Drug Safety Information for HYCOMINE (Hydrocodone bitartrate; phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride)

Adverse Drug Reactions for HYCOMINE* (Hydrocodone bitartrate; phenylpropanolamine 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 HYCOMINE
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Pain1790
2Nausea1503
3Drug ineffective1167
4Anxiety1142
5Fatigue1083
6Dyspnoea1048
7Depression1025
8Vomiting949
9Headache949
10Dizziness889
11Diarrhoea862
12Fall806
13Arthralgia805
14Pain in extremity804
15Back pain784
16Asthenia783
17Completed suicide743
18Injury702
19Insomnia674
20Toxicity to various agents654

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

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

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Pain16856
2Product used for unknown indication9219
3Back pain2527
4Arthralgia983
5Breakthrough pain900
6Analgesic therapy552
7Arthritis500
8Fibromyalgia396
9Rheumatoid arthritis357
10Headache302

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


Types of Adverse Events for HYCOMINE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 113442


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for HYCOMINE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 113442*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Hydrocodone bitartrate; phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride (Hycomine pediatric, Codamine, Hycomine)

Charts are based on 113442 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.