CATAPRES Reviews (CLONIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (77 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CATAPRES with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CATAPRES | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Hypertension | Horrific side effects. Zombie like with weakness and tiredness. Heart pounding with any exertion. Sleepless nights with leg pain and burning. Chest and stomach discomfort. Bowel issues and total anxiety. I seriously feel that every night is my last one on this drug. I just keep laying down all the time to get the pressure down with the horrific spikes in my bp. The patch almost killed me so back on the pills again. | Going to try to wean off and replace with something different. My anxiety is through the roof! | F | 79 | 10 years 0.2 mg | 10/28/2019 | 1 | Essential Hypertension | Dramatically elevated blood pressure, severe panic attacks, tachycardia, insomnia, inability to concentrate and focus | I took clonidine for approximately 3 weeks on a continual basis. My normal blood pressure (outside of medication) is about 135/85. The clonidine sent my blood pressure up to about 175/115 on multiple occasions throughout the course of the three-week period I took it. I also had several severe anxiety attacks, all of which occurred after sleeping for about 20 minutes. The end result was that I had to make about 7-8 visits to the ER, about 4 of those were for observation only as my BP declined to a less-dangerous level of about 140/100. The panic attacks were so intense that I had to call the paramedics, which I don't think I've ever done before. Finally, I had an ER doctor who told me to just discontinue the clonidine without fear of rebound hypertension. I took my final dose last Friday, and within 12 hours my blood pressure was back down to 140/90, and after 18 hours, 122/88. Advice: do NOT take clonidine!! It is a very dangerous - and perhaps - deadly medication. There are other alternative hypertension medications (benazepril, propranolol) which are far more effective and have minimal side effects compared to the clonidine. | M | 45 | 21 days 0.1 2X day | 9/25/2019 | 1 | Htn | Anxiety, insomnia, palpitations, increased BP, joint pain, cold extremities, I suffer from horrible anxiety. My pain Dr prescribed this starting it would work for nerve pain and help with my elevated BP. I have extreme anxiety when I know my BP will be taken at the Dr office. ITS always high then would come down after anxiety had gone down. The 1st month of taking this, it actually helped with anxiety even tho I felt like a zombie. Then it started making me have insomnia. Could sleep at night for 2 hrs or so then couldn't sleep again through the night. Was up and down trying to urinate but only got a teaspoon or less. Felt like kidney or bladder pain. Begged Dr to pls take me off of this crap but he refuses. He doubled it to 02mg!. No way! Started cutting in half so could stay on .01mg but bad idea. More anxiety and palpitations! I'm out of my mind with these side effects!!! Btwn the severe anxiety and this awful poison, I'm scared. Anyone else have the palpitations and anxiety? At 1st I thought was just me having anxiety but now I know it's a side effect of this crap as well. | F | 60 | 4 months .01mg | 9/22/2018 | 1 | Anxiety | Shaking, dizzy, tremors, muscle jerks, worse anxiety. | This drug hit me hard and in a bad way. I have life long anxiety but doc is taking everyone off anti-anxiety meds to please the govt. This medicine is supposed to be safer???? | F | 48 | 2 days .1mg | 7/24/2017 | 1 | For opiate withdraws | Bad dry mouth Confusion Very low blood pressure | Not worth taking, could kill you if not careful caused my heart to stop, do not take unless blood pressure is extremely high never when it's normal | M | 24 | 3 days 0.1 | 5/14/2017 | 1 | high blood pressure | reduced blood pressure initially, then it seemed not to reduce blood pressure as much, until it just seemed like it was creating a rebound affect and shooting the blood pressure up in the 200/100 range, decided to taper off and wean off completely. this drug is scary. | in addition to extreme dry mouth, lethargy, and confused, disoriented, in the process of weaning off and stopping med even if I end up in the hospital will not take this medication, very scary and should not be prescribed. | M | 74 | 2 months 0.2 2X day | 4/12/2017 | 1 | Anxiety | Extreme fatigue, arrythmia, palpitations, shortness of breath, depression, worsening anxiety, disorientation, general malaise | At first this medication worked wonderfully for anxiety. Slowly I began developing the above