Among those campaigning to keep kratom legal are scientists such as Andrew Kruegel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University.
Even these symptoms donât necessarily mean the cough is serious. Iâm seeing plenty of people this year with fevers and coughs lasting two and even three weeks or more who still turn out to have simple viral infections. But these are symptoms that are worth a call or even a trip to your doctorâs office.
Just adding to what Jae Won Joh said, the less frequent case where you might need to suppress a cough (at least until you can get proper treatment) is when the cough is so bad or prolonged that it is damaging the lung tissue, which could lead to fluid in your lungs (pulmonary edema) and/or infection (pneumonia).