| Key to ratings for skelaxin: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
| Rating | Reason | Side Effects | Comments | Sex | Age | Time Taken | Date Added | |
| | F M | | | | ||||
| Change sort order by clicking arrow under column heading. | ||||||||
| 5 | Seperated shoulder, strained neck | i seperated my shoulder and sprained every muscle surrounding the joint. I took 400mg before practice and 400mg after. the pain went from a 10 to about a 6. considering football is a contact sport, and strain is always put on the shoulders, this drug is god like | M | 18 | 3 weeks | 1/30/2006 | 5 | cervical discs 2, 3, 4 , 5 & 6 | None | I've been battling cervical disc herniations and ruptures for 20 years and after two laminectomies (1989 and 1999) two more herniations in 2002, Skelaxin has made me remember what it's like not to have neck, arm and shoulder pain. I was given samples for 3 800mg doses daily for 8 days and felt good for the first time in years! I also take two 500mg doses of Naproxen EC daily. The samples that the DR. gave me only lasted for 8 days and for the last two days of not having the Skelaxin, I was reminded of just how much pain and discomfort I had undergone in the last 20 years. The DR. just gave me a Rx for 30 pills per month for the next 3 months and I just took my first dose from the new perscription this evening. After enduring what I have for the last 2 decades, I'd buy it at twice the cost. | M | 54 | 8 days | 9/25/2008 | 5 | Muscle pain caused by degen. disks | Drowsiness, very slight euphoria.(slight buzz) | Drugs effect people differently. While I find the comments of many people here on this page hard to believe, I grant that they may have had hives, may have swelled up, may have had depression, may have had constipation, etc. I just doubt any of that was caused by this innocuous drug. I find great relief from Skelaxin. I have taken it for several years. Sometimes I take Flexeril and sometimes Skelaxin. I find Skelaxin makes me less drowsy than Flexeril. My muscle pain is quite dimenished from Skelaxin. I recommend it to anyone with muscle pain. I have bipolar disorder and have never experienced any depression while taking Skelaxin. | M | 38 | 5 years | 1/13/2007 | 5 | Muscle pain | no side effects | Relaxed my muscles for a prolonged period of time after usage. | M | 40 | 1 weeks | 6/17/2005 | 5 | lower back pain | No side effects at all. | This worked exactly as a medicine should work. Pain goes away and doesn't come back. I need only take one pill three times at 8 hour intervals, then no more. And I had no side effects like the grogginess and such from muscle relaxants or pain meds. | M | 3 years | 7/24/2007 | 5 | lower back pain and stiffness | None. | I recover faster when I take Skelaxin; I am not as stiff and am in less pain. I also take ibuprofen or Vicadin for the pain but I've experimented with just taking Skelaxin and it seems to relieve some pain by itself. This is the third time I've taken it; usually take it for 5-10 days. I have also taken Flexeril but it makes me so sleepy and woozy that it's not worth it. | M | 47 | 8 days | 8/27/2007 | 5 | Back muscle spasm | none | Works really good on my back spasm, 3 800mg pills a day. I have taken this medicine for a muscle spasm in my neck also and it help a lot just seemed to take longer to have an effect as it did for my back | M | 35 | 4 days | 4/16/2008 | 5 | Lower Back Pain | None whatsoever | Taking 800mg 3 times a day, on 2nd day and back pain is almost completely gone | M | 27 | 2 days | 7/10/2009 | 4 | Back Pain/Muscle Pain | Slight relaxation | I take this medication as needed 800mg every 4 hours. I am usually very sensitive to medications and at first had to cut the pill in half to make 400mg. Once my body got used to the medication, I was able to increase it to the 800mg and it is quite effective for muscle, neck and accompanying headache pain. | M | 47 | 5/5/2008 | 4 | back pain/ muscle tightness | I have just taken 2 doses. So far none. No drowsiness, weakness or memory lapses. I'll update you guys after a week of taking this. | I'm taking 800mg every 12 hours. Prior to this, I always have this upper back pain while driving. Then today, it seems to be gone. I guess, this medication works for me. I'm not sure of the long term effects though. | M | 35 | 1 days | 11/29/2007 | 4 | M | 56 | 3 months | 7/14/2004 | 4 | TMJ pain/tightening, facial muscles | moderate fatigue. | prescribed 800mg three times per day, as well as Motrin 800mg 3/day. I try to stay active, but I find myself feeling very tired while on this med. It seems to be very effective for relaxing