Drug Ratings for FLEXERILAverage Rating: 2.4 (506 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLEXERIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | muscle pain | This drug caused me to have severe panic attacks. Ive been off of it for over a week and I still experience them daily. This drug is evil and I wish I would have never taken it. I even had a mental breakdown because I thought I was going crazy. I was rushed to the ER 4 times in one week and admitted because of this drug. Stay away from it!! | F | 29 | 7 days 10 | 7/1/2017 | 1 | Muscle spasms | This drug is the devil. I took .5mg three nights in a row. The first 2 nights I was knocked out cold. Last night, I experienced rapid, pounding heart, dry mouth, visual disturbances, and extreme dizziness. I could not sleep at all. I feared for my life, and thought that I should call 911. But, being on so many meds for medical issues, I am used to side effects. But this one takes the cake. Insanity, doesn't begin to describe the ride I took on this drug. Wow. I will never take it again. This is no exaggeration. | M | 45 | 3 days 10 | 6/27/2017 | 1 | Surgery L5-S1, multiple back issues | Made me pass out, went down hard. Messed up my knee bad. Dizzy, hands jerking, knees buckling. It doesn't help muscle spasms or pain at all. Horrible taste in mouth!! Won't go away. Never taking again. | F | 48 | 5 days | 6/15/2017 | 1 | Muscle spasms in neck and back | Broke out in a red rash all over face, caused dehydration, dry mouth and confusion | F | 49 | 3 days 10mg | 5/22/2017 | 2 | spinal headache after epidural | felt sleepy and dizzy - didn't help too much with pain. | F | 40 | 4 days 1X D | 5/17/2017 | 3 | Cervical Spasm/TMJ | Well, the spasms did release, but... Boy did I unleash a demon-like fury on everyone around me. I kept seeing gnats that weren't there. Then I ate for an hour straight followed by passing out. I woke up hours later, ate again, was super grouchy, then slept again. I skipped a day taking it. Then the pain was returning so I took .5 mg (half the pill) and omfg did I regret it. Hallucinations galore, both visually and auditory. The stairs sounded like a xylophone as I descended, then I saw a bright red flash coming from my crotch. Yeah wow, then I was a blank zombie. Wasted the whole day just trying to feel human again. Not even gonna mention the nightmares. Don't take it unless you need a muscle to release, and only if it's severe. | F | 33 | 2 days 10mg | 5/7/2017 | 2 | Back sprain | First pill knocked me out (10mg) for 16hrs. No pain whatsoever, extreme mental fog. Threw the bottle out after a few days. Could not work or drive while on these. | M | 36 | 4 days | 5/4/2017 | 1 | Muscle Pain | Sleep Paralysis...Severe. | F | 38 | 1 days 10MG | 3/14/2017 | 1 | Migranes | Dry mouth, racing heart,l fatigue, difficulty talking, foggy, vertigo | I am a nurse and this was the worst week of my life. I took flexeril for three days, starting on a Friday stopping on Sunday night because of the side effects. It took a week for the side effects to go away. I struggled at work with the vertigo and fatigue. Will never take again | F | 43 | 3 days 1X D | 3/14/2017 | 4 | Lower back spasms | Heavy drowsiness, vivid and strange dreams, dry mouth, minor constipation, minor blurred vision, loopy feeling | The 5 mg dosage didn't help my back loosen up. 10 mg does the trick when needed, but causes too many side effects and interferes with life. For maintenance as muscles tighten, I cut a pill in half and take well before bedtime. Even at that, as a man, I dreamed I gave birth to a fish-baby and felt drunk the next morning at work. Whew! | M | 40 | 4 weeks 10 | 3/9/2017 | 1 | Neck pain | I took just one dam pill. It knocked me out to sleep I couldn't wake up next morning. I also saw blurry it was scary. Stay away from this drug. It sucks | F | 58 | 1 days 10 | 3/1/2017 | 2 | Back spasms | Sleepy | For me it's same as a tic tac | M | 