BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cough, Throat Lozenge, Nasal Spray

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: who

Document Summary

Ibuprofen less common: menthol ariicial sensaion allowing for decrease pain of sore throat weak analgesic ( best in cough drops) Pseudoephephedrine (works) dry up snot turns mucus into a gel like. Now we use phenylephrine side efects include loss of appeite over ime can cause stokes. Similar to methamphetamine and was used to make 50% of methamphetamine. Phenylephrine does not work as well: nasal spray contain decongestants which is a amphetamine. Side efects: makes you drowsy: chlorpheniramine is most common dayquil does not have anihistamines side efect: reduce nausea: no cold medicaion for children under 6. Best seller, main ingredient is starch (ginseng) which root looks like a person but has no clinical back up. Weak aniviral efect (ginger) in large dose: name brand are the same as generic. Avg price; . 95 per 100 for advil: nothing can prevent or cure the cold or lu virus. Producive cough from mucus then usually goes away.