MOTRIN Reviews (IBUPROFEN)Average Rating: 3.0 (93 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MOTRIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MOTRIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | arthritis | raised blood pressure, relief wears off after 2 weeks | Natural cures are better; apple cidar vinegar can effectively cure arthritis and headaches; vitamin C crystals can help pain at high doses; see doctoryourself.com. Hyaluronic acid cured my sprained ankle which I believe happened due to a lack of synthovial fluids in our joints as we age. 'Just say no to drugs' (Nancy Reagan). | M | 56 | 15 days 600 3X day | 1/20/2012 | 1 | sciatica pain | wasn't effective treating pain and woke me up in the middle of the night repeatedly (about every hour) with major anxiety and panic attack. racing heart, loud sharp ringing in ear and nightmares. | never will use again! | F | 29 | 3 days 38 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 3 | Level 2 to 3 Ankle sprain | Ringing in the ears, like when you put a sea shell over your ear. Very Vivid dreams, no panic attacks, but I'm susceptible to them. | Dr. doubted me when I told him about noise in ears. First time I've had the dreams, but don't generally take Motrin. Glad I found this site, today is the last day, will switch to Aspirin tomorrow. | M | 57 | 15 days 600mg 3X day | 10/24/2011 | 1 | headache | Stomach cramps, bloating, panic attacks, anxiety, weird dreams depression. | I usually take Equate Ibuprofen but in hospital they have MOTRIN. Same medication supposedly. It made me have cramps and still have them over a week later. After the 3rd pill I found myself being nervous, then panicky, then anxious and when I went to sleep I had weird dreams. I finally had the nurse walk me up and down halls at 2:00AM because I was so figidity. Since I can take ibuprofen brand Equate without this happening, Motrin must have an additive to make patient feel good so they'll use it but it made me a psychological mess. No more Motrin. I'm glad to read I'm not the only one who had psychological problems from this medication. Try Walmart's Equate brand. | F | 73 | 3 days 3X W | 1/10/2011 | 1 | Tooth pain | Dizziness, heart racing, felt like I was having a heart attack. | I took Motrin regulary for at least a year for bad tooth pain. Then I started having these "panic attacks." I made the connection - on days I took Motrin, I would have a "panic attack" that night. I quit taking the Motrin and I haven't had another "panic attack" since then. Also, I have two friends who had been taking Motrin for long periods of time for back and neck pain. BOTH of them started having "panic attacks," and their doctors said they needed anti-anxiety meds. Both of them stopped taking Motrin, and no more "panic attacks." Doctors need to be informed about this side effect so that they won't be prescribing anti-anxiety meds unneccessarily! | F | 51 | 1 years 1X day | 12/13/2010 | 5 | for pain after surgery, etc. | Never experienced any bad side effects, but you have to follow directions and take this medicine with food or milk, to prevent stomach upset. | I have always been exceedingly happy with this medication, it works better for me than any other pain reliever. After I had my children, it was the only thing that could take away my pain. I had tried darvocet, tylenol 3s, vicodin, and others but only ibuprofen eased my pain and never made me feel loopy. | F | 22 | 2 years 800 mg 4X day | 11/30/2010 | 3 | Degenerative Disc Disease,Migraines | I developed severe GERD, with esophagitis | This was prescribed in a formula with 30mg of Codeine, It works good for me for moderate pain, but I developed severe gastric problems because of it that took 6 months of Prevacid and complete abstinence from Ibuprofen to heal. I now take it ocassionally (1-2/day, 2x per week) with Prevacid and have had no side effects. | M | 48 | 2 years 400 3X day | 8/30/2010 | 4 | Stomach pain | F | 38 | 3 weeks 800 3X day | 8/25/2010 | 5 | back pain and skin ulcer | none yet | great releif for my terrible back pain. couldnt walk when i got home from work and now its not a problem for me to lay down and get back up like it was before. very soothing for my inflamed skin | F | 30 | 2 days 800 mg 1X day | 7/2/2010 | 5 | Chronic Back pain | There was a time that I stopped taking Motrin and when I went back to it, it gave me small bumps under my cheeks. They went away after 1/2 hour. | I surf every weekend and could not if I didn't take Motrin. | M | 49 | 20 years 