5 Recommendations for Children’s Cough Medicines That Can Be Purchased at Pharmacies, Pay Attention to Age Limits

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Cough is a pain that children often experience, Mother. This condition often makes children lazy to do activities so they don’t have an appetite. In more severe conditions, the child may need cough medicine to relieve it.

Cough is the body’s response that occurs in the respiratory tract. This could be a sign that the child’s body is trying to deal with an irritant or foreign object that has entered the body.

Cough in children can be accompanied by other symptoms, such as flu, fever, headache, and runny nose. Basically, coughing in children rarely causes serious problems.

“Keep in mind that coughing is actually good, because it can help the body to rid itself of the discomfort of a stuffy nose. However, in cases where the cough persists, some medication is needed to relieve the symptoms,” Pediatrician Dan Brennan, MD, is quoted as saying. from Web MD.

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Children’s cough medicine

Mothers can give cough medicine if the symptoms get worse and interfere with the child’s activities. Launching from various sources, here are 5 recommendations for cough medicine for children that can be purchased at pharmacies:

1. OBH Combi Kids

OBH Combi Children Cough Plus Flu can be an option to deal with cough with flu, Mother. Citing page Combiphar, This medicinal syrup is useful for relieving coughs accompanied by flu symptoms, such as fever, headache, nasal congestion, and sneezing.

This cough medicine contains 100 milligrams (mg) of succus liquiritiae extract, 120 mg paracetamol, 50 mg ammonium chloride, 7.5 mg pseudoephedrine HCl, and 1 mg chlorpheniramine maleate.

Rules for using the drug for children aged 2-5 years is 3 x 5 milliliters (ml) a day and ages 6-12 years is 3 x 10 ml. This drug is available in various flavors, such as apple, orange, strawberry, and honey.

Home Remedies to Overcome Children’s Coughs and Colds/ Photo: ipadguides/Mia Kurnia Sari

Read the next page for other cough medicine recommendations for children.

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