Cough

Cough is the indication for 53 drugs in DrugBank. It is covered by 152 curated, structured indications.

Also known as: Coughing · Coughing Response
Classified under: Respiratory Tract Diseases
Signs, Symptoms, and General Pathologies
Indicated drugs: Acetaminophen
Albuterol
Alimemazine
Ammonium carbonate
Ammonium chloride
Antimony potassium tartrate
Antipyrine
Benzonatate
Bromhexine
Brompheniramine
Butamirate
Carbocisteine
Chlorpheniramine
Choline salicylate
Clofedanol
Cloperastine
Codeine
Dextromethorphan
Diphenhydramine
Dropropizine
Dyclonine
Ephedrine
Ethyl nitrite
Ethylmorphine
Eucalyptus oil
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Resolves to

Vocabularies

MeSHM0005255ICD-10R05SNOMED CT139176003MedDRA10011224UMLSC0010200

What you can answer from here — as of October 22, 2026

53Indicated drugsWith each drug's targets and mechanism

152Structured indicationsPopulation, line of therapy, route and combination as fields, not prose

225Clinical trialsPhase, status and sponsor resolved per trial

548Drugs reporting it as an adverse effectWith incidence where the label states it

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