Mucolytic (carbocisteine)

Question 1

What is carbocisteine and what does it do?

Answer 1

a mucolytic

helps you cough up phlegm (also called mucus or sputum). It works by making your phlegm less thick and sticky.

Question 2

Carbocisteine - indications

Answer 2

COPD

Cystic fibrosis

Question 3

Carbocisteine - contraindication

Answer 3

active peptic ulcerations
note: also caution with people who have a history of peptic ulcers

avoid in first trimester of pregnancy

Question 4

Carbocisteine - side effects

Answer 4

diarrhoea

feeling or being sick