No need to stop your regular medication for minor cold,cough. You can just continue your regular medication along with levocetrizine once daily at evening for 3-5days for your cold and cough.
Yes. You should continue your daily medicines as before.
If you have no relief in symptoms you can go for a physician consultation for further discussion.
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Yes you can continue your regular Propanolol tablet during a short 2-3 days cold.
1.Avoid common cold medicines with decongestants like • Pseudoephedrine
• Phenylephrine
—Use safer options - Antihistamines like cetirizine or loratadine (usually safe)
Be cautious if they have asthma or wheezing
• Propranolol can worsen breathing problems
• If cough is associated with wheezing, shortness of breath, or chest tightness, you should seek for medical advice urgently.
Health Tips
Be cautious if they have asthma or wheezing
• Propranolol can worsen breathing problems
Betablockers including Propranolol must never be stopped suddenly more so if on a higher dose.
Sometimes people notice they become a bit wheezy when they have a cold/cough when they take Propranolol.
If that happens with you, can ask your doctor to switch to another betablocker.
All the best.
J G S R clinic
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