How does cough medicine stop a dry, tickly or wet cough?

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How does cough medicine stop a dry, tickly or wet cough?

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Here’s an anecdotal story: I’ve been hospitalised with pneumonia three times. The thing about pneumonia is that everything in your lungs has to be coughed out, sometimes over months.

Not once did any doctor give me, or recommend taking, a cough syrup.