PRODUCT INFORMATION
Guaiphenesin is an expectorant. It helps loosen congestion in your chest and throat, making it easier to cough out through your mouth. Guaiphenesin is used to reduce chest congestion caused by the common cold, infections, or allergies.
How it works
It increases respiratory tract fluid by reducing adhesiveness and surface tension, reducing viscosity of the secretions and there by facilitating their removal and clears chest congestion.
Dextromethorphan Hbr belongs to a group of medications called antitussives (cough suppressants). This medication works by suppressing dry, hacking coughs. It is usually used for a short term to control coughing associated with the flu, cold, or due to inhaled irritants. Dextromethorphan will not treat a cough that is caused by smoking, asthma, or emphysema.
How it works
Dextromethorphan doesn’t actually treat the cause of cough or speed up recovery—but it can offer you some much-needed relief. It works by decreasing activity in the part of the brain that causes coughing.
Bromhexine hydrochloride is a synthetic derivative of the alkaloid vasicine. Bromhexine is used in a condition where there is a lot of thick mucus in the airways. As a mucolytic, it helps to relieve productive cough by thinning the mucus in the airways and facilitating the removal of the mucus.
How it works
Bromhexine hydrochloride works as a mucolytic agent by breaking down thick, sticky mucus present in the airways. It reduces the viscosity of bronchial secretions by depolymerizing mucopolysaccharide and mucoprotein fibers that give mucus its thick consistency. Bromhexine also stimulates the activity of lysosomal enzymes, which further degrade mucus components, and increases the production of serous (watery) secretions, making the sputum thinner and easier to expel.
Common Side Effects
Nausea, Diarrhea, Stomach pain, Indigestion, Upset stomach, Vomiting, Bloating, Dizziness, Headache, Rash, Hives, Sweating, Sleepiness.
Precautions
- Consult your doctor first: you are allergic to any of its ingredient and if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- you have liver disease or have a history of liver disease
