Drug classes

Antitussives and expectorants

MFDS drug class 02220

A category that includes medications that relieve cough and facilitate the expulsion of phlegm.

Representative ingredients

The ingredients most often used in single-ingredient medicines of this type.

Commonly used for

What kind of medicines are these?

These medications are used to relieve cough symptoms and help thin mucus in the respiratory tract for easier expulsion. They are mainly used for cough and phlegm symptoms associated with respiratory diseases such as colds or bronchitis.

Cough expectorants suppress the cough reflex or help thin mucus so it can be easily expelled from the airways. Some medications act on the central nervous system to reduce coughing, while others increase mucus secretion to thin phlegm.

Good to know

Cough expectorants are a category that includes both antitussives and expectorants, where antitussives are medications that suppress cough and expectorants are medications that help thin mucus for expulsion. This category includes medications that have both actions, unlike single action agents.

Medicines in this class

Even within the same class, dosage form and prescription status can differ.

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Drug classes are only attached to medicines covered by the MFDS pill identification data, so this list does not include every medicine.

SourceKorea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Drug Safety Korea)

Product approval information is based on drug information provided by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
Ingredient and class descriptions are not part of MFDS data and were written separately by Cashdoc.
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