the muscle's, but my activity level drops off significantly while on this med. No other side effects to speak of. | M | 37 | 5 days | 1/22/2007 | 4 | Neck pain | minor fuzzyness of thought | Seems to work! SO much better than Soma or Flexeril in that I can rake this during the day and not become a Zombie! | M | 41 | 2 weeks | 8/14/2005 | 4 | acute low back pain due to spasm | First two days felt tired, disconnected/light headed, had nausea. On two occassions in the first 24 hours I almost passed out while standing. My wife noticed I was white as a ghost, sweaty and shaking. Also eyelid twitching...very annoying. | I must admit that the back pain improved quickly, but I was also taking Percocet and Nabumetone (NSAID). Not sure which drug helped the most. After 2 days, my body got used to the medications and I stopped the Percocet and felt much better. Continued taking meds for 2 wks. I never had an issue w/ Percocet before. Troubling though, is the fact that ever since stopping the Skelaxin my top right eyelid is always twitching. | M | 37 | 2 weeks | 2/25/2006 | 4 | neck shoulder pain | Help me relax and sleep but some nausea,I also take 10/500 mg vicoden and beed haveing a hard time sleeping,but since takeing skelaxin sleep has been no problem, Hope it works for you | M | 41 | 3 days | 12/28/2005 | 3 | Neck and shoulder muscle spasms | It makes me feel a little disconnected. It sometimes inhibits sound sleep. | This medicine is usually reliable at lessening the intensity of all but the worst muscle spasms although it only lasts for about 4 hours for me. It is more reliable than the Norflex that I used for 5+ years. | M | 58 | 4 months | 11/13/2005 | 3 | neck pain | medicine in powerful, but it will make you constipated, and have troubles with bowels. | you most judge the outcome yourself, It will work and help get rid of your muscle trouble, but in it's place give you bowel trouble. | M | 30 | 1 weeks | 11/17/2005 | 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 | Sprained back | None | It does not seem to be very powerful. It simply | M | 34 | 2 days | 1/11/2005 | 3 | elbow pain | Feeling Nervous, and depressed | After taking this drug I began having a "nervous" feeling in the pit of my stomach, that wouldn't go away. I was also deeply depressed. | M | 32 | 5 days | 4/20/2007 | 3 | Back, neck & ankle pains | Elevated blood pressure, sleeplisness, diareha | M | 74 | 3 days | 1/30/2003 | 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 | 3 | pelvic muscle spasm | mild sedation | it helps with spasm, taken with meal with fat increases blood concentration by 177%(per PDR)and has the best effect. | M | 53 | 5 days | 11/22/2007 | 3 | Chronic Neck Pain | at first, dizzyness, drowsyness, slobbered a lot when sleeping. then, dizzyness/drowsyness became tolerable. | meds don't work long term. was on flexeril before. looks like i'll be changing my choice of meds soon | M | 19 | 30 days | 11/8/2007 | 3 | Lower back spasms | None | I can't tell if it's working or not. I'm taking 2400mg/day, but I think I will try 3200mg. My back is hella locked, and has been for four days. I finally resorted to mixing the Skelaxin with 4 beers, and it knocked me right into a deep night's sleep. I actually feel much looser today. | M | 33 | 4 days | 9/12/2007 | 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 | hip & leg pains, numnis in foot | could not tell i had taken any thing other than the pain did seem to ease some in the hip regin not in the leg at back of knee | none, however did find that hydrocodone/apap 10/325 woked extremely well for all simptoms noticeable side effect not sleep well for several hours after taking | M | 10 days | 3/2/2009 | 3 | lower back pain | I appreciate the reduction in back spasm related pain. However I feel...like crap (drowsy + slightly nauseous) making it hard for me to concentrate at work. I think it's either work in pain or just lie down and feel crappy. I took this before and I remember as soon as I could discontinue using this one I did. | M | 33 | 2 days | 3/6/2009 | 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 | 3 | Lower Back Pain | Mental fog, skin irritation (itchy), fatigue, moodiness | Did help ease back pain, but this drug was expensive and side effects seemed to even out or even overshadow the drug's benefits. This seems to be the only site where TRUE negative side effects are mentioned! | M | 7 days | 5/27/2009 | 3 | upper back pain | A little spacey at first, | seemed to reduce pain but after taking several days began to have lower back ache | M | 56 | 7 days | 7/3/2008 | 3 | HAVE CHONIC BACK PAIN FOR 