42 | 1 years | 2/25/2017 | 5 | rheumatoid arthritis | Perhaps a liitle irritable on occasion. Definitely a little tired after a great nites sleep. | Doctors are so reluctant to prescribe pain meds these days...Anyway, I finally figured out something to help with my RA pain. My hands and feet ached to a degree that exceeded the pain scale. I managed to get cortizone shots from tge podiatrist but ortho surgeon would not oblige me. Had a prescription from rheumatologist for Flexirl 10 mg and out of desperation took one during the day and another at nite. Imagine my delght after a near two weeks of an RA flair I slept all nite and woke paian free. HOORAY!! No $100/mth Lyrica needed! i am going to have this on hand and never be without it! Definitely works! | F | 51 | 3 years 10 mg 3X D | 2/23/2017 | 1 | Back pain | Bad reaction had problems trying to speak didn't help anyways | F | 32 | 2 days 10 mg | 2/1/2017 | 1 | Shoulder Injury | Dry mouth, muscle weakness, anxiety, fogginess, blurred vision. | The side effects are terrible. Do not take this medication! I can barely function. Not worth a nights sleep! | F | 53 | 3 days 5mg | 1/19/2017 | 1 | muscle spasms | Took one before bed woke with face all swelled up mouth, neck, eyes and cheeks and extremely thirsty. | F | 38 | 1 days | 1/7/2017 | 1 | For chronic pelvic pain. | I was suicidal after the second pill. Very depressed. Very tired. Hopeless. | Be careful. | F | 44 | 1 days 30mg | 12/29/2016 | 2 | Neck spasms | Took 2 nights in a row before bed, as directed, sleepy within 30 minutes, slept well but no subsiding of symptoms the next day and numbness in left side of body, arm, leg, a little in face & abdomen. | F | 29 | 2 days 10mg 1X D | 10/27/2016 | 1 | TMJ and headaches | Nausea, felt like going crazy, weird eye sensations, suicidal thoughts, but it did give me a great night sleep! | Do not take if you are very sensitive to medication!!!! | M | 48 | 1 days 10 3X D | 10/21/2016 | 3 | Neck muscle spasm | CONSTIPATION! The worst case of painful constipation i have ever had. Cannot believe such a tiny pill does so much damage | Of course, it did do as the doctor promised, helped to get me to relax ...relax to the point where i dont even wana move a finger, you'll just want to sleep. All night, and all day the day after taking it. | F | 19 | 3 days 5mg@night | 10/16/2016 | 1 | Neck pain from being rear-ended. | Explosive anger stemming from uncharacteristic irritability induced by this drug. The medication made me sleep about 14 hours a day when I generally only sleep 5 on my own. The medication also wasn't effective for the pain. Maybe for two hours tops I would feel disoriented to the point of feeling like I was in less pain. Overall would never touch this drug again. | F | 24 | 4 days 5 mg | 9/12/2016 | 1 | "Neck Muscle Spasm" | Extreme muscle fatigue the next day. Able to walk, grab, pull, push for a few seconds, then exhausted. Neck, shoulders, elbows, knees, full hands and feet all exhausted 3 days later. | Vile drug that has made me worse. I can barely get around at all. | M | 38 | 1 days 5MG 1X D | 8/20/2016 | 2 | Neck Injury | I took 1 dose of this last night before bed. It knocked me right down, but I haven't recovered yet as of the next night. Dizzy, fatigued, hard to concentrate, diminished cognition. I feel foggy and unmotivated. This drug is TERRIBLE. I'd rather have just dealt with the pain. | M | 33 | 1 days 10 3X D | 8/18/2016 | 4 | neck pain, tension headaches | fatigue, anxiety, funny taste in my mouth | first time taking this drug. It definitely helps with my neck pain BUT its been about 11 hours since my last dose and I'm struggling to stay awake. | F | 30 | 1 days 10 3X D | 8/10/2016 | 1 | Lower back pain | Took away the pain after 1 dose but made me very sleepy the next day. Still feeling lightheaded and foggy even 3 days after I stopped taking it. Very dangerous and scary drug. Wish I never took it. I'm glad I stopped. Just