(We) found very little evidence for the efficacy of these over-the-counter cough preparations for cough due to the common cold.
Dr. Richard Irwin
The best studies that we have to date would suggest there's not a lot of justification for using these medications because they haven't been shown to work.
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Some of the products contain medications that have no chance of working at all.
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We've known this for a while.
Cough is very common in children. However, cough and cold medicines are not useful in children and can actually be harmful. In most cases, a cough that is unrelated to chronic lung conditions, environmental influences, or other specific factors, will resolve on its own.
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If a patient doesn't have any nose symptoms and he or she is coughing, then you should not be thinking they have the common cold.
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