Treximet Side Effects (Cont.)

Serious Side Effects Seen With Treximet

There are a number of side effects with Treximet that you should report to your healthcare provider. These include, but are not limited to:
 
  • Severe chest pain or tightness
  • Shortness of breath
  • Sudden severe abdominal pain (stomach pain)
  • Bloody diarrhea
  • Changes in vision, including loss of vision
  • Seizures
  • Worsening of asthma
  • High blood pressure (hypertension)
  • Rapid weight gain, swelling, or water retention
  • Signs of bleeding in the digestive tract, such as dark, tarry stools or vomiting of blood
  • Signs of an allergic reaction, including unexplained skin rashes, itching, hives, wheezing or shortness of breath, and unexplained swelling.
     
Taking Treximet with certain antidepressants can increase your risk of a group of dangerous symptoms called serotonin syndrome. Contact your healthcare provider immediately if you have the following symptoms of serotonin syndrome:
 
  • Confusion
  • Seeing or hearing things that are not really there (hallucinations)
  • Fast heartbeat (tachycardia)
  • Fainting
  • Fever
  • Sweating
  • Muscle spasms
  • Difficulty walking
  • Diarrhea.
     

Rare Treximet Side Effects

There are other possible Treximet side effects that can occur. These side effects occurred in 1 percent or fewer of people taking Treximet. For these side effects, it is difficult to tell whether they are actually caused by Treximet or something else.
 
Some of these rare but possible Treximet side effects include, but are not limited to:
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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