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 |
| 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 | 2 | high blood pressure | I've been on catapres patch1,patch2,then patch3 till the Doc finally got results wanted. However, I am fatigued and depressed.Can hardly do anything.Also constipated,bloated,and LOTS of hair loss.Anytime I try to decrease,rebound effect hits. | I finally told my Doc to help me wean off this and find something else.Only thing is, everything else sounds bad too. | F | 47 | 2 years | 9/25/2007 | 2 | insomnia | Difficulty getting going in the morning, lethargy, brain fog | F | 57 | 2 days .1 mg. | 4/17/2016 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | The .2mg patch of clonidine helps my Blood Pressure, but after switching from the tablets to the patch, within a week, my hair started to thin quite a bit. Now I'm getting depressed about this. I want to switch back to the pills, but I don't know how to go about it yet. Going to talk to my cardiologist and see what can be done. This happened to anyone else???? | F | 64 | 18 months | 4/7/2007 | 2 | Menopause - hot flushes | Extreme fatigue. | I stopped taking catapres as it did not relieve the hot flushes and the extreme fatigue was too debilitating | F | 52 | 1 months | 3/30/2004 | 2 | Menopause - hot flushes | Extreme fatigue. | I stopped taking catapres as it did not relieve the hot flushes and the extreme fatigue was too debilitating | F | 52 | 1 months | 3/30/2004 | 2 | menopausal - hot flashes | I was on only a 0.1 mg tablet daily for about 3 months. Now I am taking a 0.2 mg tablet daily and still find no relief of hot flashes. I understand this is a very low dose but am apprehensive about taking the patch or a higher dose. Doctor cautions about possible dizziness with increased doses. | Flashes are so bad, I am willing to give this a shot for a longer time period. So far, I am having no side effects positive or negative. | F | 56 | 4 months | 2/26/2005 | 2 | Migraine Headaches | Elevated Blood Pressure, weight gain, muscle cramps, aches and pains, dry eyes, change in taste, heart palpitations - over time, benefit for headaches ceased. | After starting Catapres, I put on weight and my blood pressure became elevated - I thought BP elevation was due to weight gain - After I developed rash from patch and switched to oral (same dosage) -side effects were worse - slowly discontinued medication and side effects diminished AND blood pressure returned to normal! I don't understand this! | F | 60 | 700 days | 9/19/2005 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | pain | depression and constant fatigue, drowsiness, frequent urination | F | 69 | 2 weeks | 1/11/2005 | 1 | high blood pressure | depression, anxiety, vivid dreams that lasted a few seconds after waking and nightmares, shakiness | There are better medications available without such serious, potential side effects. | F | 34 | 15 days | 11/26/2004 | 1 | blood pressure | I get hives in the back of my throat with nagging cough within 10 minutes of taking a catapres pill. Then fatigue hits so overwhelming it can be difficult to focus. I gained weight on this medicine. There are several classes of blood pressure medicines I cannot take. Hytrin sent me to the emergency room looking like Garfield the cat. That was scary. The emergency room doctor lowered my blood pressure with catapres. Then my family doctor kept writing scrips for the medicine even though it never adequately controlled my blood pressure. Just before it is time to take a does of catapres, my blood pressure spikes. My doctor took me off of the catapres and put me on benicor which put me in the emergency room. The doctor said NEVER ABRUPTLY STOP TAKING CATAPRES. Your pressure will rebound spike. It is a withdrawal symptom. I decided to go to a heart doctor who is weaning me off of catapress instead of relying on my family doctor to lower my blood pressure. | Why are they selling a blood pressure pill that actually raises your blood pressure just before it is time to take your next pill? | F | 51 | 5 months | 7/27/2006 | 1 | High BP | I LOVED the idea of a once a week patch! Less to remember, steady dosage of drug. And it worked great for the first two years! But now I have developed severe itching and pustules at site of patch. I have to keep switching the site of the patch. I took a break of several months from the patch, then returned to it two months ago. Now, in addition to the pustules and itchiness under the patch, I have also developed itchy scalp and unbearable itching on my earlobes, esp. the left one (I wear the patch on my left arm). I am off it, permanently. I will not use it again. | I have read that switching to Clonidine pills after developing an allergy to the patch could trigger a whole body allergic reaction. | F | 59 | 3 years | 7/5/2006 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |