Precautions and warnings

History of peptic ulceration.

Contraindications

Active peptic ulceration.

Mode of actions

Carbocisteine is a mucolytic.

Dosage & Administration

Oral
As a mucolytic
Adult: Initially, 750 mg tid, then 1.5 g daily in divided doses.

Child: 2-5 yr: 62.5-125 mg 4 times daily; 6-12 yr: 250 mg tid.

Pregnancy & Lactation

FDA has not yet classified this medicine into a specified pregnancy category. Although there is no enough evidence that taking this medicine during you are pregnant is harmful.

Discuss with your doctor if you are trying to get pregnant while taking this medicine too.

If you do become pregnant while you are taking this medicine, you should continue to take it and contact with your doctors as quickly as possible. They can assist you to decide whether or not to keep taking this medicine. If you abandon taking this medicine and become sick, this would be more pernicious to your child than staying on the medication.


There is no specific information about whether this medicine is passed on to the baby through breast milk. During this medication, if your baby becomes very sleepy, restless, fatigued, exhibit feeding problems, stop breastfeeding and talk to your doctors very quickly.

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