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 | back pain | Approx 1 hr after taking 400mg (1/2 800 mg tablet) I experienced increasingly severe dizziness, narrowing and blurred vision, rapid breathing, nausea and profuse sweating. I was unable to even stand to reach the bathroom, had to crawl. | M | 52 | 1 days | 9/13/2009 | 1 | Muscle Pain in Back | Drowsiness, depression | Did not help back pain; had 2 car incidents in those 2 days (you may wish not to drive while on this medication) | M | 52 | 2 days | 5/31/2009 | 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 | 4 | back pain/spasms | No side effects. | I have taken Slelaxin with and without food 3x daily along with Ibruprofen. I have gotten some relief and will continue to take this medication for the 5 prescribed days. | F | 51 | 2 days | 2/19/2008 | 4 | sciatica, hip pain | Irritable, swelling of hands and feet, insomnia, stomach pain after taking. It worked better than flexeril with no daytime drowsiness. I would recommend trying it, it helped my pain along with vicodin. | F | 51 | 2 months 800 mg | 5/21/2014 | 3 | herniated disc | Where do I start. i took it before work the first time and could barely stand. I finally just slumped to the floor behind the cash register. Several months later I took it two nights in a row (2 and 3 days ago)and I've had a debilatating migraine complete with flashing lights (which I've never had with my migraines before) | It took the pain away and let me slip but if this horrible, horrible migraine goes on much longer I'm going to go crazy! Not at ALL worth it. Rather have the back pain. | F | 51 | 3 days | 9/8/2006 | 2 | Back pain | Terrible insomnia, irritability, worsening of depression to the point where I needed to reassess depression meds; stopped taking it and felt better the next day - and I was only taking 1/2 a pill! (split 800mg) | My main warning: if you're taking meds for depression (I take Wellbutrin), be very careful with this drug; this drug will make your depression much, much worse. Try something like flexeril - which I was on, but that made me too sleepy, but less reactive with antid's. | M | 51 | 4 months 400 1X day | 9/22/2016 | 1 | Neck pain/spasm herniated disc | No pain relief, no muscle spasm relief. No side effects. It's as if I didn't take medicine. | M | 51 | 1 days 800 3X day | 5/4/2022 | 1 | Neck pain and fibro | I have extreme stomach pain and nausea, insomnia and indigestion. Blood pressure high. Leg cramps severe. | I was prescribe skelaxin along with lyrica and celebrex for fibromyalgia, osteo arthritis and neck pain from a cervical fusion. I cant sleep, feel sick all day and nauseas. It does very little for my pain. I suppose it would be slightly more tolerable during the day. I really would not recommend this drug. | F | 51 | 6 months 800 mg | 6/11/2016 | 1 | Back Injury | Some relief, then in the middle of the night, I woke up with an intense panic attack. Nervousness, jittery, sleeplessness, paranoia, manic/depressive. I got about 7 hours total of sleep over a week. I had suicidal thoughts as there seemed to be no way out. | I thought back injury and my state of mind about being injured was causing the intense side effects, but the onset was sudden and I did a Google search and realized that Skelaxin was causing the severe side effects. I'm a fire officer and can't afford to lose mental sharpness. I still have some side effects although I stopped taking drug a few weeks ago. I had a panic attack last night, but I fought through it, something I couldn't do before. | M | 51 | 5 days 800 mg 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | muscle pain, hip | swelling- hands feet, face and general puffyness, charlie horse type leg cramps, headache,discolored urine, dry mouth | had little or no affect on muascle pain | F | 51 | 3 days | 1/11/2009 | 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 |