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Introduction
of Bromhexine
Bromhexine
is used in the treatment of disorders associated with
viscid or excessive.
Bromhexine
supports the body's own natural mechanisms for clearing
mucus from the respiratory tract.
Bromhexine is secretolytic: that is, it increases the
production of serous mucus in the respiratory tract and
makes the phlegm thinner and less sticky. This contributes
to a secretomotoric effect: it helps the cilia - tiny hairs
that line the respiratory tract - to transport the phlegm
out of the lungs. For this reasons it is often added to some
antitussive (cough) syrups.
Sometimes Bromhexine is replaced by its metabolite ambroxol,
as in Mucosolvan or Mucoangin.
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