10 YRS | IM GETTING NAUSOUS, AND THE HEADACES FEEL LIKE MIGRANES AND MAKE ME SICK 2 MY TUMMY..SO I STOPPED IT..I WANT TO TAKE IT BUT, I DONT NEED THE HEADACES..HELL IVE TAKEN SO MANY MEDS IN 10 YRS I FEEL LIKE A DAMN DRUG STORE..WITH HAVING 3 BACK OPERATIONS AND RETIREING FROM THE USPS(HAD NO CHOICE) I GET DEPRESSED 2 SOMEDAYS, BUT, THE HEADACES R YUCKY SO I STOPPED..IM 42WM AND I GUESS I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT, 2 LIVE WITH CHONIC BACK PAIN..ALL FROM PICKING UP A BOX WRONG AT WORK..GO FIGURE!! ANYHOW, IM NOT REALLY SURE HOW THIS WORKS I DIDNT GIVE IT ENOUGH TIME..CAUSE OF THE SIDEAFFECTS... | I TAKE SOMA 5 TIMES A DAY 350MG, OPANA ER 40MG(WHICH MAJORLY HELPS), NEURANTON, AMBIEN, ETC..ETC..IF I COULD GIVE ANYONE COMMENTS DONT MESS UP UR BACK..IT TOTALLY SUCKS LIVING IN CHRONIC PAIN!!BUT, THE LAST OPERATION I HAD I HAD AN IMPLANT PUT IN MY BACK TO TRICK THE PAIN LONG STORY EMAIL ME IF U WISH..SO NOW I LIVE WITH A BATTERY IN MY LOWER RIGHT BACK N THE THING IN MY SPINE TO TRICK THE PAIN..IT WORKS ABOUT 60 PERCENT..I HAD TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING FOR MYSELF..NO ONE UNDERSTANDS UR PAIN UNLESS THERE ALSO GOING THRU PAIN IVE LEARNED.. | M | 42 | 2 days | 6/9/2008 | 2 | hamstring tear | didn't specifically seem to act as a muscle relaxant. more like a depressant that made me extremely tired and very difficult to think and reason properly at work, where i need a muscle relaxant the most. | i wouldn't recommend this medicine based on my experience. the side effects severely outweigh any benefits. i can't afford to have a nurse follow me around because of my impaired mental state and fatigue. | M | 43 | 10 days | 4/28/2009 | 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 | 2 | Herniated disc (l5-s1) | Nervousness, paranoia, face swelling, tounge swelling, swelling of the nasal cavity, sleeplessness, and clostrilophobia. | After taking skelaxin I did notice a relief of the tension in my shoulders and decreased back pain from a herniated disc (l5-s1) but after experiancing the side effects of this medicin I will never take skelaxin ever again!!! I would rather be in pain then suffer these side effects again!!! | M | 34 | 3 days | 12/21/2008 | 2 | Chronic back pain | light headedness. Extreme irritablility, I am also taking trazodone to help me sleep so it may be a reaction with the anti-depressant. | It is so so for the pain. I take 800mg 2 times a day. Other things work better. Be advised, this drug becomes more potent when taken with food. It is theorized that fat in the stomach helps with the absorption of metaxalone. http://www.kingpharm.com/uploads/pdf_inserts/Skelaxin_Web_PI.pdf I have personally experienced the difference between taking this drug on an empty stomach and after a meal, and it is profound. | M | 43 | 14 days | 12/10/2007 | 2 | neck pain | woozy | not strong enough | M | 27 | 1 days | 7/26/2004 | 2 | Acute sharp pain near calf | The prescribing sheet suggests it interacts with antidepressents and may cause depression. I take two antidepressants, an anti-convulsant, and lithium. No side effects were noticed; then again, there are plenty of side effects from everything else. | It hasn't touched the muscle tension or pain. I have been taking the 800 mg dose 4 times per day adjunct to ibuprofen and Tylenol. The pain has been so intense that standing was difficult. Percocet kills the pain and allows me to flex. My opinion is that there has to be something better than Skelaxin. Metaxalone has been around since 1964 and wasn't seriously studied until 20 years later. The human studies are remarkably small. I suspect the developer found the results to be too marginal to market the product. | M | 43 | 4 days | 11/3/2005 | 1 | DDD, back/neck pain | No side effects | Agree with some others; this drug seems to be do absolutely nothing for me. | M | 27 | 30 days | 5/26/2006 | 1 | Muscle pain from to auto accident | Rash and hives on hands, forearms, neck. Sleepiness. Increase in depression. Fogginess. These occurred after one 1600 mg dosage (doctor had me take two 800 mg pills in the morning, then two in the evening). I took one morning dose. By evening, had all these symptoms. I will NOT take any additional dosage. | M | 41 | 1 days | 10/15/2006 | 1 | Chronic back pain | Deep depression. | Actually worked to relieve pain. I took one 800 mg. tablet with one 5-325 MG Percocet, as per doctor's instructions. I hadn't been able to even stand up straight for days. It allowed me to sleep and function again, which was wonderful, but I suddenly started to experience this bizarre depression. Nothing else