side effects and had to go to the emergency room with a resting heart rate of 120 and constant palpitations. I didn't realize it was the clonodine for a long time. I was taking more and more of the medicine that was making me sick. | M | 35 | 2 months .01 2x day | 5/15/2016 | 1 | Hypertension | Stay away from this drug! It worsened my Blood Pressure over time, and has too many horrible side effects to mention!Creates insane anxiety! | It is a killer drug! All doctors that prescribe this medication, as well as the maKershaw of this drug should have criminal charges brought to bear against them. I know they knew about side effects! | M | 58 | 6 months .6 mg. | 4/7/2016 | 1 | High pulse | Discontinuation syndrome/ withdrawal | Developed high blood pressure since being on this. Doesnt even help with my fast heart rate anymore. I have to take it to avoid withdrawing from it and having a stroke. Last time i tried weaning i was in the hospital with A-FIB and sinus tachycardia. I think I will forever be STUCK in this drug. Stay away from it unless you want to be in ICU. This is by far THE hardest pill to come off of and I really don't think it's possible without killing you. If you just started taking it, talk to your doc about stopping before its too late. How is there not a class action lawsuit for this drug?? | F | 31 | 4 years 2.4 mgs | 10/8/2015 | 1 | Hypertension | Lethargy, foggy brain, unable to focus, palpitations, extremely dry mouth, nosebleeds, loss of appetite, low pulse/bradycardia (<50 bpm), headache, tremors. | I have resistant hypertension and it also fluctuates a great deal. So in the morning I can be 120/80, at lunch be 173/108 and by bedtime 114/79. My doc has me on 3 different meds, metoprolol (beta blocker), trandolopril (ACE inhibitor) and then D/C'd Cardura and replaced it with Clonidine. I only took this devil of a medication for 5 days and spent a lot of time researching the side effects during those 5 days. I would NEVER recommend Clonidine to anyone. The side effects started on day 1 within 45 minutes of taking the medication. My mouth was dry I was drinking 2 gallons of water every day and still was thirsty, and of course because my mouth was so dry, food had no taste to me what-so-ever. I was lethargic and felt like I could fall asleep at any given time during the day which is NOT a good thing when you work. I was unable to focus on anything and forgot my computer passwords and was even on the phone several times and forgot who I was talking to and why I was talking to them. By day 4 I started having palpitations and my blood pressure was still elevated but my pulse was really low, borderline bradycardia. I had a headache from day one and also had some tremors. I stopped taking it and contacted my physician to let him know why. There was no way I could function day to day feeling like that. | F | 56 | 5 days .02 MG 2X day | 5/28/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | very dry mouth, very tired, arms won't work, hands hurt, legs hurt, cough, constipation, weight gain of about 15lbs, hair loss, headaches, and loss of sex drive. (Hate this)! | I was put on .03 x 2 a day, felt bad, tired, dizzy, drugged like so I cut tabs in 1/4 x 2 a day, then after a week increase it to 1/2 x 2 a day. Bp good and felt better for about a week. I hate this med! Have to wein off slowly . | F | 40 | 2 months .03 x 2 da | 12/2/2014 | 1 | hypertension | Extremely dry mouth. My mouth and tongue feel like sandpaper since 1 hour after taking first pill without stopping. Terrible sour taste in mouth, food doesn't taste the same, beverages don't taste right - not even water. Feel like I'm in a fog all the time, can't concentrate. Don't sleep well - keep waking up with bad dreams. | I've taken Adderall at work for ADD for 15 years. This medication totally cancels the effect of the Adderall! Might as well not even take Adderall - I just sit and stare at the computer, forgetting what I meant to do! I'm telling my doc this week this has got to stop - I can't function like this! Besides it has NO EFFECT on my blood pressure! | F | 66 | 14 days 0.1 mg 2X day | 6/8/2013 | 1 | hypertension | To say I'm not on, taking any prescribe RX for my htn; then it just seems I shouldn't had experience slurred speech! I'm not on anybody prescribe medication period, besides this one! Why such extreme side effects as slurred speech? | F | 48 | 2 days 0.1MG | 5/22/2013 | 1 | Bp | Extreme fatigue, Hypotension, Sore leg muscles, Dry mouth & eyes... The list goes on & on. | Started this drug about a week ago & it's been the worst week I can recall in my life. Started to wean myself off of it after about 3 days of taking it & finally stopped totally last night. My Bp is spiking now as I type (210/115) So apparently even weaning off of it doesn't really help.. My advice is to stay far, far away from this drug. | M | 47 | 5 days 0.2 Mg 2X day | 3/5/2011 | 1 | Hypertension associated with PKD | EXTREME fatigue, slurred speech, literally could not keep eyes open. Mouth was so dry, almost threw up from drinking so much water to quench thirst. