WELCHOL Reviews (COLESEVELAM HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.7 (60 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare WELCHOL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR WELCHOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | High Cholesterol | None! I love this drug. I mix it with lime perrier at dinner and it tastes good. It gives me a slight boost of energy for a few hours afterwards. No GI problems with it. Love it!! | M | 70 | 2 months 3.75 g 1X day | 12/13/2014 | 3 | high cholesterol | poor sleep and heartburn to the point that I had to eliminate the evening dose. mild to moderate leg and foot cramps. | I am a 65 y/o MD. Can't tolerate statins at all. Am an active runner and biker. Had to stop both these activities when on Statins (severe side effects). No major side effects with Welchol but cholesterol is still above 200 on it even when I was taking the full 6 pills a day. Not as effective for me at least, as statins. | M | 65 | 1 years 1.8 G 1X day | 11/30/2014 | 3 | High cholesterol,High Triglycerides | I have constipation,concrete like stools. Bleed like a sieve when I go. I have ALOT of muscle cramps in my legs. The cramps start in the thigh,then go down to my foot. When that lets go,it will start in the other leg. The next day,my legs are very sore and my gait is unbalanced. I don't tolerate statins, the leg cramps are similar to Welchol. I take 1,875 Mg in the morning,and the same at night. | F | 49 | 1 years 1875 MG 2X day | 11/8/2014 | 2 | High cholesterol type 2 diabetes | Constipation, Gas, ringing in the ears, sore throat & stomach ache | i mix with water- it's so thick that my spoon nearly stands up in it! | F | 58 | 3 weeks 3.75 G 1X day | 9/28/2014 | 1 | high colesterol | I haven't had a good night sleep since I started. Severe heartburn. | M | 65 | 5 days 3.75g | 9/28/2014 | 1 | High Cholesterol | Upset stomach, bloating, nausea, weight gain. Taking Welcohl on recommendation of my doctor as I am not able to take statins due to liver problems. | I hate this medication, but will seek doctor's recommendation. High cholesterol and 2 previous heart attacks make it imperative to keep cholesterol low. Statins are not a viable alternative due to previous extremely high enzymes when on stantins. | F | 73 | 3 months 3 tablets 2X day | 9/3/2014 | 2 | high cholesterol | Nausea, dizziness, weakness in legs. overall feeling of not feeling well. Quality of life is not worth these meds. Am seeing my internist tomorrow and will stop these meds. | F | 63 | 3 months 6 tablets | 8/27/2014 | 1 | high cholesterol & high triglycerid | Nausea, gas, upset stomach after eating & taking welchol. EXTREMELY WEAK & TIRED. | F | 57 | 10 days 625 mg | 8/14/2014 | 1 | Cholesterol | Severe leg cramping in left leg calf and in upper hamstring. Could barely walk after three days and could not sit. Had to take pain pills to sleep. Symptoms improving after 2nd day off. | M | 41 | 3 days 3.75g 1X day | 8/2/2014 | 5 | gallbladder removed | Its great! After surgery I had problems with bile overload and had cramps and diarrhea. Now when I take one pill a day I'm just like a normal person. | F | 32 | 2 years | 4/6/2014 | 1 | High Chol. | After being poisoned by 2 statin drugs(prevstatin and simvastatin) my Dr. gave me a RX of Welchol. $240. for a box of powder packets! I'm a VERY sensitive person with drugs, I would've loved a free sample first. There is a site where you can get a free sample of this drug. I was warned to only take a pinch of it, on a empty stomach .... OMG ... I took a 1/4 teasp. I was sick/nausea, achy, spacey all day. Then I took a 1/8 teasp. with food, much better, but then my ears started ringing loudly and I had horrible insomnia while trying it. I also thought I had the flu(tired,achy body, upset stomach), but now reading the other posts, I think it was another side effect of this drug .... I'm afraid to try and take it again. There just has to be a better way than these drugs! You have NO quality of life while on them. | F | 60 | 7 days 1/8 teasp 1X day | 2/17/2014 | 3 | Cholesterol | As with the previous review, CONSTIPATION!!!! I normally go once or twice a day,but with Welchol, if I'm lucky. Once a week or once every 2 weeks. Like concrete,even