waiting for the side effects to go away. I don't recommend this drug to anyone!!! | F | 36 | 1 days 10 mg | 8/6/2016 | 1 | Strained Muscle | Fatigued And Body Numbness | I wouldn't recommend this drug . Made body numb and very sleepy. Currently waiting for side affects to subside | M | 17 | 1 days 10 | 7/26/2016 | 1 | Lower back pain. | Let me give you some general information about myself. I'm twenty-three years old, I'm 277 pounds, and I'm a girl. Prior to this medication, I was 288 pounds. I took this medication only three days and suffered horrible side-effects. I've always been moderately depressed, yet I've always kept in check, I've been walking and exercising, working a great job and making friends. But depression has always been a constant with me. I think the cyclobenzaprine pushed me over the line, I felt great bouts of energy-- I felt amazing, I said, "Is this what it's like for people who are physically active and emotionally capable?" Eight hours pass. I'm still on a high. I feel physically tired but my mind is still going. I need to get something done, I think-- but I've already clocked out. What's going on? My mind feels blank, I can't think, my heart is pounding. I go to pick up my boyfriend, and I say several times, "Something's not right with me." Before I get home and break down into a hysterical crying fit. That wasn't the last time it'd happen while on this medicine. I cried so many more times, went to urgent care, said "I don't feel like I'm in my body.." they took my blood pressure and said it was very irregular, then along the line, someone said it was anemia. So I upped the vitamin intake and iron intake, as well as the B12.. it's helped with the side effects, I'm still recovering... but I still suffer lack of motivation and can't get out of bed. Unfortunately | Will not take again.. | F | 23 | 3 days 10 | 7/21/2016 | 5 | back pain | Relaxation and less difficulty sleeping | If you have anxiety and the melatonin,ambien,morphine,Ibuprofen and amytriptyline don’t work, this might be your ticket to good sleep. | M | 46 | 5 months 20mg | 6/5/2016 | 5 | muscle pain, locking up, back pain | Coughing, build up of mucuces | F | 64 | 2 weeks | 5/24/2016 | 1 | back pain | All it did was make me restless and jittery. So jittery in fact, that I could not sleep and was always tired. | F | 66 | 14 days 10 mg 2X D | 5/17/2016 | 1 | lower back pain rupture disk | I was given high dose of Ibuprofen 2400mg a day and told to take flexeril at night to help me sleep. DANGER BEWARE.....First the ibuprofen does not work on me at all at the level of pain. YES they say it does but nsaids never do on me maybe I'm allergic not sure tried to tell the doctor that but they don't listen. I have taken flexeril with vicadin and hydrocodone and had no problem but this time they refused to give my hydrocodone and gave me duexis some new high dosage ibuprofen and pepcid crap that by the way cost 1500.00 for a 90 day supply that they send to you in the mail? So anyway, I believe this combo is deadly. First the Duexis did nothing for pain but did prevent me from having a bowel movement for 48 hours and boy did it hurt. The flexeril now made me feel highly anxious my eye pupils where so small And my heart rate was bouncing all over the place. I can say that I never had am issue with the flexeril before with the hydrocodone but this combo of high dose ibuprofen and flexeril I feel would of killed me if I continued. The doctor will not respond to my emails about my concerns. I discontinued both and will deal with the pain because they refuse to give the codeine based products. | Like I said the flexeril and codeine based products seem ok But when they gave it to me with that Duexis high dose of Ibuprofen 2400mg a day. After only 5 pills 800 mg each and 10 mg of flexeril at night I was in extreme distress unable to have a bowel movement,highly agitated because of the pain from my ruptured disk. And