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Upper Respiratory Combinations

Mucinex D (guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine) is a combination of two medications. Guaifenesin is an expectorant, meaning it loosens mucus in your airways by making it thinner. This makes it easier to cough out mucus and help clear chest congestion. Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant, which works to relieve stuffy nose.

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                        Average retail cost: $20/20 tabs

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Antihistamine, Decongestant, and Allergy medication It can treat allergy symptoms such as watery eyes and runny or stuffy nose.

 

 

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Mucinex D (guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine)
Zyrtec-D (cetirizine / pseudoephedrine)
* Prices reflect U.S. average retail price

Hydromet (hydrocodone / homatropine) is a combination medication that helps relieve cough in adults 18 years of age and older. It's habit-forming, so this medication is typically used as one of the last options to help with cough.

 

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Chlorpheniramine is an antihistamine. Codeine is a narcotic cough suppressant. Tuxarin ER is a combination medicine used to treat cough, runny nose, and sneezing caused by allergies or the common cold.

 

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Hydromet (homatropine / hydrocodone)
Tuxarin ER (chlorpheniramine / codeine)

Bromfed DM is a combination of three medications: brompheniramine (an antihistamine), pseudoephedrine (a decongestant), and dextromethorphan (a cough suppressant). It's used to relieve symptoms from allergies and the common cold. Bromfed DM is available only with a prescription and comes as a liquid.

 

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Alavert D‑12 Allergy & Congestion provides allergy relief, plus a powerful decongestant to help clear your worst nasal congestion and sinus pressure. This option provides 12 hours of powerful relief and is available behind your local pharmacy's counter without a prescription.

 

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Bromfed DM (brompheniramine / dextromethorphan / pseudoephedrine)
Alavert D-12 Hour Allergy and Sinus (loratadine / pseudoephedrine)

This combination medication is used to treat symptoms caused by the common cold, flu, allergies, hay fever, or other breathing illnesses (such as sinusitis, bronchitis). Dextromethorphan is a cough suppressant that affects a certain part of the brain (cough center), reducing the urge to cough.

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                           Average retail cost: $49/bottle

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Claritin-D (loratadine / pseudoephedrine) is a combination of two medications that relieve allergies and congestion. Loratadine (an antihistamine) lowers inflammation caused by allergies, and pseudoephedrine (a decongestant) clears your sinuses.

 

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Polytussin DM (dexchlorpheniramine / dextromethorphan / phenylephrine)
Claritin-D (loratadine / pseudoephedrine)

Hydromet (hydrocodone / homatropine) is a combination medication that helps relieve cough in adults 18 years of age and older. It's habit-forming, so this medication is typically used as one of the last options to help with cough.

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                                     Average retail cost: $22/bottle

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Chlophedianol, dexchlorpheniramine, and pseudoephedrine are used together in an oral preparation to relieve cough, nasal congestion, sneezing, itching of the nose or throat, and itchy, watery eyes due to the common cold, hay fever, or other respiratory allergies.

 

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Hycodan (homatropine / hydrocodone)
Vanacof (chlophedianol / dexchlorpheniramine / pseudoephedrine)

Allegra-D (fexofenadine / pseudoephedrine) is a combination of two medications that relieve allergies and congestion. Fexofenadine (an antihistamine) lowers inflammation caused by allergies, and pseudoephedrine (a decongestant) clears your sinuses.

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                           Average retail cost: $62/30 tabs

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TUZISTRA XR (two-zis-tra) is a prescription medicine used to treat cough and respiratory symptoms that you can have with allergies or a common cold. TUZISTRA XR contains 2 medicines, codeine and chlorpheniramine. Codeine is a narcotic cough suppressant. Chlorpheniramine is an antihistamine.

 

Manufacturer's Website: TuzistraXR                                                                                                                                                 Average retail cost: $180/bottle

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Allegra-D 24 Hour (fexofenadine / pseudoephedrine)
Tuzistra XR (chlorpheniramine / codeine )

TussiCaps are indicated for the temporary relief of cough and upper respiratory symptoms associated with allergy or the common cold in patients 18 years of age and older.

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                       Average retail cost: $432/10 caps

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TussiCaps (chlorpheniramine / hydrocodone)
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