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Benzonatate

Popular Brands: : Benzonatate, Tessalon, Zonatuss
Official FDA Reports22,282
Social Media Events697
Total Posts988
Avg. Review Score3.55/ 5
Active Ingredients
  • Benzonatate
Approved Uses *

* Extracted from Drug Label

Brands and Other Names
Manufacturers
  • Atley Pharmaceuticals
  • Banner Life Sciences Llc
  • Pfizer Inc

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* Extracted from FDA Adverse Event Report

Explanation

The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.


The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.

The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.

The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.


Benzonatate Side Effects

  Social Media
(Online Comments)
FAERS
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Side Effect On Drug
Label
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Alarm
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Alarm

* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.


User Voices

The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Benzonatate

Cough

Side Effects: Somewhat better breathing lesser coughs during night. Side effects for me are giving me a hard time to sleep, exercise and eat well.

Using with prelone and Flonase


Source: TESSALON: Side effects, ratings, and p...

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Did the author experience cough while taking tessalon?

What is this?

Respiration Abnormal

Easy to swallow. But did nothing for my cough due to bronchitis. I ended up in the ER because I was coughing so much I couldn't breath . Would not take this drug again.


Source: Tessalon Perles Oral : User Ratings co...

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Did the author experience respiration abnormal while taking tessalon?

What is this?

Drug Ineffective

Easy to swallow. But did nothing for my cough due to bronchitis. I ended up in the ER because I was coughing so much I couldn't breath. Would not take this drug again.


Source: Tessalon Perles Oral : User Ratings co...

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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By honey in fdb.rxlist.com on February 22, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hypersomnia, Ear pain, Pyrexia, Respiration abnormal, Rhinorrhoea, Somnolence, Oropharyngeal pain

Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on February 15, 2014 @ 12:00 am

... 100mg and as directed I took them and 3 days later still feel the same No different. The pills have started to make me cough but not bad. Sometimes after taking the pills I fall asleep and wake up bec...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Bummeroh in fdb.rxlist.com on February 14, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Doesn't supress whatsoeve

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By cathy in fdb.rxlist.com on February 9, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dizziness, Hypoaesthesia, Somnolence

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on February 7, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Extreme dizziness, body has numb feeling, fatigued. .

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on February 3, 2014 @ 12:00 am

I have always been very satisfied when using this medication and am presently in the need of using this med again. but, the last RX i have is 2 yrs old. Would this still be affctive?

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dry mouth, Throat tightness

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on January 23, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Slight dry mouth, slight difficulty swallowing. It helped me sleep throughout the night without coughing. Also helped me cough a lot less and avoid coughing fits. I made sure ...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dizziness, Abdominal discomfort, Discomfort

Posted By Anonymous in everydayhealth.com on January 16, 2014 @ 12:00 am

All I know is that I have only taken one and I feel so dizzy I can barely stand up. I also feel very sick to my stomach.

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Anonymous in drugs.com on January 13, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Did not work. Coughing so hard my back hurts.

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Pneumonia

Posted By Piggy in fdb.rxlist.com on January 12, 2014 @ 12:00 am

Just started yesterday after being dx with pneumonia. Very effective and almost immediate result; however, I am also taking prednisone. People who find this ineffective may want to try it with a bro...


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* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.