Levodropropizine

Levodropropizine

Levodropropizine

Chemical compound

Levodropropizine is a cough suppressant. It is the levo isomer of dropropizine. It acts as a peripheral antitussive, with no action in the central nervous system.[1] It does not cause side effects such as constipation or respiratory depression which can be produced by opioid antitussives such as codeine and its derivatives.

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References

  1. [1]
    De Blasio F, Dicpinigaitis PV, Rubin BK, De Danieli G, Lanata L, Zanasi A (January 2012). "An observational study on cough in children: epidemiology, impact on quality of sleep and treatment outcome". Cough. 8 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1745-9974-8-1. PMC 3274450. PMID 22269875.


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