highly anxious. After stopping the duexis but it was still in my system cause I couldn't go.I took only half of.my flexeril and my heart went crazy from its normal steady rate and my blood pressure went up and rate was high. I stopped both immediately. I researched it and they say it's safe but the crap together almost killed me BEWARE. | M | 52 | 3 days 10 mg | 4/24/2016 | 1 | Back pain (slipped disc) | I started feeling itchy and swollen and my heart raced. I couldn't keep my legs still and felt like I was going to jump out of my skin. I finally had to call an ambulance and be admitted to the ER for taking this med- thought it was an isolated incident but both my mom and boyfriend had the same sort of reactions within six months of mine. I had taken this med a few years ago without a problem, I'm thinking they changed the formula. Beware!!! | Would not take. Will make things MUCH WORSE than whatever your original problem was. This drug needs to be taken off the market. | F | 37 | 1 days 5mg | 4/18/2016 | 1 | muscle spasms | Very sleepy,depressed,very hungry. | F | 64 | 1 days 10mg | 4/15/2016 | 1 | MUSCLE SPASMS NECK | EXHAUSTED, Foggy thinking, depressed and anxious. I'm still trying to overcome the effects. It did help with the muscle spasms | Wow...I had surgery on my torn pec and the Dr. Gave me this to help with the muscle spasm in my neck form wearing the sling. I took 5mg last night and 5mg the morning before that. I have been in a fog all day...I was a zombie in my meetings. Almost fell asleep a few times. Super Anxious and Depressed. Be Ware. | M | 41 | 2 days 10MG 1X D | 4/12/2016 | 3 | Back pain | Sleepiness, dry mouth and throat. | Only taking as needed. I can finally sleep at night without waking up constantly from back pain. I take it at night, not sure if my back feels better during the day though. Just today I noticed major cotton mouth. | F | 30 | 5 days 10mg | 2/28/2016 | 2 | Back spasms | This is a k/o pill for 24 hrs. If you have not used it for a long time it's not as potent the first time, but after you have been using any amount of flexeril and or ibuprofen recently it seems to amplify the effect. I.e. it will make you very uncapable aside from eating or sleeping. | M | 34 | 1 days 1 pill | 2/11/2016 | 5 | Arthritis degenerative disk disease | I have not experienced any side effects. Flexeril is not that strong. You should also eat something when taking it and make sure that it doesn't interfere with other medications that you are taking. | F | 42 | 1 months 15 mg | 1/25/2016 | 1 | Back spasms | Worst time of my life!!!! I took it for back spasms..& boy, I wish I had the spasms back & never took this drug. I fell asleep shortly after taking it..& woke up a couple hours later to dizziness so bad that I couldn't open my eyes. I was bedridden for a whole day. The dizziness still has yet to let up...and it's going on 5 days. I feel like I drank a huge bottle of alcohol. I attempted to eat...only to throw it up. I am still dizzy and feel horrible. This is ridiculous. I would NEVER recommend this drug. Ever. It's horrible!! And that's an understatement. | I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!! HORRIBLE DRUG!!! | F | 32 | 1 days 10MG 1X D | 1/23/2016 | 2 | Strained back muscles | Total nausea and sleepiness. It did start to help with pain, but the sleepiness and fogginess was bad, so I stopped. | It was food allergens I reintroduced that started these back pains! I've had back pains, but they've never been so bad as recently. I also had depression with the food allergies. All that went away, including the back pains, 3 days after I stopped eating the foods I was allergic too. Now I don't need Flexeril. | M | 30 | 1 days 10 1X D | 1/1/2016 | 3 | Sprained Back | Severe nausea,Dizziness,vertigo, and many more | The first two days went ok but third day was horrid couldn't watch TV without feeling like I was going to possibly have a seizer nausea was unbareable