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In children, acute cough is a common
symptom, which can adversely affect the
quality of children's and their care givers'
lives. Though the effectiveness of over the
counter cough medicines is controversial,
billions of dollars are spent worldwide to
treat acute cough. In Lebanon, there is folk
wisdom of using SO for ameliorating cough in
children. The proposed double blind, placebo
controlled randomized trial aims to examine
the role of SO in reducing the frequency and
severity of acute cough in children 2-10
years of age. One hundred and forty children
with cough related to common cold and
satisfying the inclusion criteria will be
recruited from primary health care centers
over 12 weeks period. Children will be given
either the SO or placebo syrup over three
consecutive nights.
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