SKELAXIN Reviews (METAXALONE)Average Rating: 2.7 (310 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SKELAXIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SKELAXIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | muscle spasm | sleepyness | F | 30 | 30 days | 7/16/2001 | 4 | Muscle inflammation | None | F | 44 | 5 months | 5/23/2002 | 4 | Bursitis | none | F | 47 | 30 days | 6/9/2002 | 4 | Muscle spasms/pulled muscle | Relaxed but not to the extent of impaired mobility. Allowed me to sleep without wincing in pain when I adjusted myself during the night. Have not finished taking it but would be inclined to rate it a 5 after treatment. | F | 43 | 3 days | 7/17/2002 | 3 | shoulder muscle damage | sleepiness | using 400 mg. 3 times a day Dr. suggested increase to 800 mg. 3 times a day. If I could tolerate it. Would not suggest driving while on this meds as time laspses do occur. | M | 42 | 7 days | 8/6/2002 | 3 | chronic back pain | F | 27 | 28 days | 10/1/2002 | 3 | chronic back pain | was very disoriented for the first few days. had trouble concentrating. possibly due to combination of pain killers my dr. prescribed. worked most of the time for pain. | F | 18 | 25 days | 12/9/2002 | 3 | Back, neck & ankle pains | Elevated blood pressure, sleeplisness, diareha | M | 74 | 3 days | 1/30/2003 | 3 | Neck and shoulder muscle pain/spasm | Did not rest well at night; nodeep sleep. | F | 52 | 34 days | 2/18/2003 | 3 | muscle spasms aftr physical therapy | petit mal seizures (although I had been seizure free for 10 years) | It did decrease my muscle spasms after physical therapy. I began seeing colored light flashes after chemo & radiation (dec 2001), although I had 10 years of No seizures until last week. I took the skelaxin for 12 days with no side effect. I do have rather unusual medication side-effects that have occurred since my cancer treatments and I believe my problem was perhaps with the combination of skelaxin w/gabitril(an anti-convulsive). | F | 49 | 21 days | 2/28/2003 | 3 | Fibromyalgia pain & stiffness | diahrea and cramping after the first dose and continued every day until the drug was discontinued | It did seem to help the pain at a dosage level of 1600 mg/day. Side-effects were too severe to continue the medication. | M | 54 | 7 days | 3/21/2003 | 4 | Fibromyalgia /SLE | Helps a lot with the muscle spasms and tight muscles. Helps me to sleep and puts me in a really good mood. | F | 27 | 6 months | 1/6/2004 | 5 | TMJ pain/facial muscle tightness | none | Fabulous for relaxing facial muscles. Have taken this previously for back pain with no results. I will continue to take until physical therapy resolves issues with tight muscles. | F | 34 | 14 days | 3/24/2004 | 1 | back pain | Headache, dizzy, could not sleep | I took this for the first time and had the worst night of my life. I shook all night and was completely disoriented. I finally fell asleep but when I woke up the next morning, I felt like I was in a fog and this lasted for hours. This drug is not for me. | F | 41 | 1 days | 5/8/2004 | 4 | M | 56 | 3 months | 7/14/2004 | 2 | neck pain | woozy | not strong enough | M | 27 | 1 days | 7/26/2004 | 3 | back pain | fogginess, sedation (can compound this side effect of other meds, it says, and I'm also on tramadol & neurontin, neither of which has left me foggy or sedated) | This rating during 2nd day. Back pain IS somewhat better (I'd give it a 4 down from 7). Given instructions to take 800mg 4x day, but I may cut my dosage in half for the next day or so. | F | 37 | 2 days | 9/16/2004 | 1 | neck pain -shoulder pain | I did not experience, any side effects as this is first night I took medicine. It did not releive my pain at all. | No help for me at all. Same same neck, and shoulder pain. Just felt a touch tired, I guess. Wish it did help, but felt like I took a sugar pill honestly. | F | 53 | 1 days | 10/2/2004 | 1 | lower back pain | Difficult getting to sleep. More pain than usual as both feet began to hurt. After getting some sleep, felt like a Rum hangover lasting until late afternoon. Both feet felt like they were swollen and severely bruised although looked normal. Difficult to walk and could not drive auto. | First and LAST time I will let this med do me in. The one 800mg tablet convinced me to avoid it. | M | 66 | 1 days | 10/27/2004 | 5 | muscles hurting | it has been good for me, helped alot lets me sleep though the night without hurting, have 7 disc out of back,part of right hip and a rib,most of back is fused,finally something that works without a lot of side effects,1 pill before bed 800mg | F | 46 | 3 weeks | 11/11/2004 |
SKELAXIN (METAXALONE): Metaxalone is used to treat muscle spasms/pain. It is usually used along with rest, physical therapy, and other treatment. FDA Approval Date: 2002-08-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)