Suppositories for cough?

I was introduced to suppositories while visiting family in Canada in grade school. I later searched the medicine cabinet in their house and found the box, branded Demo Cineol. I also discovered another brand, Balminil, when I looked at a pharmacy on a subsequent visit.

Initially I found the whole thing surprising, but I also found the medicine to be pretty effective, and I’d buy some on trips up there. I even convinced a college roommate to try them when he had a terrible cough (he was a little uneasy about the idea, but was won over).

Anyway, do other have experience with these, and are they still commonly used?

Unfortunately I don't know Demo Cineol or Balminil. But when I was a child I received Prospan 3 times a day. Felt weird...

I buy Cooper's Pholcones suppositories from a mail-order company in France. They contain cineol, guaifenesin and bismuth sub-succinate and are pretty effective. Dosage is one to three a day. I find the warm feeling quite pleasant once they are melted.

The bane of my childhood. Smelly grease leaking in the briefs. Mom would install a feminine pad or liner in the briefs under my anus.

I sometimes got something in my briefs, too. But I still felt unsafe, so I wore briefs AND shorts under my pants/trousers.