Benzonatate for Cough User Reviews (Page 2)

• cherr...
• March 1, 2013

Tessalon (benzonatate) "I have had allergies for months. The drainage caused me to develop a severe case of bronchitis which triggered my asthma to be worse than ever before. Nothing was working for my cough which was keeping me awake night after night. Sleeping sitting up on the couch for 30 min at a time... Doc at ER gave me 2 Tessalon. Cough stopped almost immediately. First night of sleep I have had in weeks. Thank heavens she wrote me a prescription. Now I am looking forward to my second night cough free. Thank God for small miracles."

• Cracked...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 2, 2017

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "A sudden fit of nonstop coughing landed me at doctor's office. Nothing over the counter helped. I felt like my ribs were cracked and pain was awful. My Dr prescribed Tessalon Perles 100 MG. No more cough and no side effects. I am back to normal. "

• Pano
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 3, 2019

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "Tessalon is helpful for Bronchitis. Especially before lying down at night. Have not observed differential effects between 100mg and 200mg nor between 1 and 3 doses daily. Most effective dose appears at nighttime with remediation within 30 to 60 minutes. Also helpful with occasional use for chronic sinusitis relief."

• Anonymous
• February 24, 2020

"I had a slight cough going into the doctors to get checked out for flu like symptoms. The doctor prescribed me these useless pills and an inhaler when my cough wasn’t terrible. 2 days later here I am with an even worse cough while taking these, I think it made my cough worse if anything"

• Debbj...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 16, 2019

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "The Tessalon pills are great! I’ve been coughing for a month and having difficulty with sleeping. The last 4 nights I have slept through the night. It seems to work best for me if I take one around an hour to an hour and a half before bedtime.Finally getting some rest."

• Ruffy
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 19, 2024

"This medicine has saved my life. I had pneumonia for 2 months on 2 kinds of antibiotics. I couldn’t get well until I started benzonatate. My deep tracheal cough significantly improved. By day 10, mucus evaporated and overall strength came back. I call it the 'angel of mercy.'"

• kirasea
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 6, 2014

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "For me, these are wonderful - IF I don't have to drive anywhere, or work. I've been on every other cough suppression & this definitely works the best for coughing fits! They also give me a "sedated" feeling, but not to the point where I need to go to sleep."

• Jenna
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 29, 2024

"This stuff worked when nothing else would. I just couldn't stop coughing from a seasonal allergy cough that turned into a nasty cold. The coughing was wearing me down. I was exhausted. After one use, my coughing slowed down and eventually only a couple of light coughs a day. I was able to get some rest and finally started to recover. It was a game changer."

• tallguy
• July 18, 2011

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "I have used this medicine for almost a year (as needed) within my arsenal of other medicine to treat my bronchitis. It is extremely effective. I use the max dosage of 200 mg. As far as I can tell I have had no side effects from this medication and usually I'm very sensitive to many medicines."

• Perley
• August 25, 2016

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "Have been prescribed this med twice before. First two times worked like magic. Just swept the urge to cough away. This time, years later, same story. After 8 days of continuous wracking coughs, and 20-hours a day in bed, gave up on OTC-DM tablets and went for better help. After 1 perle, the coughing has subsided. No side effects. Bliss."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 7, 2023

"This medication is absolutely useless!! It doesn’t help with coughing whatsoever. The only medicine that has ever helped for extreme coughing (a cough that literally keeps you awake the entire night) is codeine cough syrup. Of course, doctors no longer prescribe that cough syrup because they fear you’ll get addicted to a three-day supply of medication! Now I get to spend the next 12 hours sitting in an emergency room with my daughter because she has chest pain from continually coughing."

• Sore...
• March 25, 2019

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "Bronchitis. I'm also a smoker for almost 30 years. Was hacking due to a mucus in my esphogus/bronchi that I could *not* clear out. My stomach, back, sides, throat and chest were in agony from useless coughing. Urgent care gave me these...along with the steroid and Levaquin I asked for. I had never had nor heard of this medicine. I didn't expect much. Says take three times a day. Well, you know I took one perle and within half an hour later-blessed relief? No coughing. Three hours or so later I started coughing. Had to dose again. Again....after half an hour of hacking--*poof* cough is gone. In my honest opinion this pill is fabulous!! It should be available OTC because everyone should be able to get this relief when needed. I have experienced no side effects from it this far. I have never experienced any cough relief like this. I used to lament the discontinuation of the old Vicks44, because that was the best cough relief I"d ever had. This stuff right here? Superb."

