Question

pharmacology made easy 5.0 the respiratory system test question: 20 of 25 time remaining: 16:05:31 a nurse is teaching a client about the use of a mucolytic to treat a cough. the nurse should include that a mucolytic has which of the following therapeutic effects? suppresses the cough stimulus reduces inflammation thins and loosens mucus dries secretions

Explanation:

Mucolytics are medications that work by breaking down the chemical structure of mucus, making it thinner and less viscous, which allows it to be more easily coughed up or cleared from the respiratory tract. Suppressing the cough stimulus is the action of antitussives, reducing inflammation is typical of anti - inflammatory drugs (like corticosteroids), and drying secretions is the effect of expectorants or anticholinergics in some cases, not mucolytics. So the correct effect of a mucolytic is to thin and loosen mucus.

Answer:

Thins and loosens mucus