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 | 3 | Hypertensive bursts | Depression, Anxiety, Hair thinning, Exhaustion and leg pain | The first few months the medication worked great in lowering my BP. However... the past few months I am experiencing spikes a couple times a day and THANK GOD I found this blog because I was starting to feel crazy, like something was wrong with me. I have had a very hard time with depression, anxiety and severe exhaustion. I am so glad I found this site and can see that its not just me. | F | 5 months .5 2X day | 4/10/2012 | 5 | hypertention head aches | no side effect s very good for hypertention. And anxity | M | 1 days | 1/31/2012 | 3 | Migraine Preventitive | now im starting to get the side effects, hair thinning (getting scary) extreme fatigue, at times my legs feel so weak and sore that i feel like they are going to give way while im holding the carry basket at the supermarket, arms are weak, weight gain, seem to have no emotions, no sex drive, | Im disapointed and now a little scared, i have now been taking this for 6 months, hope its not as hard to get off as you all say.. | F | 33 | 6 months 0.1mg 2X day | 1/31/2012 Patient History | 3 | Hypertension | Drowsy. Dizzy. Confusion. Lethargic. Very slow heart rate. Nausea. No appetite. No desire to drink which contributed to dehydration. Hospitalized with heart and kidney failure. | I have severe hypertension without medication to levels over 200/150, so this drug was combined with three other anti-hypertensive drugs and a diuretic. [Verapamil, Bystolic,Amlodipine, Triam/HCTZ]. I took Catapres on a as needed basis when my BP was severely high. It took about 24 hours for my BP to get to a normal level, but shortly got dangerously low. Twice I was hospitalized when it got really bad and the last time almost killed me. | F | 45 | 3 months .10 1X AN | 1/1/2012 | 2 | Sweating/Blood Pressure/Anxiety | Dizziness, Noticable Hair Loss, Severe Constipation, Occasional Palpitations, Tiredness, Malaise, Weight Gain, Extreme Dry Skin, Uncontrollable Dandruff, to name a few. | I started taking Clonidine (Catapres) about 2 years ago initially at one 0.1 mg tablet per day for sweating due to Methadone Maintenance Therapy's notorious sweating problems. At first, I didn't like the drug because of the dizziness I experienced and chose to stop taking it briefly. I started on it again to give it another shot and still had the dizziness although it went away about a month into taking the drug. For awhile, it was a wonder drug. My sweating episodes decreased and it helped with my unrelenting anxiety. My doctor put me on a sedative drug for a week in the beginning of treatment for the anxiety but discontinued it after the first and only prescription because I guess he didn't want me to form another addiction. So, I stayed on the Clonidine, and he increased the dosage to 0.1 mg tablets three times a day. I was on that dose for a good portion of my treatment,, I did notice that I was taking more naps than usual and was so tired I could barely get through a 6 hour day at school without falling asleep at my desk. After about 6 months of that my anxiety increased and my doctor in turn increased my dose again to two 0.1 mg tablets, three time a day. So by this time I was sleeping all the time, no energy. Then about 1 1/2 years into taking Clonidine, I started noticing more than usual hair loss in my brush. I wasn't worried at first, but then it started to fall out more and more. So with having the one last good feature of myself that I thought I still had st | F | 23 | 2 years .2 mg 3X day | 6/21/2011 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Started out fine but, after month had no energy, sleepy, no sex drive or desire. Now after 90 days, have blood in stool so, Iam going to be switching tomorrow. | M | 64 | 90 days .2 2X day | 5/18/2011 | 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 | 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 | 4 | My 7 yr old son takes it for | So far I havent noticed any side effects he takes the tablet before bed. The doctor said to try half a tablet in the morning and half at night but that turned him into a zombie and he fell asleep at school! I then decided he could stick to one at night only. | Catapres has definatley helped my son with the tics he was experiencing and his concentration at school is now amazing! Every 2-3 months he experiences bad stomach cramps that are unexplained - they are bad for about 1 hour and then disappear. I sometimes wonder if this is a possible side effect of the drug but nothing I read about it says anything about stomach pain???? | F | 7 | 18 months 100 mcg 1X day | 1/8/2011 | 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 | 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 | Tourettes | Tiredness | I love this med. After twenty years of facial twitches (etc) this is the ONLY med. that ever helped. Tourette's symptoms are about 95% gone! More people with Tourette's should try this med. The side effects are nothing compared to the anti-psychcotics you usually have prescribed for this. Helped me quit smoking to, in fact I quit with no effort due to this med. | F | 32 | 2 years 0.2 2X day | 5/7/2010 | 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 | 2 | menopausal flushing | dry eyes, dry mouth,dry stuffy nose, constipation. | I have been on this drug for seven years. It worked initially for two years but now I want to come off the drug because of dry skin and a severely dry mouth..Straight away my blood pressure shot up even though i have been weaning myself off of them.I have been feeling truly awful but determined to stop taking them. | F | 51 | 7 years | 2/2/2010 | 2 | HBP | Extreme Fatigue, Weak Legs and Feet, flushed face, Extreme Anxiety, Loss of Appetite, Nausea, Increased Bowel Movements. | I have bad reactions to every blood pressure med on the planet. Off BP Meds BP is 165/110, with the patch my Bp is 115/80. I have terrible headaches and flushing when I'm off meds and bad side effects when I'm on BP meds. I've had numerous ct and mri's, Every Blood test on the planet, 24 hour urine, The doctors can't figure out anything. If anybody can relate to my problem, or give me any information that will help me feel better please email me at: [email protected] | M | 27 | 3 weeks | 11/28/2009 | 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 | 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 | 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 |