MEPERGAN Reviews (MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; PROMETHAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 4.2 (61 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MEPERGAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MEPERGAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | post shoulder surgery | Extremely frightening hallucinations, mouth so dry I couldn't talk, dizziness, could not walk without much assistance. | This, in my opinion, is a terrible drug. I thought I was losing my mind . Didn't seem to alleviate the pain either. Took 3 doses, and it was truly a trip...to hell. | F | 62 | 1 days | 2/16/2007 | 1 | Breast Reduction | While taking this medication, I was completely out of it. I was having hallucinations. I was saying things that made no sense to anyone. When I went back to the doctor the day after my surgery, they almost admitted me to the hospital because of the fact that I passed out once, and almost passed out several more times. | F | 33 | 1 days | 1/1/2007 | 1 | Broken Foot | Hallucinations and incontinence. | Pain not noticed. | F | 85 | 1 days | 1/3/2006 | 1 | Post operative pain | hallucinations, extreme slow down of all digestive processes | F | 38 | 5 days | 2/13/2005 | 1 | Kidney Stones | Extremely drowsy and dizzy. | Did not stop the pain. Was taking max dose and still was in extreme pain. Begged doctor for diffrent drug. Given Tylox next which did stop the pain and did not even have to take max dose. | M | 38 | 10 days | 10/31/2003 | 2 | | 3/22/2008 | 2 | Breast Reduction | While taking this medication, I was completely out of it. I was having hallucinations. I was saying things that made no sense to anyone. When I went back to the doctor the day after my surgery, they almost admitted me to the hospital because of the fact that I passed out once, and almost passed out several more times. | F | 33 | 1 days | 1/1/2007 | 2 | | 9/14/2006 | 3 | Kidney Stones | Sleepiness | helped with pain for the first couple of days | F | 27 | 7 days | 4/19/2007 | 4 | chronic pain-postshouldersurgeries | Total brain fog- kills pain. | takes (me) 24 hour to get rid of- stay in a dazed state long after apin relief is gone.I take it several times a week, not several times daily, when in dire need for relief...I hate the dopey feel | F | 48 | 4 years | 4/12/2008 | 4 | breast augmentation and mastoplexy | drowsiness, weakness, dry mouth | F | 18 | 5 days | 12/12/2007 | 4 | tonsillectomy and sinus surgery | General grogginess, slightly blurred vision, mild itching, lucid dreams | I would never have believed a drug would do such an amazing job with the pain and still leave me with enough function to take care of things around the house. It does impair mental function a bit; I'll start something and forget what I was doing. It has made my dreams much more vivid, even when I was just dozing lightly after surgery. I kept answering questions no one had asked me (my family got a kick out of that). My surgery was yesterday morning and I'm just ecstatic that I'm doing so well so far. | F | 35 | 2 days | 6/16/2007 | 4 | Migraines | Makes it easier to fall asleep; I can sleep through the night without waking up (and, if I wake, I can fall back asleep easily). Definitely impairs my cognitive abilities and makes the world blurry. I would not suggest driving or doing anything complicated. No nausea. | Like other drugs I take for migraines, mepergan does not seem effective after I've taken it a couple of times (in these cases, it does not relieve any of my pain). I often take it with Advil to stop pain from recurring (mepergan does not seem to have anti-inflammatory effects-- it just masks pain). The first pill I ever took made me feel like my pounding migraine still existed, but it was somewhere across the room from me (which was nice). It has never been as effective since. I do not take more than two pills per day, because it seems pointless (it won't help). I have not tried upping the dosage because it is a narcotic and I don't want to become addicted. While it makes me sleepy, sometimes I cannot sleep (I remain in bed half asleep, with a weird sense of floating, for half of the night). The cognitive impairment is such that I don't think I could write anything or evaluate anything complicated. I have developed non-thought-requiring activities to occupy myself when I have to ta | M | 39 | 6 years | 10/14/2006 | 4 | Foot surgery | Constipation, sweating, a few hallucinations | Surgery involved opening up the top of the foot, trimming some bones, and installing some pins and screws. Mepergan really helped - I had very little pain while I was taking it. The Rx said 1 or 2 pills every 4-6 hours - I took about 6 the first