Word: mucomyst
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...restrictions become less important and may be relaxed. In the teens, only moderate fat restriction is usually necessary. One of the most effective new treat ments for clogging of the lungs is inhalation of a mist containing a wetting and detergent agent, N-acetylcysteine (Mead Johnson & Co.'s Mucomyst). Many young patients get along well if they sleep, and perhaps lie down for a while during the day, in mist tents. In somewhat more severe cases, they inhale the mist under gentle pump pressure (TIME, Nov. 22, 1963). But in the most severe cases, this still is not enough...
...Reas reports in the Southern Medical Journal that he used a new mist-making drug, N-acetylcysteine (trade named Mucomyst by Mead Johnson & Co.) on 28 patients aged 7 to 22. He clapped a face mask on his patients twice a day, before meals, and got them to inhale Mucomyst aerosol supplied under gentle pressure by a small pump. After 20 minutes, each bedridden child was turned into assorted head-down positions to help him spit out the mucus. Stronger children got rid of the mucus by taking a short but brisk run, which started them coughing...
...Mucomyst spray is no cure, but it appears to be less irritating than previous aerosols. While its effects may be most dramatic in cystic fibrosis, the University of Mississippi's Dr. Watts R. Webb reports that the drug seems to be equally useful in other diseases in which mucus blocks breathing...