even after eating it relaxed my muscles but I had the spins and had the feeling like I was on a boat | F | 22 | 3 days 10mg | 12/28/2015 | 1 | Tension headache | Felt shaky and heart was racing to 135 beats per minutes | Do not take please | F | 40 | 3 days 10 mg | 12/24/2015 | 1 | Back spsms | Depression and anxiety. Suicidal thoughts. Fortunately, I took a small amount of B-Complex to counteract the folic acid drop. The suicidal thoughts went away within 30 minutes. Nevertheless, the nausea and fatigue is bad. I now use the Spine Conditioning Program I downloaded from the AAOS. The progam has reduced my spasms dramatically. I will continue to use the program instead. | NSAIDs and muscle relaxers can reduce your B2, Folic Acid, B12, C, D, iron, and zinc. I had to eat sunflower seeds, take vitamin D, and B-coomplex because these meds can reduce these nutrients. I'm okay now. No bad thoughts. However, please be careful about nutrient depletions caused by these meds. | F | 51 | 1 days 5 mg 1X D | 12/19/2015 | 5 | very bad back pain. | I take Flexeril with Tylenol w/Codine. 1 tablet each. Around 8pm and wake up with no back pain. (I only take it when my back is out). And it works great. | F | 57 | 2 days 10mg | 12/3/2015 | 1 | Neck & Shoulder Pain | My face hurts and is swollen. My legs hurt. I can't stand up for more that 30secs without feeling dizzy. I have a severe headache. My ears are on fire. My throat hurts. I'm just in pain!! | I took it Tuesday night. Here it is Wednesday night & I'm still in pain & feeling drained. I wouldn't ever recommend this drug to anyone! | F | 22 | 1 days 10mg | 11/24/2015 | 1 | Severe lower back pain | Fatigue Numbness in legs and feet | I got really tired but the pain was the same. Literally did nothing for me. Hoping that after a few days, it'll start working... | F | 18 | 1 days 10 | 11/11/2015 | 1 | neck pain | Face feels like it is on fire, horrible headache and pounding heart. | I feel horrible after taking this med. | F | 45 | 1 days | 11/10/2015 | 4 | Muscle spasms in back | Sleepy. Slurred speech | Relieves the pain of muscle spasms. | F | 86 | 3 days | 10/29/2015 | 1 | Neck pain | Depression, suicidal ideation, foggy head. I barely remember the last five days. Confusion. Short-term memory loss. | I guess I am sensitive to such drugs. My brain is only now clearing...awful experience | M | 47 | 5 days 10mg 3X D | 10/28/2015 | 1 | cervical spasms and trapezoid spasm | Dry mouth and throat,anxiety,restless legs,pounding heart,confusion,headache,insomnia | Took pain away after one pill but not worth all the side effects. | F | 67 | 3 days | 10/24/2015 | 2 | Neck Tension | Mood swings, depression, anger and irrability. I tried it twice and both times felt down so I'm attributing it to the flexeril. | Didn't really help the tension either. | M | 34 | 7 days 10 MG 1X D | 10/21/2015 | 4 | Back and neck pain | At first I felt tired but after a week it went away. Relaxed me and slept well. Sort of a low grade muscle relaxant. | Good medication but be careful taking it with benzos and don't drive when you first start it. | F | 45 | 1 days 30 mg | 10/10/2015 | 5 | Headaches and lower lumbar pain | Sleepy, lightly drowsy, relaxed, loopy | I usually get continuous headaches, was prescribed flexeril & besides making me sleepy loopy and relaxed I've noticed that if I take it 3 days in a row headaches don't appear as often and back pain isn't as intense and sometimes gone all together. I only take it when I feel like I can't handle the pain much longer or if I know I've had pain for over a week already and it continues to progress, overall has helped a lot way better than taking excedrin or Tylenol all the time .. it's less of a dose per say & a longer relief.. oh and the very first time I did take flexeril, the drowsy I don't want to move a muscle feeling was highly intense but I figured it's because your body isn't used to it and within a week of the first time I took it the fatigue feeling I had began to diminish, now it's usually gone after the first hour after I wake up. | F | 26 | 3 days 10mg | 10/8/2015 | 2 | Lumbar muscle spasms | Dry mouth, slurred speech, drowsiness, not even cloudy in the mind more zombie-like. | I have tried this a few times. 