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CalRoberttoday at 5:42 AM3 repliesview on HN

How is nac (acetylcysteine) delivered there? I can buy dissolvable tablets here in Europe but from what I see that’s less helpful for mucous, things like mucomyst require inhalation, which isn’t in otc products I know of.


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rdevillatoday at 5:56 AM

In the Philippines it's available as an effervescent tablet to be dissolved in water. They still tend to work better than the western remedies (guaifenesin etc) even in this form IME.

Usually here in Canada it's available in capsule form which I find less effective.

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elrictoday at 8:02 AM

Dissolvable tablets & powders are still useful for getting rid of mucus. Maybe inhaling is better, but anecdotally the tablets seem to work.

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jack_pptoday at 5:46 AM

Same where I'm from, it's in pill / capsule form