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Antitussive Agents

Known as: Cough Medicines, Antitussive Drugs, coughing suppressants 
Agents that suppress cough. They act centrally on the medullary cough center. EXPECTORANTS, also used in the treatment of cough, act locally.
National Institutes of Health

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ButorphanolCodeineDextromethorphanEthylmorphine

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Central Nervous System AgentsPharmaceutical Preparations
CoughingExpectorantsIn BloodNarcotic Antitussive [EPC]

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Review
2006
Review
2006
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute guidelines and asthma management practices among inner-city pediatric primary care providers.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Most surveys of pediatric outpatient asthma management obtain information from parents and caregivers… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Identification of Fritillaria pallidiflora using diagnostic PCR and PCR-RFLP based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences.
Fritillaria pallidiflora Schrenk (Liliaceae) is a commonly used antitussive herb. There are 9 species of Fritillaria recorded as… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Protective effect of dextromethorphan against endotoxic shock in mice.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Should we advise parents to administer over the counter cough medicines for acute cough? Systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Aims: To determine the effectiveness of over the counter (OTC) cough medicines for acute cough in children. Methods: Systematic… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Simultaneous determination of seven major isosteroidal alkaloids in bulbs of Fritillaria by gas chromatography.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Dextromethorphan and Other N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antagonists Are Teratogenic in the Avian Embryo Model
N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are a calcium-conducting class of excitatory amino acid receptors that are involved in… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Potentiation of morphine-induced antinociception in acute spinal rats by the NMDA antagonist dextrorphan
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Shooting Dope: Career Patterns of Hard-Core Heroin Users
This book is about heroin addicts. The lives of these individuals are in most ways no different from those of their friends and… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Protective effect of N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists after focal cerebral ischemia in rabbits.
We studied the efficacy of postischemic, systemic treatment with the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
'Honking': Psychogenic cough tic in children.
  • E. Weinberg
  • South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse…
  • 1980
  • Corpus ID: 21852456
Psychogenic cough tic is a troublesome complaint. The cough is a noisy bark or honking, repeated frequently while the child is… 
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