Acetylcysteine

Side effects and indications

Whenever possible, frequency information about the side effects was extracted from the labels. Aggregated frequency information for the drug and, if available, placebo is shown. To the right, you can click on shaded boxes to be taken to mentions of the side effect on the label. (In some cases, the side effect cannot be highlighted due to conversion problems.) Information about indications was extracted from the indications and usage sections of the labels.

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Side effect Data for drug Placebo Labels
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Immune system disorder def 14% - 18% x x
Gastrointestinal disorder def 10% - 15% x x
Vomiting def 2% - 10% x x x x x x
Anaphylactoid reaction 1% - 10% x x x x
Flushing def 1% - 7.6% x x x x
Urticaria def 6.1% - 7.6% x x x x x
Nausea def 1% - 6% x x x x x x
Cardiac disorder def 3% - 5% x x x x
Pruritus def 1% - 4.3% x x x x
Rash def 2% - 4% x x x x x x
Tachycardia def 1% - 4% x x x x
Angiopathy def 2% - 4% x x x x
Mediastinal disorder def 2% - 3% x x x x
Dissecting aortic aneurysm, thoracic 2% - 3% x x x x
Oedema def 1.2% - 1.6% x x
Pharyngitis def 1% x x x x
Rhonchi def 1% x x x x
Throat tightness 1% x x x x
Rhinorrhoea def 1% x x x x x
Anaphylactic shock def 0.1% - 0.2% x
Hypotension def 0.1% x x x x x
Angioedema def x x x
Bronchospasm def x x x x x
Cough def x x x x
Dyspepsia def x x x
Dyspnoea def x x x x
Ear pain def x x x
Palmar erythema x x x
Body temperature increased def x
Hypersensitivity def x
Pain def x x x
Stomatitis def x
Stridor def x
Sweating def x x x
Syncope def x x x
Erythema def x x x
Vasodilation def x x x
Wheezing def x
Chest tightness x x x
Dysphoria x x x
Thinking abnormal x x x
Erythema facial x x x
Gastrointestinal symptom NOS x x
Respiratory distress def x
Face oedema def x
Gait disturbance def x x x
Sensitisation def x
Feeling hot x x x
Indication Labels
Amyloidosis def x
Aspartate aminotransferase increased def x
Asthma def x
Atelectasis def x
Bronchiectasis def x
Bronchitis def x
Bronchitis asthmatic x
Bronchopulmonary disease x
Cyst def x
Cystic fibrosis def x
Emphysema def x
Fibrosis def x
Obstruction def x
Pneumonia def x
Primary amyloidosis def x
Repetitive strain injury def x
Tracheobronchitis x
Tuberculosis def x

Information

More information: STITCH, PubChem and possibly Wikipedia or Medpedia

ATC Codes: R05CB01, S01XA08, V03AB23

Legend

Color scheme: standard – alternative

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Labels

Labels were obtained from different sources and potentially contain different sets of side effects. If you click on the label name, a HTML version of the label will be shown with proteins, chemicals and side efffects highlighted using Reflect.

  1. acetylcysteine : 5 side effects (FDA XML label)
  2. ACETYLCYSTEINE / ACETYLCYSTEINE SOLUTION : 13 side effects (Health Canada)
  3. acetylcysteine : 28 side effects (FDA XML label)
  4. acetylcysteine / Acetadote : 34 side effects (FDA CDER)
  5. acetylcysteine / Acetadote : 35 side effects (FDA MedWatch)
  6. ACETYLCYSTEINE / ACETADOTE : 37 side effects (Drugs@FDA)