Cholestyramine
Active Ingredients
- Cholestyramine
Manufacturers
- Bristol Myers Co
- Parke Davis Div Warner Lambert Co
- Sandoz Inc
- Upsher Smith Laboratories Inc
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Cholestyramine.
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.
Cholestyramine Side Effects
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Overall Alarm |
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* 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 Cholestyramine
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dyspepsia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 25, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Indigestion When I was diagnosed a year ago, a 4mg sachet of questran light daily worked immediately. After two months I was getting constipation so I reduced gradually to one...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 19, 2015 @ 12:00 am
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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By summer299 in fdb.rxlist.com on April 7, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“I have been taking one sachet each day for 6 months. Before taking this medication I would constantly need the toilet and found it impossible to travel anywhere. I was diagnosed with Ibs and had to ta...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Flatulence, Constipation
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on February 24, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: A little flatulence, but otherwise good. Can be constipating. I take 1/4 packet in the evening when I have an active flare of symptoms. It seems to reduce the severity and fir...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Constipation, Dizziness, Abdominal distension, Gastrooesophageal reflux disease, Muscle spasms, Appetite disorder
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on February 22, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: constipation, bloating and gas at first but immediately relieved the D. Once correct dosage was attained no more constipation and gas and bloating dissipated as well. recently had to up...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Arthralgia, Blood potassium decreased, Muscle spasms
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on October 28, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Body aches, and most recently I believe it is the cause of bad muscle cramping in arms and legs due possibly to low Potassium I have to say that I dont like the muscle crampin...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on October 6, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“I had intestinal surgery because of Crohns Disease, which caused diarrhea. It has worked very well.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Dncngrama in fdb.rxlist.com on August 19, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“The medication works great, but I have developed severe itching after taking it for about 90 days. A gradual thing. Went off it 3 days ago and getting some relief but still experiencing some itch...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By CEK in fdb.rxlist.com on June 21, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“My diagnosis is microscopic colitis. This med worked for about 2 weeks, then my diarrhea returned. My doc prescribed using it 3x a day, but I found on several websites the prescribed amount is 2x a d...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Nausea, Abdominal distension
Posted By shibby111 in fdb.rxlist.com on April 11, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“I am on metformin and had my gallbladder removed in 06, and since I started taking the metformin I have had chronic diaharria, bloating, nausea, and cramping. I had a colonoscopy and nothing was foun...”
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 Cholestyramine
Constipation
“Side Effects: Somtimes constipation would occur, and there would be a tight, bloating feeling in the lower abdomen.
The benefits of this treatment was there was a decreased amount of ...”
Source: Prevalite (Cholestyramine)
View full report on Cholestyramine related constipation
Did the author experience constipation while taking cholestyramine?
What is this?Muscle Spasms
“... would be a tight, bloating feeling in the lower abdomen.
The benefits of this treatment was there was a decreased amount of bowel movements per day. Also severe cramping and urgency to...”
Source: Prevalite (Cholestyramine)
View full report on Cholestyramine related muscle spasms
Did the author experience muscle spasms while taking cholestyramine?
What is this?Abdominal Distension
“Side Effects: Somtimes constipation would occur, and there would be a tight, bloating feeling in the lower abdomen.
The benefits of this treatment was there was a decreased amount of ...”
Source: Prevalite (Cholestyramine)
View full report on Cholestyramine related abdominal distension
Did the author experience abdominal distension while taking cholestyramine?
What is this?