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I was prescribed Guaifen fo a cold that settled in my sinus area. It has left my eyes extremely dry, and red and wrinkled all around. I am now very sensetive to light, and it affected my eyesight.

I hve been taking Guaifen since Friday. By Sunday, I have experienced severe nausea, sleeplessness, headaches, hot flashes, dizziness, stomach pain, complete loss of appetite, shaking and increased heartbeat. If the side effects of the cure are worse than the sinus infection, why put this on the market?!

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I started taking Guaifen 3 days ago and i had a hard time sleeping. The first day i felt that my heart was beating very fast and i could not sleep at all. The next night, again, i was not able to sleep even 30 mintues altogether, and during those 30 mintues, i had nightmares. I did not know that this medication can cause sleeplessness until i read the side affects. I knew there was something wrong becuase it is unlike me not to sleep, since i love sleeping.

I was taking guaifen for a sinus infection. I felt like I was dieing. It seemed like I had no blood pressure what so ever, my stomach hurt constantly, could not sleep, headache, awful taste in my mouth and was constantly freezing. I finally figured out that it was the medication causing these awful symptoms. When I looked up guaifen on the internet I was appauled that a doctor would prescribe such a thing!

Guaifen definately cleared my drainage right up and has kept me awake and efficient during the day which is a nice break considering I have felt tired and unable to breath for the past week due to a sinus infection. It has though made me rediculously oversensitive/emotional and have abnormal daydreams.

I am currently using guaifen and albuterol for severe cold symptoms. The most noticeable side effects I have experienced are nausea, decreased appetite and dizziness.

I have been recently been taking guaifen and the past few nights i have experienced weird dreams and i have not been able to sleep very well. this drug speeds up my heart rate and makes me very hyper. i also have difficulty speaking. i have been very silent over the past few days. the drug works though i don't have a cough anymore.

I have some kind of sickness which is going around and I couldn't hear one morning out of one ear so I went to the doctor and he prescribed me Guaifen. It worked right away after the first 30 mins my ears begin to pop and slowly return some of my hearing. The first day I took it it made me drowsy. I only take it at around the time I go to bed and it wakes me up around 7 or 8 am every time so far. I usually wake up with a really bad cough which I try not to swallow and although its supposed to help me with the cough it dosen't do anything for my sore throat. My sickness is slowly fading but the ear has not healed after the first day.

Dr. prescribed guaifen w/p-ephed 600/120mg 2x a day for sever sinus pressure - it certainly has releived the sinus pressure. My side effects have been racing heart beat shortly after taking, upset stomach within minutes and the most problematic has been the feeling of itching on the front of my entire legs, front & back upper torso - especially the upper back and entire scalp as well as waking up 1 hour after taking the PM dose - full of energy - getting ALOT accomplished. However, I am going to stop taking this medication as I want a full restful night's sleep and want the itching to STOP. I personally will never use this product again. Thank you everyone for your input - it helped me greatly. sincerely - sleepy!

Prescribe Guaifen for potential liquid trapped in my ears, that was causing them to pop and ache. My finger nails have turned blue, shortness of breath, and a hard time focusing.

I took Guaifen W/P- ephed 600 and I will NEVER again!! I barely slept at all and what little I did, I had nightmares.

Was prescribed Guaifen along with Robitussin, and broke out in hives within 3 days - even taken only half the dose prescribed. Don't know if it was the Robitussin or the Guaifen or the combination, but from seeing the comments here, I assume it was the Guaifen (esp since I've taken Robitussin before, with no side effects).

I started taken Guaifen 11/18/05 and the next day, 11/19/05 I started having pains in my upper back and I feel my chest has pressure on it and I am having troubling breathing normal. I will discontinue the use of this drug.

Susan Hilbert

Reading these posts makes me feel a lot more normal. I took my first and last Guaifen tablet last night at 10:30 for chronic sinus problems. By 1:30, I was up, heart pounding, dizzy and disoriented. It's 8pm and I am still not able to go to sleep. I have slight high blood pressure. That may have played a part. But, I reminded the dr. of this when he prescribed this.

For those of you who posted that you like it, I'm happy for you. I'm staying far, far away from it.

An 18 year old who occasionally helps us at our farm took guaifen for a week, taking his last pill yesterday. Today he wrecked our pickup by running thru a barbed wire fence, shearing off two oak 12-inch square h-brace posts, smashing a 12-ft metal gate, and damaging 3 pieces of 12-inch gated irrigation pipe. The young man stated, after my husband who was riding with him managed to turn off the truck, that he did not remember any of the events and only "came to" when the truck came to a stop. My husband says that his (the young man's) eyes were open during the entire event, but he did not respond to my husband's shouting at him to stop. Of course we can't say for sure that guaifen caused this "blackout" but it does give cause for alarm. Thank God the young man was not driving alone on a highway!!!

