Pediatric cough: Placebo cough syrup better than no treatment

Cough Syrup Use in Infants, A Dangerous Practice

Sleep disturbance is a very common finding in patients with persistent cough1. This is especially apparent in infants with common cold or influenza and the continuous crying can lead to considerable distress for the parents. Cough syrups which are easily available as over the counter medications can induce sleep, and many parents turn to this medication when their infant is suffering from persi...

Efficacy of Grintuss® pediatric syrup in treating cough in children: a randomized, multicenter, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

BACKGROUND Cough is an extremely common problem in pediatrics, mostly triggered and perpetuated by inflammatory processes or mechanical irritation leading to viscous mucous production and increased sensitivity of the cough receptors. Protecting the mucosa might be very useful in limiting the contact with micro-organisms and irritants thus decreasing the inflammation and mucus production. Natura...

Do cough suppressants or honey help pediatric cough?

Is Your Cough Getting Better?

203 Undoubtedly, cough is one of the most common symptoms that make people visit physicians for its treatment. It is also apparent that management of chronic cough is not so simple. Underlying causative diseases are diverse, pathogenic mechanism is not clear, and patients' complaints from personal subjective feelings often make physicians even more frustrated. Furthermore , some patients fail t...

Clinical validation of efficacy and safety of herbal cough formula: study of herbal cough syrup.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY To clinically validate the efficacy and safety of herbal cough formula CORSHE-E of ayurvedic origin. PROCEDURE An open label, uncontrolled clinical study was done on thirty patients with history of cough. The patients were given the cough syrup after they were enrolled in the study and were followed up for a period of seven days. The cough severity, frequency (as record...