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Give examples of drugs that can suppress the CNS cough reflex.
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Morephine, codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, dxtromethorphan
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What has greater antitussive (anticough) action, morphine or codeine?
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Codeine
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When using opioids for cough suppression, are the doses required less than, equal to, or greater than the doses required for analgesic activity?
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Less than
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Which opioid is the DOC for couch suppression?
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Dextromethorphan (no analgesic activity, no addiction risk)
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What is the MOA of a cough expectorant?
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An agent that things repiratory tract mucus and promotes it expulsion from the tracheobronchial system
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Give an example of cough expectorant
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Guaifenasin
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