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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.
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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.
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hunger, Dysgeusia, Hypersomnia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on August 17, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Terrible taste & water intensifies it. After 20 minutes I get hungry. It takes me long to fall asleep & I wake up anywhere from 4-8 times a night. ”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hypersomnia, Dizziness, Syncope, Cerebrovascular accident, Sleep apnea syndromes
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 24, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... I was having stroke. One eye dilated. Doc ordered CT scan suspecting bleed. Thankfully positive scan. Deduced it was eszopiclone and stopped two nights ago. Now I cannot fall asleep where before I c...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Feeling abnormal, Anxiety, Depression, Thought blocking, Anxiety disorder
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 4, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... I became bracingly depressed and anxious and my wife noticed it after five or so days and I am calling my doctor and stopping the medication. No thoughts of suicide but feeling bad It did no...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hangover, Somnolence, Sedation, Anxiety, Depression, Tachyphrenia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 8, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Brand name lunesta was great, i no complaints. generic lunesta makes me feel drugged and hungover in am,anxiety, daytie sleepiness, racing thoughts,depression & more Generic ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hallucination, auditory, Psychotic disorder
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 29, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Psychosis, visual and auditory hallucinations. I attacked a staff member while recovering from surgery and have no memory of it. Hallucinations discerned by my behavior. A dan...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 26, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: None A God send”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Headache, Tinnitus, Abnormal dreams, Appetite disorder, Product taste abnormal
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 21, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Terrible taste in my mouth, food tastes funny, ringing in my ears that is constant and sounds like a million crickets, headaches, vivid scary dreams, hearing and feeling things that ar...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Drug ineffective, Somnolence
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 7, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... name drug) worked very well for me for about 5 years. I took 1mg about 3-4x/month when I really needed to sleep well. However, my latest bottle is the generic, and it doesn't work AT ALL. With the ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hypersomnia, Dizziness, Coordination abnormal
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on April 2, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... would take 30 minutes to feel effects, others it would take 2 hours. When I did feel effects, it didn't make me tired; just dizzy and uncoordinated (if I don't manage to fall asleep right away, that f...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Drug ineffective
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 4, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... much better than the generic. I took the brand name Lunesta for 6+ years with good success. A few months ago, I switched to generic when it became available, and it just does not work well at all....”
* 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 Eszopiclone
Dysgeusia
“Bad aftertaste
Helps with much needed ZZZZ, No drowsiness in the am!, Helps you fall asleep fast!
Go to sleep fast, stay asleep, wake up without the drowsiness!
Lunesta helps...”
Source: Lunesta-review-f61f0
View full report on Eszopiclone related dysgeusia
Did the author experience dysgeusia while taking lunesta?
What is this?Hypersomnia
“won't necessarily get all-night sleep, can be disorienting, may effect memory, scary sleepwalking possibilities, DEFINITELY NOT FOR KIDS, can lead to drug dependence
fall asleep ver...”
Source: Lunesta-review-52c65
View full report on Eszopiclone related hypersomnia
Did the author experience hypersomnia while taking eszopiclone?
What is this?Tremor
“... in lightheadedness, hallucinations, and/or memory and coordination difficulties.) 4) Consult your doctor about withdrawal from Lunesta. Symptoms including anxiety and shakiness , etc. can result from...”
Source: Lunesta-review-52c65
View full report on Eszopiclone related tremor
Did the author experience tremor while taking eszopiclone?
What is this?