[Therapeutic modalities for the management of cough associated with acute respiratory viral infection, effective in an otolaryngologist's practice].

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness ascoril therapy in comparison with the treatment using the mucoactive agent lasolvan in the adult patients suffering from productive cough associated with acute viral respiratory infection. Patients and methods. The study included 120 patients suffering from productive cough associated with acute viral respiratory infection. They were divided into two groups. The patients comprising group 1 (n=6.) were treated with ascoril, those in group 2 (n=60) were given lasolvan. Results. The effectiveness of the treatment of cough in group 1 was found to be higher compared with that in group 2 (p<0.05); moreover, it was associated with better dynamics of certain indicators of the quality of life, such as the social activity level, vitality, and general health (p<0.05). The safety of the proposed treatment was confirmed by the absence of the adverse events throughout the entire treatment period.

[The novel approaches to the treatment of cough attributable to "postnasal drip syndrome"].

The objective of the present work was to evaluate the effectiveness of the management of coughing caused by postnasal drip syndrome with the use of sinupret. The study included 40 patients allocated to two groups. The patients of group 1 were treated with sinupret while those of group 2 were given tablets containing the powder of Thermopsis lanceolata. The analysis of coughing dynamics has demonstrated that the effectiveness scores of sinupret were higher than those of thermpopsis tablets.