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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Exp 16 years

Steroids For Cough

Premium Questions

Dr.  Meera Kotecha MD

My 21 months old son is sufferring from cough and cold since last 15 days. During this entire period his chest is found very clear. However, he is having running nose and occasional cough all the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Meera Kotecha ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Shafi Ullah Khan MD

I have had chest congestion, cough for month and a half. I have been on 3 rounds of steroids and antibiotics and still cant cough up phlegm. It also is making it difficult to breath. Xray didn't reveal... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Noble Zachariah MD

doctor a standard cough mixture,a puffer,and steroids but the cough remains....any suggestions? ...My wife has developed a very dry cough ,very limitled flem.we are currently experiencing very... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Noble Zachariah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Chobufo Ditah MD

. harsh dry cough . sweating at night. had a course of antibiotics and steroids .. no improvement. cough persistent .. starting coughing up small amount of blood... started on another antibiotic and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Indu Kumar MD

steroids do not seem to be helping that much. It seems the cough is about the same as it was before I ...I do not smoke, am 50 years old and developed a cough in February. It seemed to be related to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)

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Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel MD

i have been suffering from chronic cough since about 6 weeks now....it was a dry cough earlier but then i develped cough with expectoration.i have taken a course of antibiotic rx with lots of... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  Het Ram Bishnoi MD

my daughter had a wk of bacterial bronchitis infection.. the fever subsided in a wk and so had the cough. the cough returned after a wk now. and our doc said she had some inflamation in the tract and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.       Harry Maheshwari MD

giving me another medicine to help with the cough. When I came to pick up my medicine they told me the other medicine are steroids (methylprednisolone 4 mg). No explanation from the dr why he prescribed ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harry Maheshwari ( Dentist)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

chest now left side of my chest when I cough bad ..3 weeks ago my dr give me steroids antibiocics and ...iv had cough now for 4 months + v got copd asma last to weeks my cough got worse when I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Jose Ignacio Artero Munoz MD

Everytime my son has a cold cough fever ear infection etc. his doctor always prescibes steroids. I don t remember growing up taking steroids for all these things. I feel like if he even as so much ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jose Ignacio Artero Munoz ( General & Family Physician)