Expectorants and removing lung tar.

[logbas34]

I had this idea which nobody really knows on any other website.

expectorants or the type of cough medicine that promotes mucus expelling could maybe help remove tar that's in the lungs.

I used to smoke ultra-lights maybe a pack ever 3-5 days for a year , so relatively I shouldn't have too much tar in my lungs but I want it out!!!!

could using mucinex perhaps help me get rid of the tar to some extent or is it up to my poor lungs to do the job all by themselves.

 

[Katattack]

I was looking at the mucinex in my cabinet thinking the same thing. I would think you would need even more water if you do this. Not a bad idea to do just a precautionary statement.

 

[AmyB66]

Mucinex basically thins the phlegm. If you were to try it, use the regular mucinex, not the cold/cough formulas.

Personally, I would just stick with liquids and let nature do the rest. First few days I was hacking up some gunk, no more hacking this week. I never really did hack or have a smokers cough till the past year or so....another reason why I figured I'd better do something about quitting.

If I remember, I'll ask the pharmacist I work with what her take is on it.

 

[vaporviking]

I read some bad things about Mucinex so I woul check it out on Google before I took any.

Cheers,
Walt

 

[Remie]

The active ingredient in Mucinex is guaifenesin. There are always side effects that can occur with any medication and some of the side effects associated with guaifenesin are: abdominal cramping or pain, ........, nausea, vomiting and drowsiness.

A lot of these symptoms can occur on their own just by quitting cigarettes. Speaking for myself - I wouldn't want to take a chance and compound it.

If you have an already productive cough (coughing up the mucus) - an expectorant probably isn't needed. If you are congested, but can't cough anything up - that's when an expectorant is indicated.

It's generally a safe OTC medication, but IMHO - why take a medication if your body is already doing it's job without it?

It's my understanding that cilia regeneration in our lungs starts about 3 days once smoking stops. As our lungs regain the ability to actually expel what we built up by smoking, coughing is a good thing. Coughing up the crap is even better

As time goes on, more healthy changes take place and we our on our way to rebuilding a healthy respiratory tract.

YMMV

 

[Jmsdvs]

your body will remove what's not supposed to be there in time. Just let it do it's thing. If you want to slowly speed it up, inhaling steam like from a hot shower or boiling pot(don't burn yourself) will loosen up any phlegm naturally. Hope that helps

 

[Leal]

I did end up using Mucinex about two weeks into vaping. I was having that "tight" feeling in my chest and coughs were unproductive. It helped a lot, but I think it's really good advice to wait and see if you actually need it.

 

[logbas34]

thanks for all your answers! I also like the answer about steam inhalation, seems as maybe that could be useful.
This all started when I was looking through medical textbooks, because i'm a student in that field, and it got me thinking a lot but nobody knew anything except here.
All you guys are great!! thanks!

 

[Raven1]

This is what I use and it's really helped me a lot:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ing-can-really-help-clear-out-your-lungs.html

 

[vaporviking]

You also might want to ask your question at Yahoo Answers

 

[grim_piper]

Eat a lot of garlic. It's a natural expectorant.

 

[Remie]

Eat a lot of garlic. It's a natural expectorant.

But... you might not have a lot of *close* friends

 

[thelook]

your body will remove what's not supposed to be there in time. Just let it do it's thing. If you want to slowly speed it up, inhaling steam like from a hot shower or boiling pot(don't burn yourself) will loosen up any phlegm naturally. Hope that helps

Actually that is about what my DR. told me, he said the body will get rid of it on its own, NOT to use drugs to force it.

 

[vinterchaos]

off topic, but this isn't myspace, i'm sure we can do without the shirtless muscle flex pics here lol

 

[sixofusernames]

i quit the analogs two weeks ago, and am having chest congestion and rumbling coughs, but nothings really coming out, i thought maybe i caught a bug, i wonder if the vaping could be keeping the crap in there,

 

[Tuesday]

This is what I use and it's really helped me a lot:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ing-can-really-help-clear-out-your-lungs.html

Thanks You Raven, I saved this website it looks like it has many good natural health products. Good find.

 

[grim_piper]

But... you might not have a lot of *close* friends

I rarely trust anyone who doesn't love garlic.

 

[Remie]

I rarely trust anyone who doesn't love garlic.

LOL! I'm Sicilian - loving garlic is genetic I sometimes wonder if everyone else loves the garlic that I love though!

 

[DigitalRapture]

I posted this on another thread:

They make a device called a "Lung Flute", brand new on the market. Needs a prescription to get one, but is only $40. You blow into it and it vibrates your lungs at 16hz to release phlegm. Supposed to be breakthrough technology that "mobilizes and clears excessive secretions from the lungs of patients with COPD (chronic bronchitis), asthma, cystic fibrosis, pneumonia, and tuberculosis." It could revolutionize the health industry. Check it out, Lung Flute® by Medical Acoustics.

 

[Drozd]

I just used a lung renewal juice that one of the ecf approved vendors sells when I started...it's got quite a few herbals that promote lung function and repair and natural expectorant in it and well it's tasty...works well too..