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 | tmj,dislocated disc in my jaw | took 1 800 mg pill a day for 3 days...felt extremely edgy and nervous which i didn't connect to the pills until i started to throw up....had low grade fever...and 3 separate spasms across my chest over a period of 12 hours...thought i was having a heart attack...will never take this again | F | 60 | 3 days | 7/17/2007 | 3 | Calf muscle spasms | 800mg taken before bedtime. Seems to work for the muscle spasms, however, has caused me much bowel upset. I couldn't understand what was going on with my bowels and it occurred to look up the side effects of Skelaxin 800 and one of the side effects is gastrointestinal upset. | I will be stopping this medication as of this writing and see if the gastrointestinal upset clears up. This side effect has really been a problem. I am glad I at least thought to look into the Skelaxin. Anybody else had bowel problems as a result of taking Skelaxin? | F | 61 | 4 weeks | 6/15/2007 | 3 | muscle spasms | extreme tiredness muscle weakness | skelaxin works for my spasms but I stay extremely tired and can tell I have lost some muscle tone | M | 61 | 5 weeks | 1/5/2009 | 2 | back muscle pain | One hour after taking the medicine, my left foot began to cramp and I couldn't stop it then the right foot and up to my calves. Still had the back pain but the muscle cramps/small charlie horse in my legs were quite uncomfortable. Got up three hours later and walked and didn't have any returning symptoms | I'd prefer something else, don't know if I want to try it again tonight but may. | F | 61 | 1 days | 11/14/2008 | 1 | Muscle Pain | Severe Stomach Pain | I wouldn't recomend It to anyone | F | 61 | 1 days | 2/3/2008 | 1 | Neck pain during night | I literally could not sleep at all. I could not even close my eyes. As soon as I realized this was causing my sleeplessness, I discontinued the medication. I returned to normal sleep the first night after discontinuing. | F | 61 | 6 days | 1/3/2005 | 1 | Muscle spasms | Suddenly I was paralyzed on my right side unable to move my lower body. Scared, I called my husband to help "move me" by gentle touch. Within 3 minutes I was fine. Two days later, it happened again when I was alone but I thought something else was going on with my right side. I took slow breaths & prayed it would subside. It did after about 2 minutes. The 3rd time it occurred I thought I was having a stroke as I couldn't move my jaw, neck, right shoulder down to my fingertips. We were driving in the car at the time. It was then I decided to seek Internet help & stop this medication. I went back to the other muscle relaxer I was taking & these incidences never returned. | What has NOT have worked for me may help someone else. I took it on a Thurs, Sat, Mon, & Wed. Four 800 mg doses in 7 days. My sister takes another kind muscle relaxer 3 times a day & if I take even half of one of those pills which had once been prescribed for me, I am so tired I cannot function. The kind I am taking works but my doctor told me to try Skelaxin as she thought it might be more helpful to me. It was NOT. | 61 | 7 days 800mg 1X day | 5/13/2010 | 1 | No - cost prohibitive | With a long list of ailmentsI ahve been having leg spasm that literally contortoin my toes & feet upwards onto my ankles so jumping out of bed I fall over. The spasming after 5 days [this time] includes 80% of my body.... | Because of the cost & that I have other muscle relaxants that aren't working I wanted more info 1st & this has been the ONLY useful site. After reading these posts I can at least stop worrying myself into worst pain over whether to put out money I cannot give up! | F | 62 | 0 days 1X day | 6/26/2010 | 1 | Neck and Shoulder muscle pain | I developed hives on my neck, chest, and back. This was after one 800 mg dose. My doctor said that allergic reaction that was so localized was probably the result of being exposed to paint while painting the interior of my house. I waited a few days, and took another pill. The hives were even more severe. | I observed no other effects or results. | M | 62 | 2 days | 2/10/2005 | 4 | osteoarthritis | none | i have severe osteoarthritis ( 2 hip replacements one knee ) shoulder shot,fingerhave heberdin nodes, and severe