TUSSIONEX PENNKINETIC Reviews (CHLORPHENIRAMINE POLISTIREX; HYDROCODONE POLISTIREX)Average Rating: 4.2 (218 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TUSSIONEX PENNKINETIC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TUSSIONEX PENNK | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Sinus infection with bad cough/cold | nothing bad as of yet, noticed just a slight feeling of heaviness in lower body (legs)...small episode of diarrhea approx. 2 hours after taking initial dose of cough syrup..may or may not be related. | So far...GREAT. Started off as bad cold and within 3 days I developed a sinus infection (customary for me)..went to DR., got antibiotics for sinus, shot of prednisone, and was taking OTC Benedryl (which hypes me up)...developed cough and it settled into chest 2 days after DR. visit. Horrible cough, could not sleep, wheezing, rattling, ribs and back hurt tremendously, had coughing attacks and would pee (thanks childbirth)...just absolutely miserable. Dr. called in Rx for Tussionex...paid $50.00 with good insurance..but was well worth every penny so far. Just took first initial dose about 8 hours ago, feel very calm...very calm. ribs and chest/back muscles are not screaming out in pain...for some relief. Coughing very little, and when i do..it is manageable. Cough syrup is thick, but has hardly any taste..very pleasant..doesn't make you scrunch up face and hop around when it hits your tastebuds like some others. So far..I love it !!!! | F | 40 | 1 days | 10/26/2008 | 4 | Dry Itchy Persistent Cough | Extreme dizziness, mild nausea, anxiety, Dry mouth, itchiness all over | I've taken this before and knew it would work for my cough. My mistake this time is that I didn't use a measuring cup to measure out my dose and may have taken a little too much. I couldn't stop coughing when going to bed so got up to take it. I stopped coughing immediatel and fell asleep. If you can believe it, the feeling of dizziness and nausea woke me up. I got up to drink some water, and the dizziness really hit me. I had to call for my husband to carry me back to bed because I couldn't hold myself upwhile walking back to bed. I wanted more water the rest of the night but was too scared to get up again. I fell in and out of sleep all night, was itching all over. I don't recall feeling itchy the times I took this before. I finally got a good 2 solid hours of sleep before having to get up. By then it was 7 hours after taking the medicine. I wasn't feeling quite back to normal but was ok, just felt very tired. I struggled to stay awake while driving to work. It's going | F | 36 | 1 days | 10/9/2008 | 1 | Cough associated with pneumonia. | EXTREME nausea, the nausea bolted me awake at 4AM. Followed 30 minutes later by profuse sweating, cold/clammy skin, paleness (lost all color), stupor, felt as if I were dying. Husband took me to the ER, I couldn't put my shoes on, slurred my words, in and out of consciousness. | I took the recommended dosage, 1 tsp before bedtime. I took it at 8-9PM but the symptoms didn't hit me until 7-8 hours later, I believe this is an extended release formula, so that may have had something to do with it. I honest-to-god felt like I was dying, I had no other explanation! I sat on the edge of the bathtub and thought I was about to die, it was that bad. | F | 33 | 1 times | 10/7/2008 | 5 | Upper respiratory infection | Drowsiness, slight euphoria | Every time I get a head cold, it seems to always settle into my chest after 3-4 days, and I can almost bet on several consecutive nights of unrest due to hacking cough. This happened last year, and having no luck at my Primary Care MD, who told me to take OTC Robitussin and Ibuprofen, I ended up in the ER unable to take it any more. The ER doctor prescribed an inhaler and Tussionex. After the first dose, I was amazed. I didn't cough from 10 minutes after the dose until about 18 hours later, when I needed another dose. I used it for about 5 nights and finally my cough went away. Again, two nights ago I started with the coughing and sleeplessness -- went to my PCP yesterday, asked for the Tussionex (had saved the bottle from last year) and she wrote it up for me no problem. I slept like a baby last night, with no weird dreams or anything like others have described. Put my kids on the bus this morning and having started to cough again, took another dose and am cough free as of a co | F | 39 | 2 days | 9/30/2008 | 4 | severe chest congestion/cough | extremely tired, weak. The day after my 1st dose I could not keep my eyes open and work and couln't wait to go home. I went home and slept from 5pm at night through the next day into the night and until the next morning. woke up 3 times and went right back to sleep. Couldn;t care about anything but sleeping. I had to force myself to get up to go to work and stop taking the syrup at noon the day before. | I felt like I was having some pycholigical shut down wanting to do nothing but sleep and I slept like a baby. Now off teh medicine my chest if feeling heavy again, but you could die taking that stuff not knowing when you took it last and just a guzzle here and there. watch out! | F | 46 | 3 days | 7/24/2008 | 5 | bronchitis | I was EXTREMELY dizzy the first day [when I woke up from the 5 hour nap it caused]. Drowsiness...mild euphoria...I had this weird half asleep half awake halucination type thing previous posters have mentioned. A little anxiety | It completely got rid of my cough and I've slept 13 hours the last 2 nights. I have a stuffed dragon in my room that a friend gave me, and the hallucination/dream I had was that he was actually moving around...I couldn't tell if I was asleep or hallucinating though. I think the medicine is wonderful though. I didn't want to drive at all on it, and now I'm almost better and only taking it at night. I had it left over from a really bad sinus infection last fall. | F | 17 | 5 days | 7/18/2008 | 4 | Caughing harshly. | Euphoria, Itching, Chest pressure, Body control loss, Confusion, Drowsy but not sleepy, untill about two hours after taking the meds. Troubles paying attention. | In the morning the meds. make me slightly crazy. I need to be under a fan cause of the sweating. I need to be in bed all morning. It then keeps me feeling a big high during the afternoon. I take my second dose and then sleep away the evening. I take another dose, and stay up all night. It is very powerfull, i have taken many drugs that "may cause drowsyness" but this is a whole different thing. Works amazingly though. I can breath without coughing now. | F | 16 | 3 days | 7/11/2008 | 5 | Insanely sore throat and cough | Little itchy, urinary retention (as usual with opioids). tired, which is what i needed. | It's a great drug. It really is a mirical. My throat hurt so bad I thought it was bleeding. I looked it up online and the doc gave it to me no problem. my family doc is great. Now I'm feeling good (also have some antibiotics). I should be able to start practicing again for my bands big show in a few weeks. I'm a singer...so thanks Tussionex! | M | 24 | 5 days | 7/10/2008 | 5 | Upper Respiratory Infection - Cough | Light headed and spacey feeling. Extremely drowsy. | This medicine works very well to suppress a cough and when I do cough it is more productive. Do not try to drive or do other mechanical activities while taking this drug. You are impaired, even if you think you are not. | F | 43 | 5 days | 7/3/2008 | 1 | Mom took this to reduce coughing | Nearly complete short term memory | ELEMINATE THIS PRODUCT FROM BEING PERSCRIBED. IT HAS RUINED HER LIFE. | F | 83 | 4 days | 6/25/2008 | 3 | Cough | Sleepy, dizziness and light-headedness | I did help on reducing cough and made me sleep. I did not like loosing control like that. Rest of it in sink. | M | 41 | 2 days | 6/24/2008 | 1 | Persistent cough for 2-3 wks | Knocked out immediately. Needed extreme care to going to restroom at night due to dizziness. Collapsed on toilet and nearly limp until stirred conscious by husband and assisted to bed. | This happened to my mom as relayed to me by my dad. He called me at 5:00 a.m. after getting her back to bed expressing concern about what had happened. In retrospect I should have had him call 911. He had been up all night monitoring her breathing. No warning from doctor or pharmacist about how precisely the dosage needs to be measured (she used a teaspoon and web sites warn strongly against that). She may have overdosed but considering she is 83, this may be entirely too strong for her age and physical condition (135 lbs). This med may