- Tyloxapol
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routes_of_administration =Tyloxapol is a nonionic liquid
polymer of the alkyl aryl polyether alcohol type; used as asurfactant to aidliquefaction and removal of mucopurulent (containingmucus andpus ) bronchopulmonary secretions, administered by inhalation through anebulizer or with a stream of oxygen. Tyloxapol, when injected IP, also blocks plasma lipolytic activity, and thus the breakdown oftriglyceride -richlipoproteins .
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