By Dennis & Bethany Buettner with CJ Ross
“Unfortunately, the majority of [acute cough] therapies available are currently recommended based on historical practice rather than on scientific evidence.” — Emily M. Ambizas, PharmD, MPH, BCGP (Note: There is NO mention of a permanent cure.)
“In the United States, cough is the most common complaint for which patients seek medical attention and is the second most common reason for a general medical examination, accounting for more than 26 million office visits annually.” Diagnosis is essential for effective treatment. — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2013 Jan.
“Cough is the most common reason for primary care visits, with up to 85% receiving prescriptions for treatment. Despite these high prescribing rates, the majority of patients report no symptom improvement. For example, it is reported that almost 60% of patients receive codeine-containing antitussives; 45%, proton pump inhibitors; 26%, antidepressants; 15.5%, antianxiety medications; and 13.9%, neuromodulators, such as gabapentin. An average of $3266 is attributed to annual medical costs per patient (including prescription medications, office visits, and hospitalizations). Emergency department visits and hospital utilization due to negative sequelae of continued coughing also contribute to the increased cost of managing chronic cough. Even annual costs for over-the-counter (OTC) antitussives, which only temporarily suppress symptoms, are estimated at as high as $1 billion to $3.5 billion.” — The American Journal of Managed…
All pertinent medical research has been peer reviewed and published since 1694.
by Dennis & Bethany Buettner with CJ Ross
A daughter, daddy & doctor’s special mission to bring rural and medically underserved areas & populations of the world a repeatable, permanent, instant, non-pharmacologic cure and eradicate medically unexplained chronic cough (MUCC), diagnosed as Habit Cough since 1694. This vicious & relentless chronic cough is present only during awake hours. These frequent, barking, post-viral coughs can linger for days, months, years, and even decades (in some) and are easily identified by their repetitiveness and absence once asleep. …
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