Cough medications

Obviously there is quite a bit of dope in these cough medications. Remember to multiply, the amount per dose times the total fluid oz. of the bottle, when figuring the total amount available. Now, I look up the properties of each and record each. Consider what form I m dealing with a liquid. How do we separate liquids Column chromatography would work great. Read the section on column chromatography carefully. Then refer to the properties that you just recorded. 

Lithium carbonate, administered for affective and bipolar disorders, may enhance the effects of antithyroid drugs. Potassium iodide, used as an expectorant, is a major ingredient in many cough medications. Iodide derived from this source may enhance the effects of antithyroid drugs and lead to iodine-induced hypothyroidism. Iodine in topical antiseptics and radiological contrast agents may act in a similar manner. 

The opioid derivatives most commonly used as antitussives are dextromethorphan, codeine, levopropoxyphene, and noscapine (levopropoxyphene and noscapine are not available in the USA). They should be used with caution in patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (see Table 31-5). Antitussive preparations usually also contain expectorants to thin and liquefy respiratory secretions. Importantly, due to increasing reports of death in young children taking dextromethorphan in formulations of over-the-counter "cold/cough" medications, its use in children less than 6 years of age has been banned by the FDA. Moreover, due to variations in the metabolism of codeine, its use for any purpose in young children is being reconsidered. 

Schedule V. These drugs have the lowest relative abuse potential. Drugs in this category consist primarily of low doses of opioids that are used in cough medications and antidiarrheal preparations. 

Anon (1999) Cough medications in children. Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin 37 19-21. 

Historically the plant has been used to treat a wide assortment of diseases. In Europe catharanthus roseus has been employed as a folk remedy for diabetes for several centuries. In other countries the herb has been used to treat wasp and bee stings, to stop bleeding and even as a diuretic and as a cough medication. 

Sometimes, especially in Japan and the Philippines, ephedrine is taken specifically as a psychostimulant. In Japan, BRON, the OTC cough medication containing methylephedrine, dihydrocodeine, caffeine, and chlorpheniramine is very widely abused and transient psychosis is not an uncommon result (Tokunaga et al., 1989 Ishigooka et al., 1991 Levine et al., 1993). 

The client diagnosed with the flu is prescribed the cough medication hydrocodone. Which information should the nurse teach the client regarding this medication ... 

Products and Uses Derived from softwood pine trees. Products include tar soap, shampoos, bath oils, and cough medications. Used as a preservative, disinfectant, or deodorant. 

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