Antitussive

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Antitussive
By: Jamison Jennings
Antitussive
• This drug is used to help
settle your coughing.
Though it will not help if you
are a smoker or have long
term breathing problems.
Antitussive
here are some names for this drug
• Guiatuss
• Organidin NR
• Robitussin
Benefits and risks
Benefits
*
will help settle
your coughing
and will help
you be able to
breath easier.
Risks
* if
t you have
diabetes you
may get rashes,
itchy feelings,
and serious
allergic
reactions.
Cautions
• If you have diabetes or have been
smoking for at least two years then you
might be at risk for many reasons if you
take antitussive to help you breath better
and get rid of that awful cough.
How to administrate it
• You administrate an antitussive
orally and must be swallowed
with plenty of fluids to be able
to dissolve in the stomach and
then be administered
throughout the body.
The five rights
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Right time
Right patient
Right drug
Right dosage
Right route of administration
Antitussive
• The few things about this drug are
mentioned as it will help you settle
down your coughing, clear the
airways, and help you breath
easier. Then the bad part is that if
you smoked for a long enough
time then the drug won’t have an
affect on you at all.
This presentation has been
made and presented to you
by Jamison Jennings
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