Drug Safety Information for DICYCLOMINE Hydrochloride (Dicyclomine hydrochloride)

Adverse Drug Reactions for DICYCLOMINE Hydrochloride* (Dicyclomine hydrochloride)

These charts and graphs are based on reports received through the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) program (see below).

Top 20 Adverse Effects Associated with DICYCLOMINE Hydrochloride
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Nausea*747
2Pain694
3Diarrhoea602
4Abdominal pain517
5Fatigue511
6Drug ineffective473
7Anxiety*448
8Vomiting436
9Headache428
10Dyspnoea364
11Dizziness*351
12Depression324
13Injection site pain319
14Arthralgia311
15Pain in extremity308
16Abdominal pain upper293
17Weight decreased268
18Injury265
19Malaise263
20Cholecystitis chronic259

* This side effect also appears in "Top 10 Side Effects of DICYCLOMINE Hydrochloride " in the drug's Review Summary based on AskaPatient reviews.

Top 10 Reasons for Taking DICYCLOMINE Hydrochloride
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Product used for unknown indication5160
2Irritable bowel syndrome*2617
3Crohn's disease1090
4Abdominal pain*1078
5Abdominal pain upper*731
6Gastric disorder668
7Muscle spasms*605
8Pain353
9Gastrointestinal pain252
10Colitis ulcerative235

*Also a top-10 reason in AskaPatient Review Summary.


Types of Adverse Events for DICYCLOMINE Hydrochloride

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 41312


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for DICYCLOMINE Hydrochloride

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 41312*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Dicyclomine hydrochloride (Dicycloverine, Bentylol, Bentyl, Merbentyl, Lomine, Dicyclomine)

Charts are based on 41312 reports filed with the FDA between 2004 and June 2015.

Adverse Event Reports are submitted to the FDA by pharmaceutical companies (mandatory reporting is required by manufacturers, distributors, or importers), health care providers such as doctors (voluntary reporting), and by patients themselves (voluntary reporting). More Information on FDA MedWatch (FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program)Voluntary reporting takes place under the FDA's MedWatch program, where health care professionals and consumers submit reports to FDA when they find a problem with a drug, medical device, biologic, or other FDA-regulated product. An adverse event is any undesirable experience or extreme side effect associated with the use of a medical product. Adverse events include: death, life threatening event, hospitalization, disability or permanent damage, congenital anomaly or birth defect, medical product use requiring a surgical or other intervention, or other serious medical situation believed to be caused by the drug.

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Historical Analytics of FDA Adverse Event Reports Provided by Druginformer.com. FDA Drug Safety Information, including safety-related labeling updates, required post-approval safety studies, risk evaluation management strategies (REMS), alerts, and recalls are compiled by AskaPatient.com from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.