Dry Cough Syrup Price in Bangladesh

A cough suppressant quietens the cough reflex. It is meant for a dry, tickly cough that brings nothing up and keeps you awake — not for a chesty cough, where coughing is how the lungs clear phlegm. Most products here contain butamirate or dextromethorphan, as syrups, paediatric drops and sustained-release tablets.

Cough Suppressant sits under Cough & Cold.

Is It Really a Dry Cough?

A dry cough feels like a tickle or scratch in the throat and produces no phlegm. If you cough up mucus, or the chest sounds rattly, a suppressant can keep that mucus in the lungs. Medicines that loosen phlegm are on Cough Expectorants & Mucolytics. Never take a suppressant and an expectorant together unless a doctor has said to.

Butamirate and Dextromethorphan

Active	Forms on this shelf	Worth knowing
Butamirate	Syrup, paediatric drops, SR tablet	Not usually drowsy; SR tablets are for adults
Dextromethorphan	Syrup	Interacts with some antidepressants; can cause dizziness

What Keeps a Dry Cough Going

Most dry coughs follow a cold and settle within two or three weeks. When one lingers, there is often a cause a syrup will not fix: asthma, acid reflux, a drip of mucus from the nose, smoke or dust, or some blood-pressure medicines (ACE inhibitors). Treating that cause usually stops the cough.

Soothing the throat helps alongside: warm water with lemon and honey, lozenges for adults, and steam from a hot shower all calm the tickle that sets off a coughing fit.

Children and Cough Suppressants

Do not give cough suppressants to young children without a doctor’s advice. Paediatric drops exist, but the dose depends on age and weight and must be measured with the dropper supplied. For children over one year, warm drinks and a spoon of honey can ease a night-time cough; never give honey to a baby under one.

Taking It Safely

Follow the dose on the pack or your prescription. Tell your doctor or pharmacist about antidepressants and other regular medicines before taking dextromethorphan, and do not drink alcohol with it. Check that a combined cold syrup you already take does not contain the same active. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should ask first. Keep syrups out of reach of children and teenagers.

Night-Time Cough

A dry cough is often worse lying down. An extra pillow, a warm drink before bed and a room free of mosquito-coil smoke all help. If night cough comes with wheezing or breathlessness, it may be asthma and needs a doctor rather than a syrup.

When to See a Doctor

See a doctor for a cough lasting more than three weeks, coughing up blood, breathlessness, chest pain, high fever, night sweats or weight loss. A long cough in Bangladesh should be checked for tuberculosis, which is diagnosed and treated free at government centres. Children with fast breathing or chest drawing in need urgent care.

Dry Cough Syrup Price in Bangladesh

Plain butamirate and dextromethorphan syrups from local manufacturers are inexpensive; sustained-release tablets and paediatric drops cost a little more per pack.

Searches like cough medicine in bangladesh, cough suppressant and cough tablet in bangladesh reach this shelf. Adults who find syrup inconvenient at work often prefer the SR tablet, which is taken less often through the day.

Combined syrups that add a decongestant or antihistamine are on Combined Cough Suppressants.

Before You Order

• Use a suppressant only for a dry cough.
• Do not combine it with an expectorant.
• Ask a doctor before giving it to a young child.
• Mention antidepressants before taking dextromethorphan.
• See a doctor for a cough past three weeks.

Manufacturers Stocked Here

Makers of cough suppressants listed on Arogga:

• Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — Buratuss syrup, drops and SR tablets
• ACI Limited — Kofnix syrup and paediatric drops
• Orion Pharma Ltd. — Deconil butamirate, Dephan dextromethorphan
• The ACME Laboratories Ltd. — Butacit syrup and drops
• OSL Pharma Limited — Butafix syrup and paediatric drops

Popular Product Examples

Syrups and drops:

• Buratuss Butamirate Syrup
• Kofnix Butamirate Syrup
• Dephan Dextromethorphan Syrup
• Buratuss Paediatric Drops

Buying Dry Cough Syrup Online in Bangladesh

A suppressant for a dry cough only, measured carefully — and a doctor for the cough that will not leave.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a cough suppressant?

A medicine that calms the cough reflex, used for a dry cough.

Is butamirate drowsy?

It usually is not, but some people feel dizzy or sleepy. See how it affects you first.

Can I give dry cough syrup to my child?

Only as a doctor advises, using the paediatric form and the dropper supplied.

Why won’t my dry cough go away?

Asthma, reflux, smoke or some blood-pressure medicines can keep it going. See a doctor.

Can I take it with a mucus-thinning syrup?

Not without a doctor’s advice; they work in opposite directions.

Is there a cough tablet instead of syrup?

Yes, sustained-release butamirate tablets are for adults.