was wrong with me; it was just out of the blue. As soon as I stopped, the depression stopped. Very weird. | M | 39 | 3 days | 6/13/2005 | 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 | 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 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 | 1 | Fractured disks in my back | No side effects. A tad bit sleepy, in a non comfortable non narcotic way. Sugar Pill. Also it's verry expensive | Doesn't Do anything. Avoid if possible. | M | 26 | 5 days | 1/10/2005 | 1 | DDD, chronic pain | Thought I was losing my freaking mind! Hallucinations, rage, couldn't concentrate. | All this and ZERO relief. All for $144 for 40 of these? PLEASE! 800mg of nightmare. | M | 41 | 4 days | 2/13/2008 | 1 | Severe pain in neck, sholders arms | Extreme tiredness, dizziness. Heart palpitatons and pains in chest. Vomiting, nausea. Blacked out and fell down. | First had a shot directly into muscle. Was to follow up 8 hours later with 800mg pills 3 times a day. After shot at first felt extremely tired, then drowsy ...then by the second day nausea and vomiting, and when trying to get out of bed, fell down, blacked out. | M | 60 | 2 days | 11/5/2007 | 1 | Torn muscle in shoulder | Mental fog - irritability - headache | I get the feeling that my Dr prescribed this because some pharm rep brought a tray of cookies and a box of pens to his office. Initially, my upper back was cramped up after tearing a muscle in my shoulder - the medicine seemed to loosen it up on the first day - but after taking it for 2 more days - the headaches, irritability & mental fogginess outweighed any initial benefits. Thank god the pharmacy didn't have enough pills for my full prescription - there's no way I'd take this for more than a few days - and it's expensive as hell - there's older drugs that work much better than this stuff. | M | 3 days | 2/23/2008 | 1 | Neck strain | dizziness, confusion, naseausness, body aches, double vision | Was prescribed for neck strain - helped with neck pain, however stopped taking it because I've never felt this bad before. Pain is gone, but side affects are horrible. one week after stopping Skelaxin I started having double vision and after 2 days of double vision I was sent to the ER by an urgent care physician. I had a CT scan which came back normal. ER dr asked if I had been on any meds and I told him Skelaxin and he just shook his his as in "duh, there you go"... now my vision is getting slightly better, but constantly fatigued, muscle aches, dizziness; and thats with me taking 1/2 the doze - i'd break the 800mg in half and you must understand - I'm a pretty big guy - 5'8 & 210 lbs. I've never felt this horrible in my life. Will never, ever take Skelaxin again | M | 33 | 4 days | 3/4/2008 | 1 | herniated discs, pinched nerves | none | Skelaxin did nothing for me. Flexeril worked much better for me. | M | 33 | 10 days | 3/1/2009 | 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 | 1 | arthritis | numbness in lower back & legs, also severe headaches. I take aspirin as part of my med regimen, so I normally do not have headaches | I have been on med about 5 days, no relief from pain | M | 68 | 5 days | 6/24/2009 | 1 | Lower back pain | Anxiety, constricted breathing, headache | This drug did nothing for my back pain. It made me anxious and made it hard for me to think and put sentences together. Only took one dose. Don't think I will take anymore. I guess I should have researched it some before taking. I'd rather have the back pains than taking this drug. | M | 39 | 1 days | 4/8/2009 | 1 | Severe Muscle Spasms | Very slight drowsiness , very light mental fog | I have no insurance and for $3.35 each I would have just as well to have burned my money. | M | 37 | 30 days | 7/23/2008 | 1 | back pain | tiredness, cramping in both legs, numbness in both legs, weakness in both legs | Got these from my doctor. Took them for 2 days, the third day I experienced all that side-effects, I couldn't go to work. I had to see my doctor in an emergency appointment. The scary thing is that my doctor seemed not to know that I was having those side-effects from the Skelaxin. When I mentioned I had cramping, numbness... in my legs, she just thought they came from my back pain, she thought the back pain elevated to a new level that affected the nerves to my legs. | M | 36 | 2 days | 7/31/2009 | 1 | back pain | I took 1 pill and within an hour or so, it relieved the pain. However after about 3 hours, i felt numbness in my legs and when I tried to walk, I nearly fell. I have been walking with a cane now for three days and my legs still