My doctor did not inform me this is a psuedo-ephedrine drug. Which means you should NOT consume caffienated products while on the medication. It could increase the side-effect of dizzyness. The psuedo-ephedrine is also the reason you could feel like "your on speed" or the loss of appetite. Ephedrine isn't for everyone. If you experience those feelings it's best to take a half dose or to stop taking it all. Ephedrine/ephedra are used in many diet pills- most of which are being pulled from the shelves.

When used correctly; modifed to fit an individual, Guaifen can work beautifully.

Guaifen. I too would stear anyone away from this med. Lost 8 pounds, not sleeping well, waking up at 3-4am wide awake. Eyes are really heavy but the rest of me is strong as ever.

Taking with AMOX for cronic sinus infection.

Anyone else suffer from a 3 weeks Sinus infection?

I have been on guaifen for a week and I still have the buzzed feeling even though my body is tired. I also have back pain, coughing hasn't stopped. I also wake up around 2 am each night and have shortness of breath and start gagging. I do not reccomend this med!

Been taking Guaifen(1 pill twice a day) for 2 days. First night I woke up at 2 and never went back to sleep. Last night I never fell asleep. Works great as a decongestant, but give me congestion any day of the week. Got up last night and my whole body was shivering with my heart racing. This cannot be good for you.

I was prescribed this Guaifen semi-horse pill on 1/24/05 for the flu, I haven't slept more than 5 hours during the last 36 hours, I sweat like a wet towel, I had to change my bed, my clothes because of the sweat and I feel like and going out of my head. My doc didn't mentioned any after effects.

My wife was prescribed to take Guaifen and it has been a terrible ordeal. she has had a chronic cough, vomiting, shivers, bleeding in stool and more. We stopped after three days. This stuff should be reevaluated by the FDA.

My husband is in the advanced stages of Alzheimers. He has a cough and the doctor prescribed liquid guaifen. After giving it to him, every six hours for a day, he is confused more than usual, cannot stand up, mumbles and moans incessantly. I'm going to stop giving this to him and call the doctor in the morning. I hope this is what's keeping him from standing. Otherwise, we're in a heap of trouble! I'll let you know.

I was prescribed Guaifen 600Mg tablets to help alleviate sinus and chest congestion. It seemed to help for the first day, but today at noon I literally thought I was going to die. I experienced severe dizziness to the point I had to hold my head up. I was ubable to stand or walk. My co-workers said all the color disappeared from my face and my hands, feet and arms felt as though I was standing an ice cold shower. My co-workers took my blood pressure and pulse and they were normal, It took at least 30 minutes before I could get up.

The doctor's office prescribed Guaifen for this inner ear ache. The pharmacist explained that this medication has a stimulant. Since I'm a heavy diet pepsi consumer, I didn't think that Guaifen would keep me awake. After two hours of sleep I awoke and can't go back to sleep. As prescribed, drinking a lot of water goes with the medication; the side effect is frequent trips to the bathroom. Now, its 6am and I wonder when I will sleep again.

was perscribed Guaifen for sinus infection by doctor who wasnt my normal doctor, didnt explain side effects and he needed to....not been sleeping, nasty after taste that leads to vomiting, very nausious......oh yah and you dont take this medication if you are a diabetic, which the doctor didn't bother to check if i was, so now i'm 10 times sicker than i was.....i wouldnt recommend anyone taking this medication

I take Guaifen Psa Er Tablets for about 5 days this is my frist time off my bed. this pill teast bed i have to get up every hr at nigth and i still can't hear. when i walk i fall down. but i have'nt got any nose bleed

My 16y/o daughter was prescribed Guaifen DM for a sinus problem. She took twice on the first day, the next morning she took one, went to school and at 10:30 I got a phone call at work that she was on her way to the hospital by ambulance for a severe allergic reaction. She had a severe rash all over, tremors (almost like a seizure), swollen throat and tongue. It took about 4 days for the tremors to go away. Ten days later, she experienced another bout of extreme tremors, we went to the Emergency room where the ER Doc said that there was no way that those meds were causing her problems. Now they want to do a MRI and an EEG. I really think that this med is extremely dangerous and has caused all the problems. How long has it been on the market??????

I've been taking Guaifen for five days, one pill each day and it's been the worst experience I've ever had with medication. I went for the first three nights without more than an hour's sleep. I swear this stuff has speed in it. Finally I took my Aunt's Zanex and slept for 10 hours. Very irritable, naturally, and severe stomach pains. Whoever invented this medication has a sick sense of humor. I guess that's why they call it practicing medicine. They're practicing and just haven't gotten it quite right yet!

The guaifen is an expectorant, so of course it will make you cough!! That's what an expectorant does!! It loosens the phlegm so you can cough it up and out (unless you just WANT to swallow it). Also a bronchodilator which helps breathing.

The loss of appetite, not being able to sleep is caused by the PSE part of this Rx--PSE being pseudoephedrine which acts like speed for a lot of people.

