Delsym Cough and Sore Throat
Generic name:acetaminophen and dextromethorphan [ a-SEET-a-MIN-oh-fen-and-DEX-troe-me-THOR-fan ]
Brand names: Children's Delsym Cough Plus Sore Throat, Children's Triacting, Children's Tylenol Cold + Cough + Sore Throat, Delsym Cough and Sore Throat, Triaminic Cough and Sore Throat Softchews
Drug class:Upper respiratory combinations
What is Delsym Cough and Sore Throat?
Delsym Cough and Sore Throat is a combination medicine used to treat cough, sore throat, headache, fever, and minor aches and pain or fever caused by throat irritation or the common cold.
Delsym Cough and Sore Throat will not treat a cough that is caused by smoking, asthma, or emphysema.
Delsym Cough and Sore Throat may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Warnings
You should not use this medicine if you have severe liver disease.
Use this medicine exactly as directed. An overdose of acetaminophen can damage your liver or cause death.
Call your doctor at once if you have nausea, pain in your upper stomach, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, or jaundice (yellowing of your skin or eyes).
Stop taking this medicine and call your doctor right away if you have skin redness or a rash that spreads and causes blistering and peeling.
Before taking this medicine
You should not take acetaminophen if you are allergic to it, or if you have:
severe liver disease; or
if you have taken an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days, such as isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, or tranylcypromine.
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