Phenytoin
Active Ingredients
- Phenytoin
Manufacturers
- Actavis Mid Atlantic Llc
- Cardinal Health
- Greenstone Llc
- Parke Davis Div Warner Lambert Co
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Dilantin.
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.
Phenytoin Side Effects
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Overall 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.
Tell us about your Experience with Phenytoin
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Burning sensation
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 13, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: The day i started taking this medicine i am suffering from sun burns, eye conjuctivity, temper, easily struck by communicable diseases etc It has helped me to control seizure....”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Pain, Neuropathy peripheral, Anxiety, Postictal paralysis
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 22, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... up in your body. my spine and nerves in my body are screwd. i have poly neuropathy spinal stenosis Todd's paralysis disease advanced bone deterioration amongst others. im in pain 24/7. wow, thanks to ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Headache, Nausea, Adverse event, Discomfort
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 17, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... Im on a high dose in an attempt to avoid resorting to additional drugs, though i do take it with topamax. It has left me feeling like i cant articulate sentences sometimes, headaches, severe nausea. I...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Disturbance in attention, Somnolence
Posted By James217 in fdb.rxlist.com on March 1, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... take meds as prescribed I have not had a seizure. Over 10 years without a seizure! Still, always concerned that will someday change but so far so good. Side effects: Often drowsy, hard to concentrate....”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Arthritis
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on February 27, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Been taking 5 each night for 24 yrs. No problems! Bones now becoming brittle...arthritic! ”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Gardener in fdb.rxlist.com on January 30, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Sudden onset of tonic clonic seizures in 1996 at age 34. After 6 months on Dilantin attempted physican directed cessation of drug. Seizures began again. Have been on the same dose from the beginnin...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Nervousness, Confusional state
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on January 23, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Still had seizures, nervous system, damage to nerves in feet, confusion . Had been on this drug for 40 yrs. still had seizures, nurogilists would not treat me if I didn't come...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tremor, Dizziness, Agitation, Anger, Anxiety, Sudden death, Amnesia, Confusional state, Depression, Insomnia, Suicidal behaviour
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on January 15, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Confusion, dizziness, insomnia, thoughts of suicide, depression, memory loss, anxiety, agitated, anger, I'm a ticking time bomb, violent, ready to kill if get on my bad side, arms and l...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on January 3, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: You name it..horrible drug. No need for it. Balanced electrolytes, keep them balanced. No problems. Has it's place and practical use. Docs should prescribe less and learn ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Fatigue, Osteoporosis, Poor quality sleep
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on November 10, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Taking for 34 years and realizing that this is probably why my teeth break, tired all of time osteoporosis lower back. .restless sleep. Have chronic kidney and liver disease. ...”
Additional Drug Information
* Warning: The facts and figures contained in these reports are accurate to the best of our capability; however, our metrics are only meant to augment your medical knowledge, and should never be used as the sole basis for selecting a new medication. As with any medical decision, be sure to work with your doctor to ensure the best choices are made for your condition.
* 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.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Phenytoin
Swelling
“Side Effects: gum swelling
to prevent seizures after being exposed to lead in our old house in Philadelphia I started having seizues after testing there was no evidence of elipesy or...”
Source: Dilantin (Phenytoin)
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Did the author experience swelling while taking phenytoin?
What is this?Dizziness
“Side Effects: Dizziness
Dilantin provided Control of seizures
(mostly petits) as these were more frequent.
Generally, the drug is still as effective as when
first introduced to me ...”
Source: Dilantin (Phenytoin)
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Did the author experience dizziness while taking phenytoin?
What is this?Injection Site Pain
“... burning sensation that lasted several minutes after each injection. After 3 weeks I was changed to oral dilantin (100mg 3 times daily). So no more painful injections .
The benefits were...”
Source: Dilantin (Phenytoin)
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Did the author experience injection site pain while taking phenytoin?
What is this?