Makes my nose a little dry but drains my sinuses and opens up my lungs, which is why I'm taking it!!

I have been taking Guaifen for 3 days for a sinus infection. . .I feel dizzy and dazed from it, and it is making it difficult for me to consentrate and focus at work. It also has made me feel weak and lethargic. . along with cotton mouth and itching all over. My appetite has been surpressed, and I am having trouble resting. It is like my body is tired, but my mind won't settle to sleep.

Been taking this for 3 days now. Side effects to me are similar to taking ephedrine .... makes you a little hyper for a few hours and ur heart beat faster, but also the loss of appetite. Other then that no problems. I take one in the morning be4 I go to work(around 5:30am) and one after I get home(2:30-3pm). I sleep fine(go to bed around 10-11pm). Seems to be working ... drains me out good ... only thing that sucks is my nose is super dry from blowing it all the time lol. My doc paired it with Nasacort AQ that I spray twice in each nostril right after i take the Guaifen pills and so far it's worked great, only 1 nosebleed that just happened today at work but thats because I blew a little to hard heh.

This medicine can't be safe. I'm tingling, dizzy, and can't sleep. GREAT way to get healthy from a sinus infection. I'd rather have a stuffy nose. I recommend throwing guaifen away. I hope this stuff doesn't have a bad interaction with sleeping pills because those are coming next.

My doctor had me take Guaifen when I had a head cold. I had fluid behind my ears that wouldn't drain and it caused me to be dizzy. Guaifen helped dry that up a little. I took it for a little over a week like he said. He also told me to make sure I don't take the last dose of the day after 6:00 in the evening because it WILL keep you awake!! I did notice little bumps on my fingers that itched, but I didn't realize they were probably from Guaifen until I came to this site. Hope this helps!

I was prescribed Guaifen for nasal congestion along with Leviquin for pneumonia. I was told Guaifen might keep me up at night, so I started with just 1 tablet/day instead of 2 and took it twice a day on the weekend. Glad I did as the 1 did keep me awake as well as seem to make my mind race and gave me more dreams/nightmares than usual. On the medication, I wasn't tired but a person needs 6-8 hours of sleep every night, NOT 2 hours. Next time, I will read the side effects before I get my script filled, and call the dr or pharmacist if need be to discuss it further.

I was perscribed Guaifen along with an antibiotic. I have done nothing but cough for a week. At bed time, I wake up every other hour. My mouth is very dry and my heart is beating out of my chest. I have little bumps between my fingers that itch a little bit. I'm very headachy and dizzy. I feel like I'm buzzed and shakey. I can say I will not take this drug again!

When I took Guaifen yesterday I felt like everything was moving really fast. I had an overwhelming sense of panic and I felt like my heart was going to pop out of my chest.

I was prescribed guaifen to drain fluid from my eustachion canal or middle ear. It has made me feel like I am jumping out of my skin. I will not take another pill of this stuff.

After taking Guaifen for two days, I broke out in tiny red bumps on my arms, chest, and stomach. They don't itch, but they are unsightly.

This drug also affected my sleep. I found myself getting up in the middle of the night and unable to return to sleep.

FYI, I dropped this drug on the second daybecause of the side effects and the information from this website.

I was prescribed guaifen for fluid in my ears. After the 1st day I stopped taking it at night because I could not sleep. It has been an answer to prayer for me though, because I have lost 20 pounds so far. I am going to try to cut back though because of the risk of stroke (bleeding in the brain) that I have read about here. After I lose 10 more pounds I will stop taking it altogether. It works as a decongestant too. I have felt fine since starting it 2 months ago.

The only side effect I have experienced with Guaifen is a decrease in appetite. I have otherwise been fine, and the pills have been working perfectly to drain the congestion as the doctor said.

As an aside, guaifen doesn't cause nosebleeds, dry nose causes it, and the dry nose can be caused by guaifen.

I took Guaifen for 2 weeks and lost 8 pounds. I had absolutely no appetite and couldn't sleep for more than 3 hours each night.

I've taken guaifen for almost a week now for fluid in the middle ear. I'm not not sleeping well at all. By the way, my doctor did advise me of this side effect. However, in that I'm a busy lady, it's not all that bad. I'm getting a lot done!

I've never had an allergic reaction to any medicine before, but I took Guaifen for a cold and broke out with little tiny bumps all over my fingers, palms, forearms, stomach, & toes. They were only slightly itchy.

During the first night of taking Guaifen, I awoke many times during the night wired and ready to go. That night I don't think that I got any sleep.

For me, Guaifen's side effect was that I could not sleep. I took it along with an antibotic for a horrible cold I had. When I took it during the day time, I experienced a very dry cotton mouth.

I started experiencing hives when I took Guaifen. It was filled as a substitute for my Liquibid-B prescription. I did not experience this when I was taking Liquibid-B.

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