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MED! After the first dose, I slept for an entire day, only waking long enough to guzzle tons of water to quench my insatiable thirst and dry mouth. Couldn't walk right, couldn't even talk. It makes you feel like you are drugged, and not in a good way! | F | 28 | 1 days 10mg 2X day | 12/13/2010 | 1 | DO NOT TAK ETHIS DRUG UNLESS YOU ARE STUCK ON IT ALREADY! Its so addictive that if you go without it for about 2 days after youre on it for a while, you will literally die of a stroke. My doctors agree with me on that. I went from 240 pounds to 160 pounds and quit smoking, exervised, changed my diet, etc. My blood pressure went up though and now Im on 0.3 MG three times a day when I started on only 0.1 MG three times a day. Ive had midney failute that nearly killed me while on this drug. My doctor even said that it can not be substituted as far as abruptly discontinuing the drug. Last year an issue with the drug left me with a blood pressure of 260 over 160! I dont know how Im even alive now! It made me sleep all day, made me confused and fogrget things, and I even passed out a lot. Another starange thing, when I started the drug I was only 24 and was in great shape. This drug is lterally killing me. If you want to stop taking it, keep close contact with your doctors, monitor your bloo | M | 37 | 13 years 0.3 MG 3X day | 5/1/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | dry eyes, mouth, skin, extreme hair loss, fatigue, decrease in sex drive, drowsiness, lack of interest | Treatment first week was very effective. I ended up taking too much and was dillusional, basically went crazy. I have now adjusted and been on it for over a year now. Once you get on it is extremely hard to get off. I got up to .6mg a day, .3mg patch and 3 .1mg pills. I have almost stopped taking the pill but can't seem to stop taking the patch. I have been really unsatified with this medication. The withdrawal symptoms from getting off this medication is horrible. I strongly recommend nobody take this medication. | M | 24 | 1 years | 11/21/2009 | 1 | Hypertension | Lethargic and could not stay awake. Would nod off in the middle of a sentence. Was not getting any exercise because I was too drowsy. Sugar level got dangerously low (even to passing out) several times because I could not WAKE UP to eat the next meal. | In the hospital they gave me this drug in a patch. When I got out of the hospital I changed doctors and refused to take it in pill or patch form. There are alternatives. | F | 82 | 1 years | 11/11/2009 | 1 | Hypertension from kidney disease | Severe constipation,severe dryness everywhere hallucinations,depression, paranoia,anxiety,lethargy. | DO NOT take this drug!!! I hallucinated at least 4 times. This morning I suffered from depression and an emotional breakdown,followed by anxiety. Never had this problem in my life! I have also had severe constipation. Doctor took me off of it today. If you have Hallucinations you need to tell your DR. right away as this is a SEVERE side effect. I was taking .1mg then .2mg back to.1mg. | M | 55 | 2 weeks | 7/7/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Insomnia, listlessness, eventual paranoia, loss of appetite, daily headaches. | This might have been alright taken alone, but I was also taking Coreg and Spironolactone. The Clonidine was the only thing that actually did lower my blood pressure, but it was fighting the other 2 meds. My body was storing the Clonidine in my organs (couldn't pass it through because of the Spiro). When I quit taking the Spiro, the Clonodine started to come out, and of course I was in overdose mode. I might as well have been taking illegal drugs or something. Yes, it is a full-blown withdrawal. Be mindful of what you are taking with this drug! | F | 60 | 4 weeks | 8/2/2008 |
CATAPRES (CLONIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE): This medication is used alone or with other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Clonidine belongs to a class of drugs (central alpha agonists) that act in the brain to lower blood pressure. It works by relaxing blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)