Guaifen-C and cough

I have been recently been taking guaifen and the past few nights i have experienced weird dreams and i have not been able to sleep very well. this drug speeds up my heart rate and makes me very hyper. i also have difficulty speaking. i have been very silent over the past few days. the drug works though i don't have a cough anymore.

I have some kind of sickness which is going around and I couldn't hear one morning out of one ear so I went to the doctor and he prescribed me Guaifen. It worked right away after the first 30 mins my ears begin to pop and slowly return some of my hearing. The first day I took it it made me drowsy. I only take it at around the time I go to bed and it wakes me up around 7 or 8 am every time so far. I usually wake up with a really bad cough which I try not to swallow and although its supposed to help me with the cough it dosen't do anything for my sore throat. My sickness is slowly fading but the ear has not healed after the first day.

My husband is in the advanced stages of Alzheimers. He has a cough and the doctor prescribed liquid guaifen. After giving it to him, every six hours for a day, he is confused more than usual, cannot stand up, mumbles and moans incessantly. I'm going to stop giving this to him and call the doctor in the morning. I hope this is what's keeping him from standing. Otherwise, we're in a heap of trouble! I'll let you know.

OMG!!!! Have only taken one pill so far and I swear it has made my cough 10 times worse!!!! Doc gave to me to help my congestion, now cough is so bad I cannot stand it (I am also taking something for the cough, but it is not working!!!!)

The guaifen is an expectorant, so of course it will make you cough!! That's what an expectorant does!! It loosens the phlegm so you can cough it up and out (unless you just WANT to swallow it). Also a bronchodilator which helps breathing.

The loss of appetite, not being able to sleep is caused by the PSE part of this Rx--PSE being pseudoephedrine which acts like speed for a lot of people.

Makes my nose a little dry but drains my sinuses and opens up my lungs, which is why I'm taking it!!

It's 12:42 am and I finally decided to check the internet to see if anyone else taking this medicine was experiencing / experienced what I am. I cannot sleep. Having to clear my throat or cough all the time. Mouth is so dry that there are times I cannot swallow. It's awful. This medicine is going in the trash!

I was perscribed Guaifen along with an antibiotic. I have done nothing but cough for a week. At bed time, I wake up every other hour. My mouth is very dry and my heart is beating out of my chest. I have little bumps between my fingers that itch a little bit. I'm very headachy and dizzy. I feel like I'm buzzed and shakey. I can say I will not take this drug again!

I took one pill and coughed my head off the rest of the evening--worse than the day before I took the pill!! That night I went to sleep okay, but woke up once, took me an hour to get back to sleep. Woke up again, took another 1/2 hour to get back to sleep. After reading these postings--forget this pill--I'll do without. I'd like to lose weight with it, sure, but I'm sick to death of coughing. I've hardly coughed today--why take a stupid pill that's going to make me cough worse? Hacks me off I paid $$ for the pills, though.