Pantoloc Control Side Effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Patients should seek medical attention immediately in case of any of the following serious side effects. This medicine should be stopped straight away. Patients must be informed to bring the leaflet and/or the tablets.
Serious allergic reactions (frequency rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people): hypersensitivity reactions, so-called anaphylactic reactions, anaphylactic shock and angioedema. Typical symptoms are: swelling of the face, lips, mouth, tongue and/or throat, which may cause difficulty in swallowing or breathing, hives (nettle rash), severe dizziness with very fast heartbeat and heavy sweating.
Serious skin reactions (frequency not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data): rash with swelling, blistering or peeling of the skin, losing skin and bleeding around eyes, nose, mouth or genitals and rapid deterioration of general health, or rash particularly in areas of skin exposed to the sun. Joint pain or flu-like symptoms, a fever, swollen glands (e.g. in the armpit) and blood tests may show changes in certain white blood cells or liver enzymes.
Other serious reactions (frequency not known): yellowing of the skin and eyes (due to severe liver damage), or fever, rash, and enlarged kidneys sometimes with painful urination, and lower back pain (serious inflammation of the kidneys), possibly leading to kidney failure.
Other side effects include: Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people): benign polyps in the stomach.
Uncommon side effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people): headache; dizziness; diarrhoea; feeling sick, vomiting; bloating and flatulence (wind); constipation; dry mouth; bellyache and discomfort; skin rash or hives; itching; feeling weak, exhausted or generally unwell; sleep disorders; increase in liver enzymes in a blood test; fracture in the hip, wrist or spine.
Rare side effects (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people): distortion or complete lack of the sense of taste; disturbances in vision such as blurred vision; pain in the joints; muscle pains; weight changes; raised body temperature; swelling of the extremities; depression; increased bilirubin and fat levels in blood (seen in blood tests), breast enlargement in males; high fever and a sharp drop in circulating granular white blood cells (seen in blood tests).
Very rare side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people): disorientation; reduction in the number of blood platelets, which may cause bleeding or bruising more than normal; reduction in the number of white blood cells, which may lead to more frequent infections; coexisting abnormal reduction in the number of red and white blood cells, as well as platelets (seen in blood tests).
Not known frequency cannot be estimated from the available data: hallucination, confusion (especially in patients with a history of these symptoms); decreased level of sodium, magnesium, calcium or potassium in blood (see Contraindications), rash, possibly with pain in the joints; feeling of tingling, prickling, pins and needles, burning sensation or numbness, inflammation in the large bowel, that causes persistent watery diarrhea.
Reporting of side effects: Patients must be advised in case of any side effects. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this monograph. Reporting side effects can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.