TRULANCE Reviews (PLECANATIDE)Average Rating: 2.0 (28 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRULANCE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRULANCE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Irritable bowel | Diarrhea, extreme gas, stomach rumblings, SOB, cough, runny nose, general malaise | Stopped taking drug, not worth feeling like crap | F | 63 | 3 weeks 3mg 1X day | 10/8/2023 | 2 | IBS-C | Freezing, then sweating and on fire!! Just feel like I have the flu all the time, feel strange like. Chest hurts, swollen glands. Just feel sick, oh, and exhausted all the time!! | F | 58 | 25 days 3mg 1X day | 9/10/2023 | 1 | constipation | worst medicine ever | F | 34 | 1 days 3mg 1X day | 9/3/2023 | 2 | IBS-C | Gas, bloating, feeling of weeping, uncontrollable thoughts anxiety. Overall not myself. Not really having consistent bowel movements. | Not worth the mental aggravation. | F | 54 | 2 months 30mg 1X day | 8/9/2023 | 2 | IBS-Constipation | Watery diarrhea.. Headache on day 2, dizziness day 3, severe nausea day 4 late in the evening. Sinus pain, felt like a cold coming on... nope, side effect. Sudden upper left abdominal pain under ribs, and bloating. Never felt completely emptied out. | Took in the morning, worked within 20-30 min. Worked continuously for about 2 hours. Never any solidified bowel movements, all watery diarrhea. Fatigued and drained feeling. | F | 65 | 6 days 30 1X day | 8/1/2023 | 2 | Ibs-c | I tried this out last year and didn't see much difference except bloating. I tried again hoping it would work since I was out of my Linzess 72 mg caps. At first worked well. But as the days went on it caused weird pains and dizziness in the morning. Hot and cold, bloating and then electrolyte depletion so much so that I'm just sitting in my recliner at 12:00 pm unable to function. I drink plenty of water too. I had cut the 3 mg tablet in half hoping I wouldn't lose so much liquid but it's just getting worse with each day. Irritability seems to be an issue as well as short of breath. Felt quite good on Linzess. Will get my Linzess refilled. | F | 60 | 2 weeks 3mg 1X day | 7/5/2023 | 5 | Outlet disfunction constipation | Fatigue and depression 12+ hours after dosing. Dehydration after all cleaned out with watery diarrhea. | This is a wonder drug. It empties my bowels so I can sleep without cramps and bloating. | M | 73 | 3 years 3mg 1X day | 5/30/2023 | 3 | Comp | Stomach pain | Sometime it works | F | 77 | 8 months 3mg 1X day | 4/19/2023 | 2 | Constipation | About 1 hour after taking, my stomach bloats and becomes weak, gas feeling. I have lung disease from covid, and 2 days ago I noticed being SOB. (short of breath) Why? Other than that, I have had a regular BM daily just unhappy with the bloating and stomach pains I am having. | F | 55 | 7 days 3 mg 1X day | 2/9/2023 | 3 | Diverticulosis | It hasn't worked as well as I had hoped. Taking it 5 days and only had one bowel movement. | F | 71 | 0 days 3mg 1X day | 2/5/2023 | 2 | For bloating & constipation | It helped bring down the bloating but made me have diarrhea & I lost an extremely amount of hair. I do not recommend it. | F | 42 | 14 days 3 mg 1X day | 1/24/2023 | 4 | IBS-C | It worked great to start out. Then after 2+ months was too strong. I cut the pills into 1/2 then 1/4. Still to strong for ever other day. | I'm now taking 1/8 every other day. Not sure if I'll continue or stop at this time. | F | 69 | 4 months 3mg 1X day | 12/10/2022 | 2 | Constipation | My hair is breaking off and falling out. I have extreme hot flashes. It causes diarrhea at times. This medication is extremely expensive. They wanted $400 at the pharmacy. I finally found a coupon and got it down to $25 but still it's not worth it. I'm going to stop taking it. Taking magnesium two pills once a day was working better than this. | F | 49 | 2 months 3 MG 1X day | 10/15/2022 | 1 | Chronic Idiopathic Constipation CIC | This medicine is extreme .. Took about 30 minutes to work and you are constantly in the bathroom .. I've seen reviews of people ruining their clothes 7 times a day and was nervous .. It made me sick., nauseous , exhausted and dehydrated and the stomach pain was the worst . I will never take this medicine again I do not care that I've tried all the others and they don't work .. I would rather suffer in pain . | If you can go without it I would recommend it .. it is the worst ! | F | 39 | 7 days 3mg 1X day | 8/19/2022 | 1 | IBS | I could not take this medication while I worked, it caused persistent diarrhea, horrible stomach cramps, and exhaustion. I stopped taking because I went from constipation before taking Trulance, then once I started I couldn't leave the bathroom for hours! I felt better being constipated and that's not saying much! | F | 53 | 4 weeks 1 x EOD 3X W | 8/1/2022 | 1 | Constipation | WORKED VERY GOOD THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SEVERE STOMACH CRAMPS AND BLOATING. PAIN WAS SO BAD 6 MG OF HYDROMOPHONE WOULD NOT HELP. | PAID 4 HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR 30 DAY SUPPLY. BUT IF I DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE TRULANCE WOULD HAVE PAID. SUCH A RIPOFF FOR WORKING MIDDLE CLASS. | M | 67 | 16 days 3MG 1X day | 4/25/2022 | 1 | Constipation | Worked in the sense I had some soft stool, but never had a satisfying bowel movement. Made me feel very bloated, very gassy and weird muscle pains throughout my body. | I will not be continuing with it. | F | 53 | 6 days 1X day | 3/13/2022 | 1 | Constant constipation | Very painful intestinal cramping | I'm done-too expensive for not working at all | F | 69 | 7 days 1X day | 1/13/2022 | 1 | Constipation | Pain | Never again | 66 | 1 days 20 1X day | 1/1/2022 | 1 | Chronic Constipation | This will make you have watery diarrhea, but still manages to make you feel constipated. Gave me a hemorrhoid, too! The bloating and had pains made me feel like I needed to go to the hospital. Just awful! | F | 39 | 8 days 1X daily 1X day | 12/21/2021 |
TRULANCE (PLECANATIDE): See also Warning section. Plecanatide is used to treat certain types of bowel problems (chronic idiopathic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome with constipation). It works by increasing fluid in your intestines and helping speed up movement of food through the gut. Plecanatide may improve stool texture and lessen symptoms such as straining and feelings of incomplete bowel movements. This medication must not be used in children younger than 6 years because of the risk of serious side effects. FDA Approval Date: 2017-01-19 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)