Mucinex Fast-Max Severe Cold and Pediacare

• Generic Name: acetaminophen / dextromethorphan / guaifenesin / phenylephrine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: DayQuil Severe Cold & Flu, Delsym Cough Plus Cold Day Time, Mucinex Children's Cold, Cough & Sore Throat, Mucinex Fast-Max Severe Cold, Sudafed PE Cold & Cough, Tylenol Cold & Flu Severe, Tylenol Cold Multi-Symptom Severe, Mucinex Sinus-Max, Sudafed PE Cold/Cough, Tylenol Cold Head Congestion, Tylenol Cold Multi Symptom, Tylenol Cold/Flu Severe, Vicks DayQuil Severe Cold/Flu

Acetaminophen is a pain reliever and fever reducer.

Dextromethorphan is a cough suppressant. It affects the signals in the brain that trigger cough reflex.

Guaifenesin is an expectorant. It helps loosen congestion in your chest and throat, making it easier to cough out through your mouth.

Phenylephrine is a decongestant that shrinks blood vessels in the nasal passages. Dilated blood vessels can cause nasal congestion (stuffy nose).

Mucinex Fast-Max Severe Cold is a combination medicine used to treat headache, fever, body aches, cough, chest congestion, stuffy nose, and sinus congestion caused by allergies, the common cold, or the flu.

Mucinex Fast-Max Severe Cold will not treat a cough that is caused by smoking, asthma, or emphysema.

Mucinex Fast-Max Severe Cold may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: dextromethorphan
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Babee Cof, Buckleys Mixture, Creomulsion, DayQuil Cough, Delsym, Robafen Cough Liquidgels, Scot-Tussin Diabetic, Silphen DM, Benylin DM Pediatric, Creo-Terpin, Delsym 12 Hour Cough Relief, Elixsure Cough, Robitussin CoughGels, St. Joseph Cough Suppressant, Sucrets DM Cough, Theraflu Thin Strips Cough, Triaminic Long Acting Cough, DexAlone, Hold, Sucrets 4-Hour Cough Drops, Robitussin Maximum Strength, Vicks Formula 44

Dextromethorphan is used to relieve coughs due to colds or influenza (flu). It should not be used for chronic cough that occurs with smoking, asthma, or emphysema or when there is an unusually large amount of mucus or phlegm (flem) with the cough.

Dextromethorphan relieves cough by acting directly on the cough center in the brain.

This medicine is available without a prescription.

Do not give any over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicine to a baby or child under 4 years of age. Using these medicines in very young children might cause serious or possibly life-threatening side effects .