Safety

Possible side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

The side effects described below have been experienced by people using this medicine. Serious side effects include allergic reactions which cause swelling of the face or throat (angioedema) or other hypersensitivity reactions (such as sudden reduction of your blood pressure or dizziness) may occur individually or as part of severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic reaction) after administration of Trokide^®. In addition, some patients may experience an unexpected tightness of the chest, coughing, wheezing or breathlessness immediately after inhalation (bronchospasm).

If any of these occur, please consult your doctor immediately.

Instructions for reporting side effects are in the footer of this page.

Other side effects

Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)

• dry mouth: this is usually mild.

Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

• dizziness
• headache
• taste disorders
• blurred vision
• irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation)
• inflammation of the throat (pharyngitis)
• hoarseness (dysphonia)
• cough
• heart burn (gastrooesophageal reflux disease)
• constipation
• fungal infections of the oral cavity and throat (oropharyngeal candidiasis)
• rash
• difficulty passing urine (urinary retention)
• painful urination (dysuria)

Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)

• difficulty in sleeping (insomnia)
• seeing halos around lights or coloured images in association with red eyes (glaucoma)
• increase of the measured eye pressure
• irregular heartbeat (supraventricular tachycardia)
• faster heartbeat (tachycardia)
• feeling your heartbeat (palpitations)
• tightness of the chest, associated with coughing, wheezing or breathlessness immediately
• after inhalation (bronchospasm)
• nosebleed (epistaxis)
• inflammation of the larynx (laryngitis)
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• inflammation of the sinuses (sinusitis)
• blockage of intestines or absence of bowel movements (intestinal obstruction including ileus paralytic)
• inflammation of the gums (gingivitis)
• inflammation of the tongue (glossitis)
• difficulties swallowing (dysphagia)
• inflammation of the mouth (stomatitis)
• feeling sick (nausea)
• allergic reactions (hypersensitivity), including immediate reactions
• serious allergic reaction which causes swelling of the face or throat (angioedema)
• nettle rash (urticaria)
• itching (pruritus)
• infections of the urinary tract

Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data)

• depletion of body water (dehydration)
• tooth decay (dental caries)
• severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic reaction)
• infections or ulcerations of the skin
• dryness of the skin
• swelling of joints