You do not have to overpay for high-quality medicines. There are many medications that are direct analogs of various drugs, and they are no worse than the originals. This is especially true if high-speed, but inexpensive and effective cough drugs are needed. Knowing the list of such medicines, it is easy to save on therapy of this symptom and spend 2-4 times less money.
Qualitative, but inexpensive and effective drugs for dry cough
If there is no expectoration of sputum, antitussive medicines should be used. They act directly on the centers that are responsible for the occurrence of airway contractions, prevent their irritation. Most of the drugs in question also have mild anesthetic effects, promote bronchial expansion and prevent spasms.
The most effective and cheap drugs with a dry cough:
1. Medicines that simultaneously exhibit anti-inflammatory, bronchodilator and antitussive properties, which reduce cough reflexes and viscosity of thick sputum in the bronchi:
- Stoptussin ;
- Broncholitin;
- Tussin Plus;
- Butamyrate;
- Lorraine;
- Prothiazine;
- Hexapneumine;
- Herbion with plantain.
2. Medications that affect the peripheral nerve endings and receptors that are located locally in the trachea and bronchial tree:
- Levopron;
- Helicidin;
- Libexin
- Linkas.
3. Preparations of the central antitussive action, stopping even severe attacks of cough and inflammation with the narcotic component:
- Hydrocodone;
- Codeine;
- Codipron;
- Demorphan;
- Kodelak.
4. Preparations of the central antitussive action without narcotic ingredients:
- Tusuprex;
- Sedotussin;
- Glavent;
- Sinecod;
- Paxelidine;
- Falimint;
- Omnitus.
Good, but inexpensive and effective drugs from a wet cough
When the bronchial secretion is already expectorated, it is necessary to facilitate its removal - to reduce the viscosity and increase the amount. For this purpose a separate group of medicines, mucolytics and expectorants are intended.
The 10 most effective preparations for a productive cough:
- Ambroxol;
- Bromhexine;
- Ambrogen;
- Haliksol;
- ATSTS (Acetylcysteine);
- Ambroghexal;
- Herbion syrup of primrose;
- Pertussin;
- Gedelix;
- Fluidite.
The following drugs have practically the same effect:
- Ambrosan;
- Lazolvan;
- Medovent;
- Ambrolanolazolvan;
- Bisolvon;
- Fulpen;
- Broxin;
- Letostein;
- Flegamine;
- The collection;
- bicarbonate, citrate, benzoate and carboxymethylcysteine sodium.
Also very popular drugs based on completely natural ingredients:
- Tablets from cough with thermopsis;
- Mukaltin;
- syrup of althea;
- infusion of plantain leaves;
- The mukonist;
- syrup of licorice root ;
- infusion of herb-coltsfoot;
- Mukobene;
- syrup of the root elecampane;
- thoracic fees (1-4);
- infusion of root stink.
In addition, you can recommend such mucolytic and expectorant drugs:
- Guaifenazine;
- Mucosol;
- Ipecacuanha;
- Mukoprint;
- potassium iodide;
- Chymotrypsin;
- Terpin hydrate;
- Bronkatar;
- Mukodin;
- Fluvik;
- Mistabrone;
- Trypsin;
- Pulmonizing;
- sodium iodide.
All these medicines are of low cost and interchangeable, but you must strictly adhere to the instructions for use, avoid the simultaneous use of antitussive and expectorant drugs. Do not take drugs for longer than the recommended course of therapy, if the inefficiency of any remedy is better stop using it and change the medication. Before buying any medicine, it is advisable to get a consultation between a therapist and a pulmonologist.