Cough remedy needed

Are you on something like Lisinopril for blood pressure control?  It can cause a cough as a reaction to the drug.

A cough is your body's built in reaction to something that is irritating/crowding/causing inflammation in the lungs.  Basically to get it out of there!  And are the tumors causing additional production of inflammatory mucous?  If so, the cough is trying to help you.

It's spring and allergy season; are you affected in any way?  I seem to need Claritin D/24 hr. and a saline nasal spray on a daily basis. Mine started with only select pollens when I had my tonsils out as a kid.  Now I'm much more sensitive to molds, mildew, spores, and most pollens.

With the drugs you are on and the lung tumors, you may have developed a pollen allergy.

A friend is being treated for lung cancer (not a mets of another kind) and as the tumors have shrunk (monitored via x-ray), the coughing has been reduced.

Hope this helps you ask questions of your doc.  And he may be able to prescribe a cough suppresent so you can at least get some sleep.  And have you tried elevating the head of your bed, or putting another pillow on your side, so the mucous your sinuses produce don't  create the tickle that will make you cought?

Good luck,

donna_lee

I too have a bad cough and to honest I have tried everything cough syrups, prescription suppresents, etc.  What I found works best in the daytime was cough drops that helped a great deal. At night I was given a new syrup with vicadin and basically it just puts me to sleep.

Mark