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MeSH Heading: Antitussive Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.427.153; D27.505.954.796.090
Unique ID: D000996
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000996
Scope Note: Agents that suppress cough. They act centrally on the medullary cough center. EXPECTORANTS, also used in the treatment of cough, act locally.
Entry Term(s): Antitussive; Antitussive Agent; Antitussive Drug; Antitussive Drugs; Antitussives; Cough Suppressant; Cough Suppressants
NLM Classification #: QV 76
See Also: Expectorants
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0001516
Scope Note: Agents that suppress cough. They act centrally on the medullary cough center. EXPECTORANTS, also used in the treatment of cough, act locally.
Terms: Antitussive Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T003067
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Antitussive Agent
Term UI T000997039
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antitussive Drug
Term UI T000997040
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cough Suppressant
Term UI T000997041
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antitussive Drugs
Term UI T003069
Date04/04/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Antitussives
Term UI T003068
Date03/14/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Antitussive
Term UI T000997038
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cough Suppressants
Term UI T757842
Date09/16/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

Antitussive Agents MeSH Descriptor Data 2025