600 MG 2X day | 3/25/2010 | 3 | inflammed trapezius muscle | Severe discomfort of upper abdomen and extreme bloating. Could not wear my normal clothes without extreme discomfort. Clearly no digestive issue; but did not know what it was until recently | The doctor suggested I take anti-inflammatory meds for my muscle problems. I will now discontinue using Motrin and try to find a substitute | F | 56 | 60 days 220 mg 2X day | 3/25/2010 | 5 | FOOT BONE SPURS | NO SIDE EFFECTS | I literally could not walk without Motrin. | M | 67 | 20 days 800 3X day | 3/8/2010 | 4 | Back pain; anti-inflammatory | Stomach pain; ulcers | This stuff is HARD on my stomach. I have to take omeprazole to protect it when I use Motrin or Advil. But it really is effective for my sciatica and as a general anti-inflammatory. | M | 45 | 2 years 600mg 3X day | 2/18/2010 | 5 | pain, inflammation | None until I over-used it, and now if I take it my guts are sore for three days afterward. | Ibuprofen is the best NSAID I have used. Unfortunately I over-used it (in an anti-inflammatory regimen on the recommendation of my doctor) and developed a sensitivity to it so that if I take more than 400 mg or so I have lower abdominal soreness for three days afterward. I still use it occasionally for severe pain as it's the only OTC painkiller that I can count on to really knock out the inflammation. | F | 23 | 10 days | 1/1/2010 | 4 | depression | Helps boost my Zoloft response for depression without triggering anxiety unresponsive to Zoloft. I would take Cymbalta, which works similar to NSAIDS, but that would make me too hyper. I take a small dose of Lithium Carbonate at night to make sure the Motrin doesn't give me the stomach nasties and to make sure the Motrin doesn't turn up the borderline hyperthyroid and make me anxious and nervous. I do have back spasms. That's why I discovered how Cox-2 inhibitors are serotonin and norepinephrine enhancers and actually boost an antidepessant's effects. No wonder I had a depression-free summer. I was taking Motrin for back spasms and was wondering why I was feeling better than I have had in four years. | For those who have anxiety, depression, and mood swings, please keep in mind that Motrin can deplete folic acid and that *can* lead to depression. You may try folic acid rich foods to see if that may be the problem. Over time I eat lots of folic acid foods but find that they make me hyper, so I also get a plus from Ibuprofen's anti-folate effect. I have high blood histamine that is worsened by folic acid. | F | 45 | 5 months | 11/16/2009 | 3 | Severe Menstrual cramps from IBS | none. | It helps some of the pain from severe cramps but that's it. | F | 26 | 7 days | 11/6/2009 | 2 | back/neck pain | I had an increase in gas/bloating, hemorrhoid pain, and bruising. I've had bouts of vertigo, ringing in the ears, and nausea. | F | 48 | 10 days | 8/11/2009 | 3 | inflammation post hysterectomy | After taking for 3 weeks it as prescribed 3x daily after a total hysterectomy, I developed significant stomach upset and chronic heartburn (which I've never had before). I did not how hard Motrin can be on the stomach until I looked on the web. Wish I had known. I don't think my post surgical pain was much from inflammation, so I could have stopped it sooner, or just taken a lower dose, like Advil. | F | 51 | 25 days | 6/23/2009 | 5 | rheumatoid arthritis | malabsorption, pernicious anemia, GERD | I have taken 800 mg 3x a day for 27 years-yes,27. From time to time the doctor would make me try another NSAID but Motrin has always been by far the most effective w/ inflammation. I would sometimes forget I had arthritis (dx'd at age 16) but if I didn't take the motrin, after a couple of days literally could not move. Never had any obvious side effects-HOWEVER...recently after long and winding series of tests discovered I have GERD (no heartburn, didn't know this was possible, but diagnosed via endoscopy) which caused complete lack of B12, neurological damage in legs, and various other GI issues including slightly enlarged liver (and I am a non-drinker). Who knew? Sad, though because now I have to find another NSAID and Motrin just worked so well. | F | 43 | 27 days | 6/14/2009 | 2 | Severe Lower Back Pain | Headache and stomach pains | I've been taking 800mg tablets and as the medicine starts wearing off I get a headache that doesn't go away untill I take another tablet. I also get occasional stomach pains that come really fast and go away really fast. It's odd. | F | 39 | 4 days | 6/8/2009 |