• Simi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 27, 2016

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "I've had asthma since I was a baby. all colds since I was a baby have ended up turning into bronchitis or pneumonia. I am 29 now and asthma only flares up once or Twice a year from a bad cold. The ONLY thing that has ever helped my cough was codeine cough syrup... It's a miracle drug. (Aside from inhalers but that never stops the cough) However after 2 weeks of horrible bronchitis with coughing fits so bad I am dry heaving, I went back to the doc and told him I needed something that didn't make me drowsy so I could actually function during the day without coughing. He gave tessalon perles. I just took one dose 100mg an hour ago and my coughing has virtually stopped even laying down. THANK GOODNESS FOR A NON-NARCOTIC MED THAT WORKS!"

• Icesq...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 18, 2023

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "Tessalon Perles worked very well for me. Stopped the hacking cough of COVID dead in its tracks. The only side effect I've had is a slight increase in sleepiness, which, given the situation, isn't a bad thing. It makes it easy to rest while recovering."

• Barbara...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 11, 2016

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "This is the second bronchitis episide (6 months apart) that I have used Tessalon perles. They are like a miracle that let me stop coughing so severely and also sleep at night! I tried taking just 1 when first prescribed and didn't notice any improvement, so I've found 2 at each dose works miracles for me!"

• MrRed
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 21, 2020

"Have been prescribed benzonatate twice. Took one 100mg pill every 4 hours. Completely useless. A dry unproductive cough, that plagued me for days and days, just kept right on going. Eventually took come left-over cough prescription with codeine in it that we had in the house. Stopped the cough in less than an hour. Benzonatate is worthless. Don't waste your time. If your doctor prescribes this, skip it. It isn't even worth an $8 prescription co-pay."

• jerri
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 9, 2024

"I had been experiencing an annoying tickle with having coughing fits every few hours after I had COVID. These little gems have helped me immensely. I am only on them for 3 days and I was able to get a good night's sleep and with hardly any coughing at my job. I love my PCP!"

• Vonne
• January 4, 2016

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "I was prescribed this for cough. My sister is a respiratory therapist of 25 years. She said it's really bad to stop the mucus being coughed up and suppressing the mucus to settle into your lungs. She said a lot of people end up getting pneumonia when they take it for long periods of time."

• Cough...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 1, 2023

"This pill is a joke. First time got prescribed the pill to suppress my cough. However, it did nothing. The pill is doing nothing and you better off just swallow a piece of skittle candy. The only thing that is good about this pill is how pretty it looks. Kaiser prescribed this none sense pill to me. Wasted my time waiting in line to pick up this garbage pill. I am coughing like crazy and I cannot sleep. If you overdose this pill, it can kill you. But it does nothing to help about your coughing. Why bother even take it? Why are you prescribing a pearl pill to me instead of a good quality coughing syrup? I think even old fashion coca-cola works better than you little pearl."

• Befou...
• April 4, 2016

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "Just started using tessalon perles while having a horrible cough from bronchitis. Very shortly after taking first dose I am hardly coughing at all! That's awesome as last night I was coughing so much I woke up with no voice! Not having any side effects from it as others have reported. Love it!!"

• LeFow...
• November 14, 2016

Tessalon Perles (benzonatate) "Made the cough completely vanish, but had a pretty bad headache couples with constant drowsiness and light dizziness. Definitely worth it, but awful when i have to get a lot done at night (which i often do). Overall: They get the job done, but it ultimately you must weigh the cough vs the side effects."

• afagan
• January 1, 2008

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. "

• Anonymous
• August 2, 2012

"My doc told me I had an upper respiratory infection and prescribed the Z-pack and Benzonatate for the coughing. My cough was severe and already had lasted a week with it. My abs were super sore from coughing so much. The first time I took this, it seemed to work. I barely coughed the next few hours. When I took it again though it didn't do anything. In fact it made me cough more than if I hadn't taken it. Kept taking it before I went to work and it would cause me to have coughing fits and now my ribs hurt."

• Anonymous
• October 24, 2009

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."

• Chris...
• January 31, 2020

"It does not help. I feel like the pharmaceutical companies are pushing the doctors to prescribe this medicine to their patients so they get more money. Why else would they not just give us the good old liquid cough syrup that has Codeine in it. These new pills SUCK!"