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Brand Names: Mucinex, Robitussin
Generic Name: Guaifenesin
See also: Mucinex D, Mucinex DM, Polyvent, Robitussin-DM

What is Guaifenesin? Guaifenesin is an expectorant drug used to thin mucus in the airways to make it easier to cough. It is found in a variety of over-the-counter cough medicines. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

55 patients in the community are taking or have taken Guaifenesin.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 27 49%
General health 6 10%
disease-related symptoms 6 10%
Excess saliva 6 10%
Excess mucus 5 9%
Emotional lability 2 3%
Difficulty speaking 1 1%
Don't know 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Guaifenesin.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg day 0 day 0 mg none 0 tbs. none 0 none 1 tbs. day 2 tbs. day 2 day 4 tbs. day 6 tps. day 10 mg day 30 mg day 100 mg day 200 mg day 300 mg none 400 mg day 600 mg day 600 day 800 mg day 1200 mg day 1400 mg day 1600 mg day 2400 mg day
  3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Guaifenesin or how long patients were taking Guaifenesin before stopping.

Currently taking Guaifenesin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
3
0
7
11
5

Stopped taking Guaifenesin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
3
1
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Guaifenesin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6 86% Other: 86%
Did not seem to work 1 14% Did not seem to work: 14%
Course of treatment ended 1 14% Course of treatment ended: 14%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 100% 1

Excess saliva

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 2

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

  • Rog
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: none
    Legs: none
    See profile
  • Rog
  • by Rog
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Excess saliva

See all evaluation results for Guaifenesin



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