Covonia Dry & Tickly Cough Linctus 300ml soothing relief of dry coughs and sore throats

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There are also many other cough remedies and cold and flu remedies available that contain pholcodine in combination with other active ingredients.

Adults and adolescents over 12 years of age should take one or two 5ml spoonfuls three or four times a day. Expectorants such as squill and liquorice are thought to work by increasing the volume of fluid produced in the airways. This helps to thin and loosen the mucus in the airways, making it easier to cough up. Should be used with caution in patients with renal, hepatic or respiratory disease, including a history of asthma.Pregnant or breastfeeding: Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant. If you use it when breastfeeding, some drugs in this medicine will be present, in small amounts, in your milk. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice if you might be pregnant or are breastfeeding

If you find Covonia dry cough sugar free formula makes you feel sleepy this may be made worse if you take it with other medicines that can cause drowsiness, such as the following:People suffering from alcoholism or epilepsy. This medicine contains a small amount of alcohol (equivalent to 15ml beer or 6ml wine per 10ml dose).

Pholcodine passes into breast milk in small amounts. It should only be used by women who are breastfeeding if the expected benefit to the mother outweighs any potential risk to the nursing infant.However, you should avoid using Covonia chesty cough mixture in combination with other cough medicines. In particular don't use it with medicines that suppress a cough, such as dextromethorphan, pholcodine or codeine. Concomitant use of codeine and sedative medicines such as benzodiazepines or related drugs may result in sedation, respiratory depression, coma and death. Because of these risks, concomitant prescribing with these sedative medicines should be reserved for patients for whom alternative treatment options are not possible. If a decision is made to prescribe this medicine concomitantly with sedative medicines, the lowest effective dose should be used, and the duration of treatment should be as short as possible. While Covonia chesty cough mixture is suitable for most adults, there are certain people who shouldn't take it. These include: This medicine contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23mg) per dose, which is to say essentially 'sodium-free'