cough mixtures

Liquid cold treatments

Cough mixtures are liquid medications designed to suppress coughing or loosen mucus in the respiratory tract.

The term is more common in British English than American, where *cough syrup* or *cough medicine* prevails.

Some contain codeine or other ingredients that have made them targets of abuse: He got high on cough mixture.

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Opposites
medicinal form

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Medicated throat soothers

injections · suppositories · throat lozenges · pills · capsules

therapeutic purpose

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Constipation remedies

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effect on cough

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Things causing vexation

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Family

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Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G