10mg 3 times a day. This stuff messes with my head way too much. Day 1 - feels much like nothing is happening, some relief. Day 2 - dry mouth begins, mild drowsiness, slight slurring in speech, mind still sharp but blankness. Relief level for spasms is good. Day 3 - dry mouth, speech slurred, very drowsy, mind floaty and blank, short term memory recall is gone. Light nauseated feeling. Good pain relief. Day 4 - same as day 3, stopped taking. A week and a half later my mind and memory are still feeling subtle effects, slowly getting back to norm. | M | 46 | 4 days 10mg | 10/2/2015 | 1 | Neck pain | Bad side effects for me. Dry mouth was the biggest with my tongue and lips feeling numb. Can't think correctly. I felt like I was in a fog. Horrible I'll never take it again. | Did however help me sleep. But not worth the side effects from it. I will never take it again | F | 39 | 1 months 10m 3x | 9/29/2015 | 4 | Pelvic muscle pain | I take it in the evening and some drowsiness occurs, but the lightheaded feeling lasts well into the next afternoon. | It's great at taking away the pain, but I wish my head didn't feel like a floating balloon the entire time. | F | 48 | 1 years 10 mg 1X D | 8/13/2015 | 5 | back pain and headaches | Very sleepy. I've been on them only as needed. | The only thing that worked for my daily headaches. | F | 42 | 7 years 10mg | 8/7/2015 | 2 | neck and back sprain | The first 7 days were fine, didn't notice much pain was alleviated and I was drowsy somewhat. (I was only taking 1-2 doses per day instead of 3.) However, on the 7th day I took it in the afternoon, and by 1am I began noticing dry mouth, moderate nausea, stomach cramps, and had had diarrhea for 2-3 the previous 2 days which I had chalked up to my IBS getting worse. I was able to get it to my chiropractor and he did caution me about Flexeril and the risks associated with NSAIDs like Ibuprofen, Tylenol etc. Prior to going to my doctor I had been taking Ibuprofen 4-5 times per day to manage the pain with a mild sprain of the neck and back. | The side effects from Flexeril came on suddenly so I think I will be weaning myself off of it after a week, I definitely will not take it over night, because I could not sleep due to the side effects despite being drowsy. | F | 35 | 10 days 10 mg 3X D | 7/28/2015 | 3 | Neck spasms | All this did was make me sleep through the pain. And wake up still exhausted for the whole day. Now being off of it for a few days, I am having a lot of trouble getting to sleep on my own. | F | 21 | 30 days 5mg 1X D | 7/15/2015 | 1 | Muscle aches | I decided bc of severe back pain and insomnia to take flexeril I was given . The first day was ok and then the next day I felt hypoglycemic all day and also felt confused and had several panic attacks. Every time I stood up I felt like i was going to pass out . If u have ever tried pot it felt like a bad marijuana high in college . Was not fun and will never take again | Take w caution | F | 33 | 4 days 10 | 7/10/2015 | 4 | injuries to neck, shoulder, rt arm | The only down side to this medication for me is that I can take this about 8 in the evening and I'm still fighting being sleepy till about 1 the next afternoon. Makes it hard at work. Other than that, works as it should. | I was in a car accident 19 months ago and have issues with my neck, right shoulder, arm, wrist and hand. I have been taking Flexeril and Hydrocodone since then, but only as needed. Between the two, it's made it possible for me to continue working (along with pain management (ie: steroid shots), physical therapy, massage therapy, etc). Thanks! | F | 52 | 19 months 10 1X AN | 7/8/2015 |