be too strong for many people (see below) and should be substituted with something more mild or lower dose initially to see reaction. Check out the FDA warnings issued in March 2008 (http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01805.html) and any more issued recently before using. Lastly, the prescription was issued by her doctor's ASSISTANT. My mom is known to have glaucoma and elevated blood pressure, and may be suffering from micro-strokes causing | F | 83 | 1 days | 6/24/2008 | 1 | Bronchitis | OMG...took this med for the first time last night before bed. It has been a wild ride! It did not knock me out, but instead kept me in a state between sleep and waking. Moderate itchiness...not overwhelming just annoying. Unbelievably wild dreams with heavy hallucinations. Finally couldn't take it...got of bed and writing this rating. | Did an OK job on the cough...but considering everything last night brought....I'd rather cough | M | 53 | 1 times | 5/10/2008 | 5 | bronchitis | none | I have ashma. Living in the northeast I have been persistently having recurring acute bronchitis from fall to spring. Doctor prescribed Tussionex 1 teaspoon every 12 hrs. I only took 1 teaspoon a day towards evening. This is the only med that has helped keep me from hacking/coughing thru night and allowed a full nights sleep. And in the morning I did not have to go thru the usual hour of sneezing/coughing/ and spitting trying to drain my sinuses. | F | 54 | 1 months | 4/25/2008 | 5 | bronchitis | dizzy in the morning if I took over the recommended dose. | I took exactly 1 tsp at night and I would sleep like a baby. No coughing and no waking up. This stuff worked wonders for me. I took it a week straight without any side affects or withdrawal effects. Tastes very pleasant to me - the best for any cough syrup I've tried yet. | F | 37 | 7 days | 4/7/2008 | 3 | Persistant cough | HIVES! | The medicine worked for my brother when he had a cough, but i took it for a couple days a few years ago and got hives.. my doctor said he's never seen anyone get hives from it before, so it must be pretty rare. It didn't help me out a whole lot, but i didn't take it for too long due to my reaction, just thought i'd let you know of this side effect | F | 17 | 3 days | 4/7/2008 | 1 | Bronchitis | Slept for four straight hours, woke up to talk to the wife, next thing I know, my heart was pounding, passed out, wound up in the ER. Scary. | M | 30 | 1 days | 3/16/2008 | 4 | persistent cough | Midday drowsiness | This worked very well in both easing my cough and allowing me to sleep at night. Perhaps a bit on the expensive side but effective nonetheless | F | 24 | 5 days | 3/14/2008 | 5 | flu, severe coughing | euphoria,some itchiness, lucid dreaming, numbness, feeling like a cloud... | I have a severe case of the flu, and I am on day 8 of being stuck in my house.(The first few days I felt terrible, but I'm feeling a little better now.) The doctor has prescribed me to tussionex, and that's been the best part of being sick! I've been able to take this drug right infront of my parents without getting in trouble haha it's great! Since I've been on it, I've sat in the same recliner all week watching Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, and Pink Floyd concerts. I'm starting to feel better, and my friends keep calling to hang out, but my parents insist that I wait til I'm fully recovered, and I don't even mind! I recommend this to anyone...sick or not.haha And I want to give a big THANK YOU to the FDA for approving this. | F | 18 | 4 days | 3/9/2008 | 5 | terrible cough keeping me awake | none. just doctor reluctance to prescribe because considered narcotic. | this is a superb cough medicine. for anyone who has had a persistant dry or wet cough that won't stop at night (like a previous poster, I was coughing so hard I was throwing up) this medicine stops the coughing and helps you sleep. Word of advice: take the medicine as prescribed to avoid side effects. If you generally don't take medicines or are sensitive to side effects (this has an antihistimine ie: constipation, dry mouth etc), half the dose intially and wait a few hours to see it helps with cough. Generally speaking this will make it more tolerable. Worth the cost!!!! | F | 38 | 2 days | 3/6/2008 |