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Tegaserod, Zelnorm and Zelmac
Identifier
017433
Type of Spiritual Experience
Number of hallucinations: 18
Background
A description of the experience
Tegaserod is a 5-HT4 agonist sold under the names Zelnorm and Zelmac for the management of irritable bowel syndrome and constipation. Additionally, tegaserod is a 5-HT2B receptor antagonist
Approved by the FDA in 2002, it was subsequently removed from the market in 2007 due to FDA concerns about possible adverse cardiovascular effects.
Despite this it is still being prescribed as the figures show
On Jan, 17, 2017 7,031 people reported to have side effects when taking Zelnorm.
Among them, 18 people (0.26%) have Hallucination
Time on Zelnorm when people have Hallucination :
| < 1 month | 1 - 6 months | 6 - 12 months | 1 - 2 years | 2 - 5 years | 5 - 10 years | 10+ years | |
| Hallucination | 50.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Gender of people who have Hallucination when taking Zelnorm :
| Female | Male | |
| Hallucination | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Age of people who have Hallucination when taking Zelnorm :
| 0-1 | 2-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60+ | |
| Hallucination | 0.00% | 0.00% | 7.69% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 15.38% | 46.15% | 30.77% |