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Antitussive Agents
| Medical Definition: | Agents that suppress cough. They act centrally on the medullary cough center. EXPECTORANTS, also used in the treatment of cough, act locally. |
| Guide Notes: | GEN or unspecified; consider also COUGH /drug ther |
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