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Reviewer: Beth, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I already had a cough but it wouldn't go away with cough syrup. Well I coughed all day and night. I will never take this medication again.
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Reviewer: Lhammock2, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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this drug is completely nonsense and scary i would encourage anyone being offered this drug for a cough to JUST SAY NOO. they say it numbs your tongue and lungs for relieve cough.... WHAT THE HECK it was the most scariest sensation I ever had. I'm having an asthma attack and they give me this... so it's hard enough to breath as it is... now everything is numb am I really breathing enough
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Reviewer: 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Iâ??m getting over bacterial pneumonia. I only use this drug at night so I can sleep. During the day I want to cough as much as possible. I donâ??t even have the urge to cough at night. I didnâ??t remember to take it one night it the coughing was off the charts until 3am when I remembered and took it. I stopped coughing around 3:30-3:40 and slept the rest of the night. I felt like t
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Reviewer: notsatisfied, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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3rd year now I get a chronic cough during winter. Benzonatate is what my Pulmonologist prescribes. It is useless. Unless I continue to suck on a cough drop I cough incessantly.
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Reviewer: 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Medication was useless. Started with 100 MG, changed to 200 MG . Still coughing.
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