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Brand name: Benadryl Cough Medicine for Dry Coughs TM
Active ingredients: dextromethorphan + diphenhydramine, dextromethorphan + pseudoephedrine
What it is used for
Relieves symptoms of dry cough and cold.
How to take it
You should seek medical advice in relation to medicines and use only as directed by a healthcare professional.
- The way to take this medicine: Oral
- Store below 30 degrees Celsius
- Lifetime is 18 Months.
Always read the label. If symptoms persist see your healthcare professional.
Visual appearance
Clear dark red viscous liquid
Do I need a prescription?
This medicine is available from a pharmacy without prescription.It is
Over 65?
This medicine contains the active ingredients:
If you are over 65 years of age, there may be specific risks and recommendations for use of this medicine. Please discuss your individual circumstances with your pharmacist, doctor or health professional. For more information read our page on medication safety for older people.
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Benadryl Family Dry | myVMC
Benadryl Dry is used to treat unproductive cough and related cold symptoms like sneezing. It contains dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine and pseudoephedrine.
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Benadryl Family Dry Forte | myVMC
Benadryl Family Dry Forte is a cough syrup containing dextromethorphan hydrobromide which supresses the cough centre in the brain.
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Benadryl for the Family Dry Cough and Nasal Congestion Oral Liquid - myDr.com.au
Benadryl for the Family Dry Cough and Nasal Congestion Oral Liquid - Consumer Medicines Information leaflets of prescription and over-the-counter medicines
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Cough: dry cough - myDr.com.au
A dry cough is one that is non-productive (no phlegm or mucus is produced) and irritating. Find out the causes, tests and when to see the doctor.
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Cough | myVMC
Medical information about causes of coughing, whooping cough symptoms, kennel cough dry cough medicine, chronic cough, whooping cough symptom of croup cough with cough remedies.
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Bisolvon Dry Oral liquid - myDr.com.au
Bisolvon Dry Oral liquid - Consumer Medicines Information leaflets of prescription and over-the-counter medicines
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Cough and cold medicines for children - changes | Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
This TGA behind-the-news article was published on 26 November 2012.
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Benadryl Family Chesty Forte | myVMC
Benadryl for the family chesty forte syrup treats productive coughs by loosening and clearing phlegm and mucus
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Benadryl Family Original | myVMC
Benadryl for the Family Original treats colds and hayfever
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Immunisation Coalition | Whooping Cough
Whooping Cough
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Top results
Treatment of the cough in whooping cough | Cochrane
We reviewed the evidence from 12 studies about the effect of treatments for cough in patients with whooping cough.
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
Leukotriene receptor antagonist for prolonged non-specific cough in children | Cochrane
Children with non-specific cough (dry and non-productive cough without any other respiratory symptom, sign or systemic illness) are commonly treated with a variety of medications to treat the symptom of cough. This review examined whether there was any evidence for using leukotriene receptor antagonist in children with non-specific cough. There were two randomised controlled trials that included, but was not restricted to, children with non-specific cough, whereby no significant advantage over placebo was found in both studies. There is no RCT evidence to support the routine use of leukotriene receptor antagonist for the symptom of non-specific cough in children. Further research examining the effects of this treatment using child appropriate cough outcome measures is needed.
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Methylxanthines for prolonged non-specific cough in children | Cochrane
Children with non-specific cough (dry and non-productive cough without any other respiratory symptom, sign or systemic illness) are commonly treated with a variety of medications to manage the symptom of cough. This review examined whether there was any evidence for using methylxanthines in children with non-specific cough. There were no randomised controlled trials that assessed methylxanthines for prolonged non-specific cough in children. In four non-randomised controlled studies, the researchers described that dramatic improvements in cough were seen within 2-14 days of taking oral theophylline. However, this is possibly a placebo and/or time period effect. There is no RCT evidence to support the routine use of methylxanthines for the symptom of non-specific cough in children. Further research examining the effects of methylxanthines using child appropriate cough outcome measures are needed.
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Honey for acute cough in children | Cochrane
Cough is a cause for concern for parents and a major cause of outpatient visits in most clinics for both children and adults. Cough can affect quality of life, cause anxiety and affect sleep for parents and children. An immediate remedy is usually sought by the caregiver and patient. Cochrane reviews have reported on the effect of over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines, but none have studied honey as a cough relief.
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Codeine for the treatment of chronic cough in children | Cochrane
We sought to answer the question of whether codeine (or medications produced from codeine) are safe and effective in the treatment of chronic cough (four weeks or longer) in children.
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Anticholinergics for prolonged non specific cough in children | Cochrane
Children with non-specific cough, (non-productive cough in the absence of identifiable chest disease) are commonly treated with a variety of medications for control of cough symptoms. This review examined the effect of inhaled anti-cholinergic drugs in children with non-specific cough. Currently there is no evidence to support the use of inhaled anti-cholinergics as no randomised-controlled trials of inhaled anti-cholinergic medications in the management of prolonged non-specific cough in children were found.
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Inhaled cromones for prolonged non-specific cough in children | Cochrane
Children with non-specific cough (coughing not due to a diagnosed respiratory disease), are commonly treated with a variety of medications to treat the symptoms of cough. This review examined whether there was any evidence for children with non-specific cough to inhale cromoglycate and nedocromil (commonly called 'cromones'). There were no randomised controlled trials identified that assessed inhalation of cromones for prolonged non-specific cough in children. In two non-randomised studies, the researchers found that improvements were seen within two weeks of taking cromones. Because cromones have few adverse effects, they are an attractive treatment for children. However, there is no evidence to support their routine use for the symptoms of non-specific cough in children. Further research examining the effects of this treatment is needed.
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Anti-histamines for prolonged non-specific cough in children | Cochrane
Children with non-specific cough are commonly treated with a variety of medications to treat the symptom of cough. The objective of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-histamines in children with prolonged cough that is not related to an underlying respiratory disease, that is, non-specific chronic cough. We included three therapeutic studies with 182 randomised participants. Two studies found that chronic cough significantly improved in both treatment and placebo groups with no difference between the two groups. One small study however described that children who had chronic cough associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis treated with cetirizine improved significantly more than children on placebo and this difference was evident by two weeks. Four studies that evaluated safety profiles included 3166 randomised participants and described a non significant increase in cough in participants who received the active medication. Despite the limitations of this review, our findings are similar to the review on anti-histamines for acute cough which showed no good evidence for or against the use of anti-histamines. In contrast to recommendations in adults with chronic cough, anti-histamines cannot be recommended as empirical therapy for children with chronic cough. Further research examining the effects of this treatment using child appropriate cough outcome measures is needed.
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Over-the-counter medications to help reduce cough for children and adults on antibiotics for acute pneumonia | Cochrane
Over-the-counter medications to help reduce cough for children and adults on antibiotics for acute pneumonia
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Over-the-counter (OTC) medications for acute cough in children and adults in community settings | Cochrane
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