To minimize the health risks of a non-mainstream treatment. 1  Discuss it with your doctor. It might have side effects or interact with other medicines. 2  Find out what the research says about it. 3  Choose practitioners carefully. 4  Tell all of your doctors and practitioners about all of the different types of treatments you use.
A dry cough means it's tickly and doesn't produce any phlegm (thick mucus). A chesty cough means phlegm is produced to help clear your airways. Most coughs clear up within three weeks and don't require any treatment. For more persistent coughs, it's a good idea to see your GP so they can investigate the cause. Find out when to see your GP.
One of the most common side effects of all these medications is a cough (Annals of Internal Medicine, Jan. 1, 2008; Chest [suppl], Jan, 2006). The medical literature confirms that from 5 to 35 percent of patients will develop a nasty ACE cough while taking one of these drugs. And that may be a low estimate. ACE Cough Can Linger: After stopping an ACEi it may take anywhere from 4 weeks to 3 months for the cough to finally disappear. No amount of cough medicine can quell this kind of cough. The only solution is usually to change to a completely different kind of blood pressure medication.