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My father has been suffering with severe cough since last few months.He has been advised unicontin 400 ,once daily at night by the doctor. Doc says that his throat muscles are shrinking . Just want to ensure if the medication is correct. Note : He also takes BP tablet in the morning daily due to high BP issues
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What's the name of your BP medicine. Sometimes cough is due to BP medicine from ACEI family of drugs. So kindly let me know the medicine and also get a chest xray done . Get back to me with the reports
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