For kids with coughs, honey might work about the same as a common cough medicine called dextromethorphan, but we're not very sure because only a couple small studies have looked at it.

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Honey for acute cough in children.

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2018 Apr 10

The study found that honey works about the same as dextromethorphan medicine for kids' coughs, so the claim is correct.

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Honey for acute cough in children.

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DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007094.pub5

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