This registry is a place to share positive or negative side effects of using Guaifenesin. If you directly experienced a side effect while using Guaifenesin, then we encourage you to enter it here. Please note that entries here are the experiences of individual users, and in no way means that you or anyone else will experience the same side effect, since the same medication affects people in different ways. Please always contact your physician.
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February 11th
2009
7:08 PM
When my wife takes an OTC medication containing guaifenesin, she experiences sharp stomach pains that almost totally incapacitate her for a number of minutes. She also experiences dizziness and an intense desire to "either throw up or poop," in her words. We've known for a while that Mucinex has this effect on her. It wasn't until today, when she took some Robitussin CF and experienced the same side effects, that we looked up the name of the active ingredient. Now we know that she needs to avoid guaifenesin.
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