Therapy in Bronchopulmonary Diseases Associated with Increased Secretion of Viscous Sputum and Impaired Mucus Transport

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of cough in bronchopulmonary diseases, in particular, the attention is paid to cough with increased secretion of viscous sputum, i.e., productive cough. It is noticed that derivative of vasicine alkaloid — ambroxol belongs to effective secretolytic mucoactive drugs. A review of researches on ambroxol efficacy in pediatrics is provided, the characteristics of Ambrolitin manufactured by European pharmaceutical company «Sopharma», which active ingredient is ambroxol, are given.

Keywords

• cough
• sputum
• treatment
• ambroxol.