with fiber. | F | 48 | 2 months | 10/6/2013 | 5 | Dr. recommended | Welchol has made me normal again, able to live without looking for the nearest bathroom. No side affects as of yet. Just more energy and no longer losing weight. | I love Welchol. I went from a size 20 to a size 12 in like a 4 month span from constant diarrhea. My regular dr. couldn't find anything to account for it and sent me to a specialist. I suffer no side effects that others have experienced, thankfully. My energy is back and the headaches and shakes I was having due to diarrhea are gone. | F | 54 | 18 days 625 mg 6X day | 5/31/2013 | 2 | High cholesterol | Stomach cramps. Ringing ears. Flu symptoms. Bleeding gums. Constipation. | M | 70 | 9 months 3200 mg | 5/11/2013 | 1 | High LDL | CONSTIPATION, bloating, nasua | 46 yr old petite female. Family history of heart disease. Total cholestorol of 255 LDL 156 HDL 80 Triglycerides 94. Not bad but doc concerned about LDL. Tried statin last yr. Horrible joint pain. Changed diet to exclude almost all dairy (my beloved icecream!) and changed workouts. HDL went up, Tri's went down, LDL still high. Thought we'd try this little pack of powder once a day. Did not read the side effects as like most, I tend to think I "might" be having an effect? Five days in and OH MY! Thought I had a touch of the stomach flu going around but everyone with the "bug" was rushing to the potty. NOT ME! Stomach upset, bloating, nasua, and miserable. Up until last week, you could set the worlds clock on my daily BM's. Constipation is beyond anything I've ever experienced! I've always felt bad for family and friends that have dealt with this but I now know first hand how horrible this is! Three days after last drinking a packette of WELCHOL I am still not "normal"! Stool so hard it might as well be concrete! It's the little things in life we take for granted. Tried prune juice with butter, no luck. Hoping this will "pass" soon and I get back to living a normal life. I'm ok with living with high LDL. If I pass because of heart disease so be it. I will pass happy and enjoying life! Not sucking down one drug to do one thing and taking four more to counteract the one! Not to mention, I've had to skip my workouts because I'm so bound up! I | F | 46 | 5 days 3.75g 1X day | 4/11/2013 | 5 | Bile Salts diarrhea | Sometimes I feel bloated and have muscle aches. | I had my gall bladder removed in 2011. I take one of these as needed when stomach is acting up. It has really helped. I spent half of my time staying close to a restroom. Not anymore!! | F | 54 | 2 years 625mg 1X AN | 3/23/2013 | 5 | chrone's disease | headaches once a week. muscle weakness\soreness. impotence | This drug was prescribed for regeular diarreah and 15+ trips to the bathroom a day. My life was ruled by locations of the closest facilities. Im very active and my work is very physically demanding which led me to discover this muscle weakness and need for extra sleep daily once on welchol. An issue with my mojo was also directly noticed! Other than an occasinal C.D. bout this drug has changed my life to fewer than 5 restroom breaks a day! WHEW! I can now live a mostly normal life which I lost to C.D. 20 yrs ago! | M | 33 | 1.5 years 2X day | 11/18/2011 | 3 | High Cholesterol - genetic | constipation, indigestion, constantly stopping up toilet! | I took only half the dose given to me because I am very prone to side effects. It did lower the numbers even with half the dose, but not enough. I can't imagine if I had taken the full dose of 6 pills. | F | 51 | 3 months 3 pills 1X day | 7/23/2011 | 2 | chronic diahrrea | Awful bloating, gassy, generally quite uncomfortable. | This stuff does control my diahrrea so that I can now leave the house and live a more normal life, but I feel as if I've been stuffed all the time an can eat only a few mouthfuls before I feel terrible. I hate feeling like this! | F | 68 | 3 months 625mg 1X day | 12/30/2010 | 1 | high cholesterol | muscle ache, joint stiffness, stiff neck, headaches, dry cough. | It took a month for all the side effects to manifest....not a day goes by without the stiffness, and I have been awakened in the middle of the night by an extremely stiff neck and headaches. | M | 57 | 45 days | 1/25/2010 |