My father has been diagnosed with mild ild. He is having cough. Pulmonologist had prescribed pirfenex cipla tablet. Recently changed to acebrophylline 100 mg. Please let me know what should be the correct medicine for mild ild. How to control the cough? Are there any trials or cures better in homeopathy? Any advice? Please help. Other medications that he is taking is: 1. deriphyllin 150 2. complex 3. Multivitamin.

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Dr. Kiran ThakkarPulmonologistyrs exp

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Ild is a group of disease. Treatment depends upon underlying etiology and severity of disease. Pirfenidone (pirfenex) is recommended for ipf which is prototype of ild.

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Dr. Anusha C MPulmonologist5yrs exp

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Mr. lybrate-user, pirfefenidone is the main drug for ild if its ipf form. Acebrophylline is not useful in ild. There are few cough syrups that wil help to reduce it.

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