3 in adult patients with suspected chronic cough due to reflux-cough syndrome, but without heartburn or regurgitation, we recommend against using ppi therapy alone because it is unlikely to be effective in resolving the cough (grade 1c) 4. Chronic cough without reflux. Coughing without asthma or postnasal drip, or when chest x-rays are normal testing for gerd in people with chronic cough gerd can be difficult to diagnose in people who have a chronic cough but no.
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