Svensk definition
Preparat som dämpar hostreflexen. De verkar centralt på det medullära hostcentret. Slemlösande medel, som också används vid hosta, verkar lokalt.
Antitussive Agents
Hostdämpande medel
Engelsk definition
Agents that suppress cough. They act centrally on the medullary cough center. EXPECTORANTS, also used in the treatment of cough, act locally.
Svenska synonymer
Antitussiva medel — Hostmedicin
Engelska synonymer
Agents, Antitussive — Antitussive Agent — Agent, Antitussive — Antitussive Drug — Drug, Antitussive — Cough Suppressants — Suppressants, Cough — Antitussive Drugs — Drugs, Antitussive — Antitussives — Antitussive — Cough Suppressant — Suppressant, Cough