feel rubbery and there is still some numbness. I hope this is not permanent. | The back pain is gone, but the side effects continue. I took only one pill and will never take another. I feel the drug should be removed from the market. | M | 74 | 1 times | 10/29/2009 | 5 | severe muscle spasms | when I'm on the maximum dose for several days I can be a little bit groggy. | I don't know how I would have functioned without this drug. I am prone to severe muscle spasms and only take this medicine when I need it. It helps with the terrible pain of occasional spasms, as well as helping to prevent spasms when taken before bed. I have a very sensitive stomach and can't take any NSAIDs or pain medicine stronger than tylenol but Skelaxin hasn't bothered my stomach at all. I've been a college student for the last several years and Skelaxin hasn't interfered with my ability to think and it doesn't make me feel drugged. My new doctor thinks I've been on it too long and wants to take me off of it so I was looking into long term side effects and haven't found anything yet. | F | 46 | 5 years | 11/13/2009 | 5 | lower back pain, muscle spasms | mild rash on my neck | This definitely calmed the muscle spasms and allowed my body to relax and heal the strained back muscles. I was functional again after one pill! On the 4th day I developed a minor non-itchy rash on my neck, which is a small price to pay for being mobile again. | F | 41 | 5 days | 10/20/2009 | 5 | Low Back Pain | Slightly drowsy, but manageable; metallic type of taste in mouth; slightly disconnected | So far, I'm loving this medication. It's the only medication that has ever taken away my back pain - I'd say at the 98% pain free level, and I've tried a lot in the last 9 years (degenerating discs, SI joint problems, chronic pain). For me the side effects are slight, and nothing that prevents me from working or living my every day life. I use it while taking Ibuprofen to help reduce inflammation (though the Ibuprofen alone has never taken away the pain). I'm taking it at the 400 mg dose three times a day and the Ibuprofen at 400 mg four times a day. I only use it during periods of flare ups when the back "goes out" and seriously interferes with my life. So, the length of time taking the drug listed is really for this last flare up. | F | 40 | 1 days | 10/20/2009 | 5 | Trapezius Muscle Spasms | None | I am shocked by the other ratings. My pain was so intense, all I could do was cry. After taking Flexril for 6 wks with no relief, my doctor prescribed Skelaxin. Within 1 hour of my first dose, I had no pain. The spasms did return the next day but, the meds continued to work quickly after dosing. Within 3 days, I really did not need to rely on the pill. I am completely happy with this drug. | F | 37 | 3 days | 10/28/2009 | 5 | Cervical strain induced headaches | One bout of nausea, limited fatigue | I'm post rotator cuff surgery, with screws. I experienced most pre and post surgical pain in my trapeziod, which would trigger a stiff neck and occasional migraines. I also spend a lot of time at the computer - sometimes for twelve to fifteen hour stretches for several days in a row, seizing up my upper quarters. Skelaxin worked a miracle for me on my last project, helping my muscles stay looser when I was cramped in front of the screen. And the first time I played tennis after starting the meds, I could tell immediately that my swing was more free, and I didn't spasm. I read another person's report that after taking Skalaxin, he or she began to experience lumbar spine pain. I run three miles a day and never had low back problems until I started on Skelaxin. It might be a coincidence, or maybe the medicine is relaxing my "core" muscles too much. I'm going to stick with it because I'm growing convinced that it's perfect for computer tension and sports's shoulders, and just do | F | 47 | 2 weeks | 8/25/2008 | 5 | osteoarthritis in lumbar spine | Slight fogginess, slight forgetfulness...benefits WAY outweigh any side-effects so far! | This has helped my low back pain immensely! I take 800 mg with alternating NSAIDs 2-3 times a day, and it works beautifully. I take Flexeril instead sometimes, especially at night at bedtime, but Skelaxin is great for daytime usage. I hate that there is no generic yet, but I will pay the 50 dollar co-pay happily because it's such an effective med. | F | 26 | 1 weeks | 5/23/2008 | 5 | Lower back muscle pail | No side effects at all. Only take this when I'm having problems with my lower back muscles. Helpes relax the muscles, and normally I only have to take it 2-3 days and then I feel great. | F | 60 | 3 days | 2/21/2008 | 5 | Severe lower back & shoulder pain | Absolutely none. | I am currently in physical therapy for the first time and this medication in conjunction works great for me!! No longer need to use Vicodin for the pain. | F | 30 days | 11/6/2007 | 5 | pain lower back (lumbar) | no adverse side effects whatever | I experienced immediate relief after taking Skelaxin. My entire lumbar area so tight any movement brought pain. I had physical therapy with only minor relief. After my first dose within hours I could move freely, all tightness gone. | F | 60 | 2 days | 1/6/2008 | 5 | bone spurs lower vertebra | a little sleepy the first week, but not bad. Really stopped the spasms and acute pain. | I also love this drug. I can get away with not taking any vicodin for days! I feel normal for the first time in ages. I have scholiosis (sp??) and numerous bone spurs all over the vertebra from my neck to my lower back plus many serious degenerative changes. At first only vicodin worked. Now I can do without the vicodin most days. I have a sensitive stomach and migraines and have had NO problems at all with this med. | F | 55 | 2 months | 1/8/2008 | 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 Disc, Muscles Spasms | Sometimes heart races, but no stomache problems. Trouble remembering, not sure if this is the drug or old age?\? :-) | Take it at night to relax muscles with Alieve. Took it with anti-inflamitory - Lodine - then Alieve. Came to this site to research if anyone had any long term effects. I find it helps me sleep and get through the nights. Don't want to take pain medicine. I only take it when pain and spasms are bad. | F | 48 | 2.5 years | 8/2/2007 | 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 | 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 | 5 | fractured back, herniated disk neck | I take it with a tramadol for pain and a promethazine for nausia as needed. I will get sleepy but sometimes that is good too. No other side effects. 3 to 4 times a day on a BAD DAY! | I have a high tolerance for pain and know that pain relief can be additive. I only take it when I am down and out. Take it with food and be ready to take a nap if needed. Along with a heating pad and ice pack it does wonders. | F | 42 | 2 years | 7/13/2007 | 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 | 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 | 5 | disc bulge L4-L5, muscle spasms | tired, slightly dissorientated, sometimes short term memory was hard to recall | This is the ONLY drug when paired with Motrin 800mg that has helped my pain and spasms. I have tried Flexeril which is HORRIBLE and left me feeling irritable and lifeless. I have also been on Valium, Naproxen, and Tylonol 3. Nothing else has worked. I take 400mg of Skelaxin every 6hrs and sometimes take 800mg before bed. After 4 days of being on the medication I had noticed a big improvement. It's not a cure for my condition, but it does help control the pain and spasms. | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 11/18/2006 | 4 | Herniated disc, upper back pain | I could not take 800 mg because I felt nervous and felt breathing was uncomfortable so I discontinued medication. After more servere pain, it occurred to me to take a half dosage 400 mg (broke pill in half) and had a substantial decrease in pain and few side effects. | The first time I could not take at all. Now for last few days, I am taking as needed and the lower dose is helping. | F | 53 | 8/14/2005 | 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 | Lower back muscle spasms | Mental fog,extreme gastrointestinal problems. | This drug helps a lot with muscle spasms. It is very effective in eliminating pain and spasms for me. The large problem is extreme gastrointestinal problems. I have lost weight. At 105 lbs I do not want to lose any more. I will take this medication occasionally at night if needed, but due to the abdominal problems will try doing the stretching exercises and taking aleve. | F | 52 | 21 days | 10/16/2008 | 4 | neck muscle pain | minor abdominal cramping | My my neck pain go from a 10 to about a 4 or 5. It made me feel like i was in a really good mood and gave me energy. | F | 25 | 3 days | 7/20/2005 | 4 | Severe neck and shoulder pain | I have several neck disks out of line, and trying to prevent surgery. Skelaxin though a great blessing has caused a fast weight gain perhaps, and exercerbation of the depressive part of my manic depression; however the pain is not there. I am cutting back to 800 mg once a day from 3 times a day. I have cerebral palsy have more trouble walking on 