Dextromethorphan Polistirex
Active Ingredients
- Dextromethorphan Polistirex
Brands and Other Names
Manufacturers
- Reckitt Benckiser Llc
- Tris Pharma Inc
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Delsym.
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.
Dextromethorphan Polistirex Side Effects
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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 Dextromethorphan Polistirex
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Dizziness, Vomiting, Hot flush
Posted By coughypants in fdb.rxlist.com on May 20, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... bad it was making me throw up. I bought this cough syrup hoping I would feel better.within 20 mins of taking it my cough suddenly got worse, I got hot flashes, vomiting, felt very dizzy and broke out ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Somnolence
Posted By ConcernedMother in fdb.rxlist.com on March 3, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“several sleepness nights for my son. This medicine seemed to wire him up before I realized what was or could be causing him to not get any rest and make him beyond hyper.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By rja in fdb.rxlist.com on February 25, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“I took this at the recommendation of a pharmacist. My cough was dry and unproductive so she recommended this as a basic, non-expectorant cough syrup. My first dose in the morning seemed to be effectiv...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Drug ineffective, Upper respiratory tract infection
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on January 31, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... that contained codeine, but I'm allergic to it. So I tried Delsym. It didn't have any effect on my cough at all. It was easy to measure out and had a pleasant taste, but was ineffective for me....”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Vomiting, Sleep disorder, Food poisoning
Posted By Lenda in fdb.rxlist.com on January 5, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“I was having sleepless nights because of my cough and then I decided to try Delsym. It did stop the coughing but I was threwing up all night. Felt like I had food poisoning! I will never take this aga...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By tharden0825 in fdb.rxlist.com on January 5, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Came down with the Flu and this is just about the only thing that could keep my coughing under control. I would never recommend taking more than the maximum dose but having reviewed the side effects ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Sleep disorder, Diarrhoea, Insomnia
Posted By delsym cough relief 12 hour in fdb.rxlist.com on January 4, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Had Worst experience Took 10ml and i Started having severe diarrhea after 3 hours couldn't sleep; stayed up all night. Well it's somewhat effective but comes with severe side effects. Refund would be...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Sedation
Posted By tiredtoni in fdb.rxlist.com on December 27, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“Doesn't last 12 hours.. Calmed the cough some within an hour but after 5 hours back to the same hacking cough. Too much money for this product.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Insomnia
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on December 19, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“daytime - all fine; suppressed my wicked cough; nite time - total disaster - not one second of sleep & I dont have insomnia.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tremor, Dizziness, Burning sensation, Abnormal dreams, Restlessness, Vision blurred
Posted By Lisa in fdb.rxlist.com on December 5, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“... pharmacy who recommend this product. Took a dose which helped. Another before bed, woke up 1 am with burning stomach, restless mind. Weird awake dreams. Alarm off at 6am, got up shaky , dizzy, blurred...”
Additional Drug Information
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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.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Dextromethorphan Polistirex
Dizziness
“... bad it was making me throw up. I bought this cough syrup hoping I would feel better.within 20 mins of taking it my cough suddenly got worse, I got hot flashes, vomiting, felt very dizzy and broke out ...”
Source: Delsym oral : User Ratings covering us...
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What is this?Hot Flush
“I had a really bad cough. It was so bad it was making me throw up. I bought this cough syrup hoping I would feel better.within 20 mins of taking it my cough suddenly got worse, I got hot flashes, vomi...”
Source: Delsym oral : User Ratings covering us...
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What is this?Vomiting
“I had a really bad cough. It was so bad it was making me throw up . I bought this cough syrup hoping I would feel better.within 20 mins of taking it my cough suddenly got worse, I got hot flashes, vomi...”
Source: Delsym oral : User Ratings covering us...
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Did the author experience vomiting while taking delsym?
What is this?