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 |
| 5 | 1X day | 2/1/2013 | 2 | Problems getting to sleep | Usually I wake up really dizzy and semi-conscious. Two times something very scary happened. The first scary thing which happened was when I woke up and my entire field of vision was limited to a small box, and that box was shaking like crazy around my entire head while zooming in; luckily it zoomed in an fixed itself after about 30 seconds, but it was very frightening. The second scary thing happened just now. This time I did take .15 milligrams which is very slightly over the normal amount ans usually doesn't matter, but I won't be doing it again; I woke up and I couldn't move my right arm at all except for 3 fingers. It was extremely scary, and my arm felt like a brick of flesh. I'm glad it came back to functioning regularly after a minute, but that was extremely scary (I was on no other medication both times). | It was prescribes to be taken when needed, but I don't know how safe catapres is, though I rarely have any considering the crazy side effects it has managed to cause. | M | 18 | | 3/8/2007 | 2 | Opiate detox | Horrible constipation. Stopped working after a few months, but the constipation stays with you. | Cannot have a BM w/out a laxative, and even then it hurts. Works great for a few months then it does nothing but keep your BP low. I'm finally at .5mg's, 2X's/day and still have real bad constipation. Add this with opiates, (which cause bad constipation), and you get nothing but an impacted colon. Even the pharmacist asked why I was on the most extreme high BP med out there. I wish I would have done research on this because I would have stayed away from it. Do not take this while you are detoxing, take it when you are finally off your DOC. When my dr. put me up to .2mg's, 3 x's/day, I couldn't understand why I couldn't change the channel on my t.v.. Come to find out I didn't even have the remote in my hand, that's how out of it you can become. NOT recomended. | M | 34 | .2mg's 3X day | 2/6/2011 | 3 | HOT FLASHES | I HAVEN'T TAKEN THE DRUG YET AND WANTED TO READ ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS ON THIS SITE. | F | 55 | 0 days 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 5 | hypertention head aches | no side effect s very good for hypertention. And anxity | M | 1 days | 1/31/2012 | 5 | PTSD nightmares | This had been a life altering God send. I've suffered from scream out loud nightmares for years. Brought neighbors to my door with my screams. Since being on Catapres I have no nightmares. I sleep without fear. | F | 56 | 1 days .1mg | 4/4/2015 | 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 | 2 | insomnia | Difficulty getting going in the morning, lethargy, brain fog | F | 57 | 2 days .1 mg. | 4/17/2016 | 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 | 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 | 2 | menopausal hot flushes | dry mouth, depression, fatigue | will not continue taking, fatigue and depression too great, no improvement in flushes | F | 50 | 3 days | 2/2/2008 | 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 | 3 | high blood pressure | F | 52 | 5 days | 2/4/2005 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Severe Hypertension | Exreme fatigue and dry mouth, dry skin, hair, eyes. | Is working better than anything else I've tried in lowering BP from 160/106 to 129/89 or so, but that fluctuates due to the short life of the drug. Don't know if I can continue to take at least during the day-I am falling asleep at my desk, meetings, etc. Cannot shake the pure lethargy and fatigue | F | 46 | 6 days | 5/3/2006 | 4 | high blood pressure | lowers bp for 16 hrs | F | 52 | 7 days | 2/10/2005 | 4 | Hypertension | Dry mouth, Vivid dreams, slight fatigue | Have been taking medication for a week now. I am hoping the side effects will diminish after a longer time on medication. I have vivid dreams. I woke up hitting my husband with the pillow last night. I have never done anything like that in my life. I dream about doing violent things. I don't feel ragey in a waking state. I am depressed, but that occurred before this medication. My anxiety level is better, but I feel disconnected from the world at times. This does lower bp. I take .1 before bedtime. | M | 36 | 7 days | 9/22/2009 | 2 | High Blood pressure | Extreme dry mouth--even though it says the drug has a half life of 6hours, dry mouth lasts for over 24hours after discontinuation. Fatigue. Minimal eye dryness. Sleepy, not good while driving at all; very dangerous. Dose taken 300mcg/day. Changes in mood, slight depression, loss of sex drive. This drug has the most side effects of anthying else and the list goes on. Whoever approved this should be put to death. | Useless drug for reducing blood pressure and should be pulled off the market. All it does is give side effects. I also noticed while taking this drug that I would move my arms while sleeping at night, kinda of like sleepwalking motions. I'd actually wake up and see myself doing that. Once I woke up and I was sleeping in a "muslim praying" position. | M | 7 days | 10/29/2005 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Extreme fatigue, immediate and severe contipation, paranoia, nightmares | This drug made me feel so bad, it was not worth living. I could not function properly. I was so physically tired and could not think straight. The worst was the last day when I became paranoid. That night I kept my husband awake, as I had numerous nightmares. I can't believe it is on the market. Unbelievable that I just read this drug is being prescribed for hyperactive children. Is the medical community crazy? | F | 52 | 7 days | 5/3/2007 |
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)