Antitussive in a sentence as a noun

Years later it was brought to market as an antitussive because the market was lacking cough suppressants.

Heroin was also used as an antitussive, etc. Other solutions with less serious side-effects were later found, of course, but at the time, they really saved lives.

Schedule V ***** are generally used for antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic purposes.

I understand the evidence on codeine's efficacy as an antitussive in the amounts used was mixed but the tablets seemed to work for me. Alternatives like dextromethorphan probably work as well or better but the pseudoephedrine containing cold and flu meds seem to have disappeared instead of being reformulated.

Antitussive definitions

noun

any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing