders and individual intolerance to the components of the drug.
6. Karmolis
Lozenges based on “carmol oil” – a mixture of essential oils of peppermint, thyme, anise, Chinese cinnamon, cloves, lemon, sage, lemon balm and lavender. Available in seven different flavors, with and without sugar. Used for sore throat and dry cough of various etiologies. Eliminate sore throat, facilitate coughing, freshen breath and reduce swelling of the nasal mucosa during a runny nose.
Important! The drug is not prescribed to pregnant and lactating women. When taking dietary supplements, allergic reactions are possible.
7. Koflet-X Himalaya
Lozenges with lemon, ginger and orange flavors help with dry and wet coughs. Active ingredients – honey and cloves – reduce irritation of the respiratory tract and hoarseness, have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects. Long-acting lozenges are used in the symptomatic treatment of cough, which is caused by infectious diseases, allergies, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Important! The drug may cause allergic reactions
8. Licorice lollipops from the company “Vulcan”
Inexpensive cough drops for adults. This dietary supplement contains licorice root extract, has anti-inflammatory and expectorant effects. Lozenges eliminate sore throat, facilitate the formation and separation of sputum with a dry cough of infectious and allergic origin.
Important! Not suitable for people with individual intolerance to dietary supplement components.
9. Ka malt
The active substance of the drug is a dry extract of licorice root. Inexpensive honey-flavoured lollipops have mucolytic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects. Dietary supplements are used in the complex therapy of acute respiratory diseases, soften cough and hoarseness.
Important! The drug is not suitable for people with diabetes and other disorders of carbohydrate metabolism.
10. Dr. Theiss Eucalyptus
Lollipops with menthol, vitamin C, eucalyptus and peppermint essential oils. Reduce irritation and sore throat, relieve cough, have an immunostimulating effect.
Important! The dietary supplement is not suitable for people with carbohydrate metabolism disorders, women during pregnancy and lactation.
How to choose cough drops
Ideally, cough drops for adults are selected by a doctor. With an independent choice, be sure to study the composition and effect of the drug. People with diabetes and other carbohydrate metabolism disorders should choose lozenges without sugar or with sweeteners. An unproductive cough is softened by lozenges with an expectorant effect. If the cough is accompanied by a sore throat, drugs with antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic components are chosen.
Popular questions and answers
Our experts answer questions about the causes of cough in adults and possible treatments: pulmonologist, otolaryngologist, allergist Valentin Shishkin and therapist, clinical pharmacologist, candidate of medical sciences Stanislav Naumov.
Why does the cough start?
In addition, coughing is often provoked by the following factors:
● smoking;
● allergic reactions;
● bronchial asthma;
● taking certain medications;
● helminthic invasions;
● contact with aggressive vapors and aerosols;
● gastroesophageal reflux;
● oncological diseases.
Cough is a reflex reaction of the body to irritation of the respiratory system. With the help of forced exhalation, the body gets rid of foreign particles: allergens, dust, pathogenic microorganisms. Thus, cough is a protective mechanism and at the same time a symptom of many diseases.
What to do if you have a cough?
Can I treat my own cough?
What to do if the cough does not go away?
Sources:
- Vidal Handbook 2021 Edition
- V.N. Abrosimov “Optimal approaches to cough therapy”. Chapter 8 Publication dated November 30.11.2018, XNUMX.
- A. A. Zaitsev, N. A. Anisimova, S. V. Okovity. “Pharmacodynamic approaches to the use of mucoactive drugs”. Medical scientific and practical portal “Attending Doctor”. Publication dated 19.10.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX.