AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question It is a white, oblong tablet with HAW 251 printed on it. please tell me what it is and what it does(I think it is a pain pill).
Answer Hi Susan,
The tablet is a cough remedy from Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals. The compostion and use is given below:
Loosens Mucus
Cost-effective
Sugar-free
Antihistamine-free
Decongestant-free
Active ingredient: (in each immediate-release tablet) Purpose:
Guaifenesin 400 mg . . . . . . . . . . Expectorant
Uses: helps loosen phlegm (mucus) and thin bronchial secretions to rid the bronchial passageways of bothersome mucus and make coughs more productive.
Ravi Ghooi
