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Health Check: do cough medicines work?

  • Written by Janet Sluggett, Research Fellow: Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University
imageCough and cold medicines shouldn't be used in young kids. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Having a cough can be distressing. It can disrupt sleep or even worsen urinary incontinence. So it’s not surprising 7% of Australians have reached for a cough or cold medicine in the last two weeks.

But with so many cough mixtures on the pharmacy shelves, it...

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