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benzonatate: I have had the worse cough I have ever had in my whole life. My doctor prescribed benzonatate to me and I thought it would really help. UNFORTUNATELY for me it did not help at all. I really needed some relief to sleep and it just did not help at all. Taking Mucinex helped more.
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Tessalon Perles (benzonatate): My cough kept recurring for weeks. It returned two days ago and kept me in bed. I picked up my prescription for Tessalon Perle 100 mg this morning and took one and immediately stopped coughing. I have taken 3 more throughout the day and have not coughed. It worked amazingly well.
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benzonatate: This medicine worked okay during the day. But seemingly did nothing about coughing when laying down. Even if taken just prior to trying to sleep.
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benzonatate: I absolutely LOVE this medication. I have COPD, so when I get a cold/allergies, I can, at times, have a terrible cough. This is the greatest relief for me.
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benzonatate: I found that this cough medicine did not work at all. In fact, I woke up several times during the night still coughing; and coughed throughout the day.
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benzonatate: I have just taken 3 doses of this, after weeks of illness and such a severe cough that I was afraid I would damage a rib. This knocked the severity of the cough down within half an hour. Talk about tired though, I've been a lump all day. Cough syrups weren't effective at all and I just can't believe how well and quickly this has worked. I've still got an occasional cough and it does increase after several hours but the severity is gone. This is a drug I will ask for in the case of future coughs and will be sure to tell friends about.
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benzonatate: This didn't cure the cough completely away but helped tremendously! Best I've ever taken for a cough, and I always end up with a real bad cough when I'm sick.
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Tessalon (benzonatate): I FOUND TESSALON VERY EFFECTIVE. MUCH AHEAD OF OTC SYRUPS. MY COUGH IS A RACKING TYPE WITH EXTREME PRESSURE ON THE STERNUM. TESSALON WORKS VERY WELL. IN MY OPINION ITS ABILITY TO RELIEVE THE COUGH BY CONTROLLING THE 'NERVE CENTER' IS WHY IT IS SO EFFECTIVE.
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benzonatate: This drug is awesome. I always get a bad cough when I get sick and I always request this from my doctor becasue it is the only thing that allows me to get rest at night, otherwise I cough all night. I have no side affects from taking it.
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benzonatate: Pneumonia cough was non-stop - gave almost instant relief - last 4 hrs and worked when other cough meds didn't - did make me sleep
alot and groggy. - doesn't end the cough altogether but gives you rest from it.
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benzonatate: it was a good and very helpful to relieve the cough. DONT CHEW IT! i wanted to see what it did and it felt like my throat was swelling up.
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benzonatate: This medicine was helpful however after about three hrs it does wear off and if you are misrable like I was the dosage for this is to far apart. It is nice to get the relief for a few hrs but then the few in between the next dose is heck.
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Tessalon Perles (benzonatate): Tessalon Perles have slightly helped in reducing the severity of the cough and lowered the number of times (1 X a minute to 1 or two times in 2 to 3 hrs.)
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Tessalon (benzonatate): Benzonatate gave me almost instant relief, but it caused cramping and diahria. I find it doesn't last very long, but it does help with coughing.
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benzonatate: It works, if only for approximately 3 hours at best for me. I didn't have the cooling chest sensations, as some have reported. But it worked well for me while I was having issues in humid FLORIDA running all over Disneyworld.
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Tessalon (benzonatate): I have trouble finding something non-narcotic to help with my cough. I dont do well with most over the counter cold medicines for one reason or another. This medication worked great! It did make me a little sleepy but otherwise did the trick. I could tell after about 4 hours the effect wearing off.
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