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Whooping Cough Treatment
Treatment for whooping
cough
may include:
Plenty of liquids
Bronchodilator medications
:
Albuterol
(
Ventolin
,
Proventil
,
Volmax
)
Metaproterenol
(
Alupent
,
Metaprel
)
Antibiotics for whooping
cough
:
Azithromycin
(
Zithromax
)
Clarithromycin
(
Biaxin
)
Erythromycin
(EES)
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications
for pain:
Ibuprofen
(
Motrin
,
Advil
)
Naproxen
(
Anaprox
,
Naprosyn
,
Aleve
)
Ketoprofen
(
Orudis
)
Oxygen therapy
Respiratory therapy for whooping
cough
Family members may also receive antibiotics, in order to prevent the spread of whooping
cough
.
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Last Updated: Sep 2, 2008
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;
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Whooping Cough References:
Altunaiji S, Kukuruzovic R, Curtis N, Massie J. Antibiotics for whooping cough (pertussis). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jan 25;(1):CD004404.
Pillay V, Swingler G. Symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;(4):CD003257.
Watanabe M, Nagai M. Whooping cough due to Bordetella parapertussis: an unresolved problem. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2004 Jun;2(3):447-54.