degenerative disc. So what do I do I go hiking in utah combined skelaxin with mobic ice and heat and I hiked daily for 30 days 3miles in morning 3 in afternoon was my limit. no side effects with skelaxin what so ever .I know my days are numbered but have been an mega athlete all my life and I am committed not to go quietly into that good night.just wish I could loose weight even though i weigh the same as i did 40 years ago it is more fat now rather then muscle. some days pain is so bad I can do nothing regardless of what I take MRI confirm i'm on borrowed time fusion lurks in my future. Rage ragr aginst the dying of the light.don't postpone joy. | M | 63 | 800 3X day | 2/21/2010 | 4 | Back, Shoulder, neck pain | 800 mg, 3 times a day, is too much for daytime, makes me too drowsy. I cut it in half for daytime. Have gained some weight on it. Does help with the pain. | For weight gain, I found a website that I bought a fatloss wrap that I have used for a month now, & I've lost 6 lbs. & 9 1/2 inches off my stomach. For constipation I take 500mg. of Ester C twice a day & it helps a lot. | F | 63 | | 10/26/2007 | 4 | Spinal Stenosis (bad leg pain) | Depression, tireness, dizziness ... | On a scale for 1 to 10 , I give Skelaxin a 7 (from a 2) as far as using my legs again and easing the pain.. But the cost is REDICULOUS $ 256.00 for 60 pills of 800 mg...1 tablet every 8 hours as needed for spasms. I take it as directed for it IS NEEDED... Approxamately $4.25 per tablet ! So buying Skelaxin will stop soon for there is a shortage of $$$ around here. | F | 63 | 3 months | 10/22/2009 | 1 | Herniated discs | I normally have great blood pressure but my blood pressure soared when on this stuff. My face was very red. Had to be hospitalized while blood pressure came down. Finally figured out it was the Skelaxin. | Skelaxin worked as a muscle relaxant. But nearly killed me heart/blood pressure wise. I'll gladly take the back pain instead of using it again. | M | 63 | 10 days 800 mg 2X day | 4/11/2011 | 1 | lower back pain | I took one 800 mg tablet yesterday while at work. Within approximately 40 minutes I experienced severe itching all over my body. My lips & skin around eyes became swollen and I developed hives on my chest, face and hands. I started taking benedryl tablets hoping to allay these symptoms. If anything, they are more pronounced today. I won't be taking this drug again. | I take lorazepam,Zoloft and Effexor every day but have not experienced hives with these drugs. I now know that the lorazapam could exacerbate the problem of sleepiness or dizziness. | F | 64 | 1 days | 5/19/2007 | 4 | severe sciatica and muscle spasms | Experienced drowsiness on 800/mg so cut dosage in half taking 400/mg - one at breakfast and one at lunch...then 800/mg at bedtime which enabled me to sleep quite well. | Sciatic pain along with PT has gone from a 10 to a 4 in just a week so for me this medication works well. I will continue to take this as long as it helps. | F | 65 | 8 days | 9/6/2006 | 4 | back pain | None that I am aware of | Skelaxin has really helped me from very bad back pain. Sometimes I still have to take hydrocodone. However, there are now many times that Skelaxin itself relieves the pain | F | 66 | 1 months 800 1X day | 9/5/2010 | 4 | muscle spasms | None that I can detect. | I only take this med when needed, then only 400 mg. I usually only need it occasionally. My usage has been over the course of 5 yrs. | F | 66 | | 12/29/2008 | 2 | lower back pain | dizziness, red rash on back and chest, prickley feeling all over, can't sleep | took two doses of 800 mg. eight hours apart, made me feel awful, red itchy rash and a terrible woozy feeling. Haven't had any more but next day still feel awful, rash has not gone away. | M | 66 | 1 days | 9/2/2009 | 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 | 2 | Have had 3 neck injuries and Fibrom | So far it seems useless. Was taking Methocarbamol but they are currently not being manufactured so had to try something else. Does make me slightly nauseous but with a little food it does pass. Hopefully it will improve with usage. | So much less effective than other muscle relaxer I was on. But doctors are also cutting everyone's opioids down. Better make something work. | F | 67 | 4 days 80mg | 7/22/2018 |