Mucoactive agents – practical use

Michał Jędrzejek; Dagmara Pokorna-Kałwak; Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas

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Review article

Mucoactive agents – practical use

Michał Jędrzejek

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Dagmara Pokorna-Kałwak

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Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas

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Katedra i Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu

Online publish date: 2020/04/21

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Mucoactive drugs are regularly used as a therapeutic option for mucus alterations, including hypersecretion. Mucus hypersecretion is a clinical feature of respiratory diseases such as chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or acute sinusitis. The main purpose of mucoactive drugs is to increase the ability to expectorate sputum and/or decrease mucus hypersecretion. Many mucoactive drugs are currently available and can be classified according to their putative mechanism of action – expectorants, mucoregulators, mucolytics, and mucokinetics. The present review provides a summary of the most clinically relevant mucoactive drugs in the management of selected acute and chronic respiratory diseases.

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Mucoactive agents – practical use

Michał Jędrzejek 1 , Dagmara Pokorna-Kałwak 1 , Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas 1

mucolytics, rhinosinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia

Michał Jędrzejek

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Dagmara Pokorna-Kałwak

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Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas

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