day and 4 each of the next two - I am a large man and this more than sufficed. After three days the pain had subsided to the point where I decided that enduring the minor pain remaining was better than putting up with the side effects. | M | 65 | 3 days | 6/9/2006 | 4 | Wisdom teeth extraction | M | 31 | 4 days | 2/7/2006 | 4 | Meningitis | Drowsiness | F | 34 | 5 days | 1/30/2006 | 4 | wisdom teeth extractions | Took the first 2 days post op, script was 25mg every 4 hours. I really took it about every 6 to 8 hours, though. I started taking it as soon as the IV meds and numbing started to wear off, as I'm big on pain prevention. The first couple of days were good with this one. No nausea, no pain, etc. The third day, I started hurting more. | The third day post-op, I started hurting alot more. I took the mepergan, but it basically just made me slightly dizzy for about 2 hours and nothing else. The dizzy and disorientation seemed to distract me from the throbbing pain, but that was about it. Once those first 2 hours were done, I was left with lots of pain and more hours to go before I could take more med. So, I called the doctor, and he gave me a different presciption (percocet) that I'm using now. As a sidenote, the nurses said pain thresholds sometimes change after the 3rd day because of a anti-inflammatory steroid (decadron) they give me. After surgery, they gave me 3 decadron tablets to take over the next 36 hours for swelling. They said that once you quit taking the decadron, your pain threshold lowers, and that's when folks sometimes call for more help. So, I'm glad I wussied out and called because the other med (percocet) is helping much better right now. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/21/2005 | 4 | wisdom teeth extractions | Took the first 2 days post op, script was 25mg every 4 hours. I really took it about every 6 to 8 hours, though. I started taking it as soon as the IV meds and numbing started to wear off, as I'm big on pain prevention. The first couple of days were good with this one. No nausea, no pain, etc. The third day, I started hurting more. | The third day post-op, I started hurting alot more. I took the mepergan, but it basically just made me slightly dizzy for about 2 hours and nothing else. The dizzy and disorientation seemed to distract me from the throbbing pain, but that was about it. Once those first 2 hours were done, I was left with lots of pain and more hours to go before I could take more med. So, I called the doctor, and he gave me a different presciption (percocet) that I'm using now. As a sidenote, the nurses said pain thresholds sometimes change after the 3rd day because of a anti-inflammatory steroid (decadron) they give me. After surgery, they gave me 3 decadron tablets to take over the next 36 hours for swelling. They said that once you quit taking the decadron, your pain threshold lowers, and that's when folks sometimes call for more help. So, I'm glad I wussied out and called because the other med (percocet) is helping much better right now. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/21/2005 | 4 | wisdom teeth extractions | Took the first 2 days post op, script was 25mg every 4 hours. I really took it about every 6 to 8 hours, though. I started taking it as soon as the IV meds and numbing started to wear off, as I'm big on pain prevention. The first couple of days were good with this one. No nausea, no pain, etc. The third day, I started hurting more. | The third day post-op, I started hurting alot more. I took the mepergan, but it basically just made me slightly dizzy for about 2 hours and nothing else. The dizzy and disorientation seemed to distract me from the throbbing pain, but that was about it. Once those first 2 hours were done, I was left with lots of pain and more hours to go before I could take more med. So, I called the doctor, and he gave me a different presciption (percocet) that I'm using now. As a sidenote, the nurses said pain thresholds sometimes change after the 3rd day because of a anti-inflammatory steroid (decadron) they give me. After surgery, they gave me 3 decadron tablets to take over the next 36 hours for swelling. They said that once you quit taking the decadron, your pain threshold lowers, and that's when folks sometimes call for more help. So, I'm glad I wussied out and called because the other med (percocet) is helping much better right now. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/21/2005 | 4 | Cervical disc fusion | I was taking it in the hospital and also when I went home. It stopped the pain but I started hallucinating, seeing ants on the wall, etc. Had to discontinue and started taking hydrocodone. | F | 60 | 3 days | 6/22/2005 |