My wife underwent open heart surgery and she is having a bad cough for last one week. We are taking Cephlex 250mg capsules 6hourly for last seven days but without any improvement. She has got a lot of sputum accumulation on her chest. She is diabetic too on insulin mixtard. Can you please suggest a good cough syrup that she can take to get relieved off the sputum? Last night she got a bit shivering and hence we took Panadol tab to control the shivering. We are living in Kuwait.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. In my opinion, we should rule out lung infection and bronchitis first. Since she is diabetic, post-operative patient, having cough with chest congestion and chills (shivering), chances of lung infection (pneumonia) and bronchitis are more. So better not to take give haphazard Chat Doctor.  Consult pulmonologist and get done 1. Clinical examination of respiratory system 2. Chest x-ray to rule out lung infection 3.  PUT (pulmonary function test) for the diagnosis of bronchitis. She may need antibiotic, inhaled bronchodilator and inhaled corticosteroids and bucolic 