3 times a day. | All muscle relaxants do make depresssion worse | F | 54 | 3 weeks | 6/6/2006 | 4 | neck pain/TMJ | nothing noticable | Originally prescribed for neck pain with little effect, BUT it surprisingly worked better than anything previously prescribed to relax the tight jaw muscles associated with my diagnosed TMJ. I continue to take Skelaxin for the TMJ with ongoing positive results. | F | 48 | 11 months | 1/29/2006 | 4 | muscle spasm | sleepyness | F | 30 | 30 days | 7/16/2001 | 4 | neck spasms, pain in neck and scapu | none, no loss of mental function or tiredness. | didn't know it was helping till I stopped taking it, I now take one in the morning and make it through the day fine, pain may recur in evening | F | 55 | 3 months | 3/10/2007 | 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 | 4 | chronic whiplash symptoms | slight drowsiness | I've taken it intermitently, only as needed. It has helped in getting the muscles to loosen up a bit. Might work better if I took it more regularly. The side effects were fairly mild, but I wouldn't want to drive while taking it. | F | 37 | 6 weeks | 1/28/2005 | 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 | 4 | Muscle rigidity from poisoning/pain | Can be slightly disorienting/foggy-making, and affect memory--especially after cummulative use from consecutive days. I had a little fender bender after taking it several days in a row. It seemed like I was in better control, so side-effects seem subtle. | I am happy with Skelaxin. I take it intermitantly to relax muscles, not really to address pain. It does help, but there are probably more potent meds. I like how Skelaxin does not strongly affect brain function or make me sleepy. A good balance. | F | 35 | 8 months | 4/18/2005 | 4 | Back Sprain | Fuzzy headed. | I like this much better then Flexoril, even though it does not seem as potent. | F | 43 | 4 days | 7/17/2007 | 4 | muscle spasm in my back | After taking 800 mg 3x a day, I am experiencing tiredness and most of the day I am in a fog | The skelaxin did make it so that I could rest the muscle in my back and go on with my day, unlike prior to the medicine | F | 42 | 10 days | 9/11/2007 | 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 | chronic muscle spasm | Have not noticed any | This is a MUSCLE RELAXANT not a pain medication. It does, indeed, perform as it is prescribed to do. The muscles lose their rigidity, this allows the pain medication to do it's job. It cuts down the number of days that I am out whenever I have a flare up. If you are looking for sleep or altered consciousness, try a narcotic. | F | 36 | 6 months | 5/18/2005 | 4 | herniated discs, sciatica | slight drowsiness, nausea when used too close to oxycontin dosage | I've been in agony with back pain for about 7 years, and was taking way too many pain killers, some just to help me sleep through the night and get up in the morning. SO my doctor suggested Skelaxin in concert with oxycontin. I use less oxy because of Skelaxin's effects in the evening. I feel relaxed, loose and am able to do my stretching and physical therapy. | F | 34 | 6 months | 8/14/2007 | 4 | Torn disc L5-S1 | Groggy, euphoric, dry sore throught, loss of appetite, and constipation. Usually takes a day to get out of the fog after taking it. | Been taking 1 or 2 a day as needed (once or twice a month) for two years. It does the trick to calm spasms stiffness and aches. | F | 31 | 2 years | 7/31/2007 | 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 | fusion L5-S1 | none, drowsiness if combined w/vicodin | Helps w/spasms | F | 41 | 3 years | 9/7/2007 | 4 | severe neck pain and migraines | Prescribed 2400mg/day. Can only take whole tablet at bedtime, when I do, experience very vivid dreams and lots of drooling while sleeping. Wake up in a fog but it quickly goes away. 1/2 tab lets me function more and no vivid dreams. Feel loopy almost buzzed if I take whole tablet during the day. | Skelaxin has helped alot with my neck pain(two counts of whiplash) and migraines. I can now get a full night of sleep and not wake up in pain. | F | 35 | 1 months | 12/31/2007 | 4 | muscle spasms | none except for initial sleepiness the first week | Absolutely NO side effects, other than inital sleepiness for the first week, then I tolerated it well & no more sleepiness. Seems to have reduced effectiveness over time, though. I am usually very sensitive to meds and this one gave no problems whatsoever other than noted. | F | 57 | 5 months | 11/16/2007 | 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 |
| Key to
ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
