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Running nose and cough
My younger son is 1 year old and has been suffering with a running nose and cough for 2 days. For that we use medicine Mucolite (3 Times a day 1 ml) and ZeroCold ( 1ml night) for 2 days. I request to please suggest appropriate medicine to cure. Thank you
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Cough and cold is usually due to a viral infection. It can last for 1 or 2 weeks. There is no cure for it. It will decrease slowly over time
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Greetings u can use the same medicine along with Nasoclear nasal spray
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Dr. Rahul Raosaheb Raut
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Beed
Running nose nd cough is viral thing .. it will take atleast 7 days..
Use only Nasal drops ..
maintain hydration..
Nd you can use different home remedies..
( like honey..)
There is no role of Mucolite nd zero cold..
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Dr. Tangade Vishal Bhanudas
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4 yrs exp
Pune
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
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Rajkot
You can give same
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Dr. Abhishek Khandelwal
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4 yrs exp
Raipur
The drug combination of chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine present in many OTC cough syrups and anti-allergic medicines will now have a warning against their use for children under the age of 4 years. India has banned the use of a common-cold fixed drug combination (FDC) for children under the age of 4.
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so if you are above combination,please avoid
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kindly consult
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
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8 yrs exp
Vadodara
Maxtra
Mucolite LS
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