TESSALON Reviews (BENZONATATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (103 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TESSALON with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TESSALON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Cough | None!! This is a miracule drug for me and i have used in through The years when I have a cough . It works when nothing else does | F | 69 | 5 days 3. Capsule | 5/15/2013 | 1 | Upper respiratory tract infection | Severe dizziness and dry mouth. | F | 47 | 1 days 30 mg | 3/27/2013 | 1 | bronchitis | very little help and eyes have been burning | My daughter is a respiratory therapist and she says this med is HIGHLY over-rated and basically worthless, but a common cough suppressent given in clinics for whatever reason. | F | 58 | 3 days 100 3X day | 1/10/2013 | 1 | Pneumonia | Felt like my throat was swelling up, difficulty swallowing , burning eyes and dizziness . Pills were taken as directed . I did not chew them. I ended up losing more sleep trying to wait until the side effects to wear off. | F | 32 | 2 days 100mg | 12/8/2012 | 5 | Cough | None | Ad bedtime...let me sleep alll night...sometimes needed second dose during night, but medicine did calm cough and let me get important rest to recuperate from bad flu | M | 48 | 1 weeks 1X day | 11/29/2012 | 1 | chronic cough | did nothing | did nothing..I kept coughing until I was couching up blood | M | 55 | 4 days 1 1X day | 10/28/2012 | 1 | bad cough | Paranoia, suicidal. | The most horrible time in my 55 years. I became extremely paranoid and suicidal. My wife had to literally lay on me in the bed to keep me from getting up in the night to kill myself. I ended up in lock-up in the psychiatric ward of a local hospital for three weeks, and took over a year psychiatric counselling and more drugs and more recovery from the symptoms from those drugs. After three years, I am finally getting back to normal. PLEASE EVERYONE READ THE FINE PRINT AND BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS BEFORE YOU START A NEW MEDICATION. | M | 55 | 6 weeks 1X day | 2/28/2012 | 1 | Asthma, bad hacking cough | Dizzy, tired, weird feeling in my chest, still felt the need to cough and stuff still coming up. Itch in throat. I am not sure how this should work, but it didn't work at all for me. | F | 26 | 7 days 200mg 3*s | 1/1/2012 | 1 | cough | Shortness of breath, foggy mind, still have cough. | F | 71 | 2 days 100 3X day | 5/18/2011 | 4 | Post-Sinus Surgery coughing | Drowsiness | I was coughing a lot after a major sinus procedure and this medicine helped keep some of the pain from coughing at bay and helped me to get some decent sleep. I use it as needed now and usually only at night but it seems to help with little to no side effects for me. | F | 26 | 5 days 100mg 3X day | 3/11/2011 | 4 | Chronic cough | Headache, dry mouth/thirst, drowsiness, loopiness, dizziness | The medication does help with cough, but as others stated, it wears off in about 3-4 hours. The first few days, I was extremely thirsty; could not get enough ice water. My hands were warmer and drier than usual. I would wake up with headaches. Upon standing, I would feel dizzy and sometimes loopy. After maybe 1 week, the side effects started to subside. Someone else mentioned "psychotic dreams", I did experience crazier than usual dreams. | F | 39 | 6 days 200mg 3X day | 9/8/2010 | 2 | upper respritory infection/ cough | Dry Eyes, Insomnia, Head Ache | Not really helping. It does slightly work for about 2 or 3 after hours taking it, but then I cough for 3 or 4 hours until my next dose. Waste of money for me. | M | 35 | 2 days 200 4X day | 8/27/2010 | 4 | sinusitis bronchitis | This drug made me feel a little loopy but very hyper and talkative. Apparently no one else has had this reaction. | F | 27 | 10 days 100mg 6X day | 5/12/2010 | 4 | chronic cough | Some nasal stuffines. | It has definetly helped keep me from coughing as much. I can tell when it is wearing off and need to take another dose. | F | 61 | 7 days 200 mg 3X day | 3/5/2010 | 5 | severe cough & congestion | Increased drowsiness | Took 200 MG in addition to PSE BPM liquid BPH. The combination worked like a charm. Neither medication is cheap. | M | 78 | 7 days | 12/31/2009 | 5 | bronchitits | no side effects except slight eye irratation | I was finally able to get a good nights sleep after a week of hacking all nighters. Would take again if needed. | F | 39 | 5 days | 11/24/2009 | 5 | Post Viral (H1N1) Cough | None. I got a little dizzy about 30 minutes after the first dose. It subsided within minutes. | I have a HORRIBLE cough after having H1N1. The cough is worse than having the flu. This has worked great! It does not completely get rid of the cough, but it brings it down to a less severe, manageable level. | 32 | 4 days | 10/26/2009 | 1 | Bronchitis | None | This medicine did absolutely nothing for my cough. I took the perles - not sure whether the formulation makes a difference - I found no change until I changed to Tussionex. | F | 39 | 6 days | 6/9/2009 | 4 | cough | slight shortness of breath. But overall, helped me sleep at night by subsiding my cough just enough. I am very sensitive to side effects with med (see nasonex!) but experienced nothing with this medicine. | Mine was 200mg- may need 2 if you are at 100mg | F | 39 | 2 days | 3/14/2009 | 3 | unproductive cough | trouble sleeping, when taken right before bedtime | F | 48 | 3 days | 3/3/2009 |