Tussicaps side effects, by duration, gender and age (a phase IV clinical study of FDA data)
Summary:
Side effects are reported by people who take Tussicaps (chlorpheniramine polistirex; hydrocodone polistirex). Common side effects include anxiety among females and acute respiratory failure among males.
The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on 44 reports from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Tussicaps?
Tussicaps has active ingredients of chlorpheniramine polistirex; hydrocodone polistirex. It is often used in cough. eHealthMe is studying from 71 Tussicaps users. Check the latest studies of Tussicaps.
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44 people who take Tussicaps and have side effects are studied.

What are the common side effects of Tussicaps, by gender? *:
female:
- Anxiety
- Oedema peripheral (superficial swelling)
- Abdominal pain upper
- Activities of daily living impaired
- Acute respiratory failure
- Arthralgia (joint pain)
- Asthma
- Balance disorder
- Cardiac failure congestive
- Chest discomfort
male:
- Acute respiratory failure
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe)
- Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Abdominal distension
- Blister (small pocket of fluid within the upper layers of the skin caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure)
- Chronic kidney disease
- Loss of consciousness
- Myocardial infarction (destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle)
What are the common side effects of Tussicaps, by age (0-1 to 60+) *:
0-1:
n/a
2-9:
n/a
10-19:
n/a
20-29:
- Abdominal pain upper
- Anxiety
30-39:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Loss of consciousness
40-49:
- Pneumonia
- Abdominal distension
- Culture urine positive
50-59:
- Pneumonia staphylococcal (pneumonia staphylococcal infections are usually caused by the organism staphylococcus aureus)
- Acute respiratory failure
- Chronic kidney disease
- Cor pulmonale chronic (long lasting enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart)
- Death
60+:
- Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Oedema peripheral (superficial swelling)
- Asthma
- Gastric disorder (disease of stomach)
- Injection site erythema (redness at injection site)
- Myocardial infarction (destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle)
- Piloerection (goose bumps)
- Acute respiratory failure
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe)
What are the common side effects of Tussicaps, by the time people have been on the drug (< 1 month to 10+ years)? *:
< 1 month:
- Activities of daily living impaired
- Anxiety
- Chest discomfort
- Loss of consciousness
1 - 6 months:
n/a
6 - 12 months:
n/a
1 - 2 years:
n/a
2 - 5 years:
n/a
5 - 10 years:
n/a
10+ years:
n/a
not specified:
- Abdominal distension
- Abdominal pain upper
- Adverse event
- Anxiety
- Arthralgia (joint pain)
- Asthma
- Balance disorder
- Blister (small pocket of fluid within the upper layers of the skin caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure)
- Cardiac failure congestive
- Chronic kidney disease
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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How the study uses the data?
The study is based on chlorpheniramine polistirex; hydrocodone polistirex (the active ingredients of Tussicaps) and Tussicaps (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered.
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Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Tussicaps:
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