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Levokast for cough
My mother 54 years old has cough for almost three months..however doctor has prescribed levokast and advised for CBC and Tc DC ESR and HB. Reports come normal. Now he advised to take levokast for one month. How many days the medicine takes to start working? From when the medicine reduces cough?
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Levokast is for allergic disorders.
If your mother has had cough for 3 months, my advise is that you should get tested for TB.
1. Sputum for AFB
2. Digital X-ray Chest-PA view
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Dr. Vijay Singh Jadaun
Pulmonologist
38 yrs exp
Jaipur
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Dr. Pardeep Kumar Sanan
General Physician
39 yrs exp
Pathankot
Cough can be due to various reasons.
If symptomatic medication are not making much relief
You have to follow the proper process of various Investigation for getting in depth of it!
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Dr. Bisweswar Das
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Do a chest xray ,
Levokast works from the first day itself ,
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Dr. Subhashis Saha
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6 yrs exp
Kolkata
Need more discussion. Consult with a Pulmonologist
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