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 |
| 1 | muscle spasms | no side effects | does not work, even after taking the full 4 days | F | 48 | 5 days 800 mg 4X day | 5/2/2010 | 1 | Neck & Shoulder muscle pain | It felt like I had done 500 espresso shots. Could not sit still and wanted to crawl out of my skin. Had the same reaction to flexeril | I will not try it again. | F | 48 | 1 times | 5/5/2005 | 5 | Bulged L4,L5,S1 discs | Euphoria, relaxation | I LOVE this drug, it is the only thing so far that has helped me tremendously without horrid side effects. Been trying everything except heavy narcotics for pain I've suffered from for 10 years from a work injury. | F | 49 | 7 days | 1/10/2008 | 5 | Herniated disk and other disk probs | Nothing bad. Something interesting, I have better eyesite when I use it regularly. When I stop for a few days, my eyesite gets worse and I need to use reading glasses, go figure. When I use it every day, no glasses. So, nice side benefit for me. | Have moderate to severe, often worse later in the day, and Skelaxin has been a benefit in lowering the pain levels for me. | F | 49 | 15 months | 9/14/2007 | 3 | low back pain | Sleepy after first 800mg dose. I'm worried about taking another dose while at work. | Did not relieve much pain during the day hours so far, but will be interested to try at night. | M | 49 | 1 days | 10/4/2007 | 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 | Cervical and Lumbar Disk Herniation | Leg cramps; brain fog; irritability; hypersensitivity to light and sound. | Will have to admit during a bout of extreme neck pain flare-up this medicine did help tremendously and didn't knock me out the way Flexeril does, but the leg cramps in the middle of the night scared me and I didn't really know what was causing them until reading some of these comments. After being on this for approx. 3 months the leg cramps have subsided but have noticed hyper-anxiety,jitteriness and an extreme sensitivity to light and noise if I take it more than 3 days in a row. Last Friday my boss asked what was wrong with me, was everything all right, and I had to say NO it wasn't ! Am glad only had to pay for the generic version - the doctor had written the RX for name brand only and I called and made him change after the pharmacist alerted me to the fact a generic was available! Would be wiling to use it again but only only during extreme flare-ups and didn't have to work or drive. | F | 49 | 60 days 500 2X day | 8/17/2010 | 2 | complete rotator cuff tear, et al. | moderate nausea, moderate headache, "faucet" diarrhea ;-) , chalky taste in mouth, additional spasms in places that weren't spasming before, every time I eat anything at ANY time severe "sedation" (zombie-ness) kicks in, shortness of breath (most severe side effect), a pretty bad nightmare. | How in the hell are Rx's marketed that are not understood by docs how they work ? This drug made zero impact, though I was very hopeful / thankful my PCP decided to try it ... did nothing but fill me up with intolerable "side effects" (how about the medication doing what it's promised to do ?). So I'd call them MAIN EFFECTS, since I am still spasming / in much pain from the original problem. | M | 49 | 2 days 800 2X day | 8/29/2014 | 1 | degenerative disk disease | I have taken skelaxin now for little more than a month. I began shortly after thanksgiving of this past year in combination with 300m.g. of tramadol. well on December 23 rd i woke up and tried to put my boots on. i couldn't. i immediately realized that my calves and feet were extremely swollen. i never thought about skelaxin. my pain management doctor had not tell and swelling of the extremities is not listed as a side effect and it should be. this drug caused my blood pressure to seriously dropped. i know it was the drug. the e.r. doctor said so. i was in e.r. for three hours. my blood pressure at one point was 68/55. i saw it on the monitor. they brought in a crash cart since my heartbeat was so slight. my skin was cold and clammy and my nails and lips were turning blood from lack of oxygen. Now my question is this: my doctor is a pain management specialist. He told me the side effects, which did not include seriously low blood pressure and stumbling. i couldn't walk without a ca | M | 49 | 30 days 400m.g. 2X day | 1/8/2012 | 5 | Lower back spasms | A little groggy perhaps with a minor headache. I can't say for sure this was the cause. Made me kind of anxious...I am pretty sure this was due to the drug..All side effects were mild. | Doctor prescribed this for me for back spasms I was having due to muscle strain in my lower back that developed from exercise. Worked like a charm..almost from the start it seemed to "block" the spasms which were 10/10 painful....allowing me to recover and heal faster. | M | 50 | 7 days 800 3X day | 10/2/2013 | 4 | back spasms | sleepiness, drowsy | F | 50 | 6 days | 5/23/2008 | 4 | M.S. & Dystonia muscle spams | It's prescribed to be taken 4 x day, 800mg. I had to decrese it to 400mg/2x day because my legs/muscles become too weak. I have had to take an extra 400mg/or 800, if I'm starting to hurt/spasm. I does make me drousy, & my heart races at times. | It's the ONLY med that helps w/the spasms/pain I've been dealing w/for so long. I couldn't afford it for a while, but thank God the ins. co. decreased the cost. Before taking it, there were days I wondered if I could deal w/the pain anymore. So I hope I'm never w/o this med, no matter what the side-effects are. It has helped me so much!! | F | 50 | 6 months | 9/20/2007 | 4 | neck pain | Hives, allergic reaction, had to go to hospital for medication to counteract the side effects | F | 50 | 2 weeks 800 2X day | 11/4/2010 | 4 | Fibromyalgia pain | Not sure .....I only take when my neck is cramping and so tight I can't stand it | F | 50 | 8 years 800 | 11/13/2015 | 3 | Fusion L5-S1 and a Cage C5-C6 | Weight Gain, dizzy, Nasal congestion, stomach upset, weird taste in my mouth and "Yes," Sleepness | I do not like this drug! But, Parafon Forte had eaten a whole in my stomach and in the State of PA you cannot get any other muscle relaxants. So, I am just here. | F | 50 | 4 weeks | 12/23/2008 | 2 | pinched nerve | Anxiety, nightmares, waking up frightened. | I rarely have nightmares, but have had three since I started taking Skelaxin. I will not take it again. It's 2:20am and I'm afraid to go back to sleep. | F | 50 | 5 days | 5/9/2009 | 2 | for post op neck fusion | Makes me sleepy | Does not work very well sucks | M | 50 | 3 days 800 1X day | 6/12/2014 | 1 | lower back pain | Mild stomach cramping turned into EXTREME stomach cramping the second day, nausia, could not sleep and it was much worse than the back pain. | Will never take again. | M | 50 | 2 days | 4/27/2007 | 1 | Neck Pain | At first it worked. Then I started getting panic attacks and sever hives, vertigo, severe tinitus and confusion. It has been 6 months since I stopped this poison and I still get hives and panic. | Judging by the experiences others have had with this poison it should be taken off the market and the CEO of the drug company jailed. DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON. If your MD prescribes it find another doctor. Your doctor should know about Skelaxin by now. | M | 50 | 3 days 400 1X day | 12/2/2010 | 5 | Chronic muscle spasms | None | I love this drug! Have taken various muscle relaxants and this one for me is a miracle. Within 30 minutes almost pain free, and I have a sensitive stomach but have no problems with this drug. | F | 51 | 1 years | 6/12/2007 |