User Reviews for Tessalon Perles oral

Tessalon Perles did nothing for my cough. My cough continued unabated and quite violently despite taking the medication as directed. After five day with no results I went to Robtussin DM which worked well.

Have been prescribed numerous times for pneumonia, bronchitis etc and is completely useless. Yes it’s easy to se - but may as well be taking a tic tac - actually I think those work better. Must have quite a lobby to be around this long and be this useless.

Absolutely worthless! My wife and I have been prescribed this medication various times and it's never helped.

Yes, it's easy to use because it's a very small capsule that's easy to swallow. However, I tried to take this medication twice and both times it made me dry heave over and over again. I ended up taking NyQuil Cough DM+Congestion and that worked far better than these.

I have sinusitis induced cough that settled into my bronchial tubes within days. Been coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath by the end of the second week. Hospitalized the past 3 days. Breathing treatments continue at home and I take this medication 3 times a day. Without it, I cough terribly and can’t rest. Thank God they gave this to me and since chronic bronchitis is common for me, I am asking my Dr why this hasn’t been given to me before.

I was prescribed this for the first time for pneumonia. This does not work as well as a codeine cough syrup. It honestly did very little for my cough until I maxed the dose at 200mg and that's just so much when combined with all the other OTC meds.

Been prescribed this to handle a cough I was managing for about a month. Only given a week's supply to try out. When it kicks it, it does the job well enough but doesn't prevent the cough completely. My big issue is that these things don't seem to last for very long! Feels like it only works for 3 hours for me! Will definitely be moving onto something else.

I have had this several times for pneumonia. I swear by it! They really help my cough and I have no other side effects. For me it's a miracle drug!

Worthless.

These really work for me. Stops coughing during the nite and I get a good nights sleep. It doesn’t work for everyone but does for me.

I have covid and was prescribed this for a cough. I think it must have treated the cough well, because after suffering from it for 2 weeks, suddenly my cough was much better within an hour of taking it. However, having taken 3 doses now (yesterday afternoon, last night, and this morning), I can also say pretty confidently that it caused urgent diarrhea two out of three times I took it. After my afternoon and morning pills, approx 4 hours later after each, I had to suddenly go to the restroom. Probably the only reason it didn't happen over night was that I'd already pooed out everything right before taking the evening dose (though I did take it with half a granola bar, which was all I could handle after that). It didn't cause any nausea, but the discomfort (and inability to fully absorb liquids, which I need to get better!) made me decide to stop taking it.Read More Read Less

My cough didn’t stop!

Made no difference with my cough on several different occasions

Drs always seem to prescribe this for cough management but I can’t understand why. They are useless. They don’t work! Use Mucinex over the counter as it actually does help control cough & has an expectorant to help loosen phlegm.

I was prescribed this for a lingering cough after the worst cold of my life. Not Covid but expected to last 3 weeks start to finish. I am on day 12. I am taking 200mg pearls 3x daily. I feel them begin working in about 15 min. I can't say that they make me sleepy, but if I lie down I fall asleep quickly and wake 2-4 hours later in the same exact position. I have been having trouble sleeping, so maybe this is catch up sleep, but it is welcome refreshing sleep. It does suppress my cough and I can roll over and sleep more hours. But once I sit up, the drainage and coughing resume for awhile. I took these many times over the years and thought they were worthless. Perhaps it's because I've aged (69 now) or because I'm retired and don't have to run around for others. But they are just what I need this time. Strange that Medicare won't cover them. $150 @ Walgreens for a 10 day supply. But Good Rx brought the price down to $39. Good medication for me, for this virus.Read More Read Less

Has done absolutely nothing to suppress my cough.

Pointless drug. I have a sinusitis-induced cough, and they prescribed this to me. Has literally 0 impact on the cough. From a google search, it seems like this is commonly known to be ineffective for coughs so I have no idea why they're still prescribing this to people. Would give it 0 stars if I could.

Got prescribed these as a ‘prescription strength cough suppressant’ and it has done absolutely nothing for cough. My OTC meds were working much better.

Been coughing for 3 weeks from RSV and now diagnosed with pneumonia so my doc gave me these worthless placebo pearls.

I used these for a dry cough I’ve been dealing with. They absolutely helped with the horrible hacking and I finally have some relief. These worked wonders for me!