Cevimeline and Nausea: What Users Say

• jba...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 14, 2018

For Sjogren's Syndrome "Changed my life. My dry mouth was waking me up at night. Now, I sleep through the night. My eyes were flaked over, now they are probably 90% better. I feel a bit of nausea as a side effect, but not 10% of what would make me stop using it. I'm using the generic."

• Pam...
• December 1, 2019

Cevimeline for Sjogren's Syndrome "Just started taking this medicine. I’ve taken it for almost a month. It definitely works very well for dry mouth and dry throat. I am taking Restasis for the dry eyes, and that is working great. However, like one lady mentioned here, I have felt like I have had the flu for the last two weeks. So I was prescribed Tamiflu. That made it worse. Severe, severe fatigue. I am not sleepy, I am just tired all the time. I have back pain, upset stomach, headaches, body odor, shaking, nausea, vomiting, and other bad side effects. I’m going to speak with my ENT about this tomorrow. I have an appointment to see a rheumatologist for the first time in February! Takes a long time here in Memphis to see a rheumatologist since we don’t have very many. So I need my ENT to figure out what I need to do for the next two months. This medicine definitely works for Sjögren’s syndrome, but the side effects are too severe for me to keep taking this medicine."

• KJa...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 5, 2020

For Sjogren's Syndrome "I have severe Sjögren's. Extreme dry eyes and even worse dry mouth. I also take medications that cause dry mouth, clonidine and sleep medication. I only took cevimeline for a month. Cevimeline does produce saliva, but even taking 1/2 of the lowest dose I just cannot take the side effects anymore. Nausea, urinary pain, bloating, anxiety, and it really didn’t help with my dry eyes. It made my gastroparesis flare up. I’m so glad it worked for so many of you."

• Anonymous
• January 3, 2015

For Sjogren's Syndrome "It's a huge relief for dry mouth and seems to help dry eyes a bit. Drawback for me - it's very nauseating, so I need to take another medicine to offset the nausea."