FLEXERIL Reviews (CYCLOBENZAPRINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.4 (559 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLEXERIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLEXERIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Chronic L3-L4 break recy 2 yr past | None - a bit sedate, relaxed | Much better and safer than quasi-narcotics like Ultram and oxycontin-basednarcs. Very useful. | M | 4 weeks | 11/23/2008 | 3 | F | 14 days | 4/15/2004 | 2 | Back pain/ Muscle strain | Rapid heart rate, feelings of anxiety, felt like it raised my blood pressure. I woke up feeling as if I ran a marathon in my sleep - not in a good way. Really made me feel more bad than good. | M | 6 days | 12/26/2007 | 2 | lower back pain | crawling out of my skin, anxiety, insomnia | Took the first dose and it knocked me out for most of the day and did alleviate the pain. 2nd day of taking it, didn't help with the pain and started to feel anxious and having a hard time sleeping. Also nauseated on the 2nd day of taking it. | 2 days | 1/7/2008 | 2 | Mic disc problem severe thigh pai | 1X day | 6/6/2015 | 1 | Leg pain | Nausea passing out dizzy diahreea muscle pain headaches etc | I will not ever take this again rather deal with the pain | F | 1 days | 9/20/2017 | 1 | Muscle Spasm | Extreme and unusual depression and thoughts that ceased when I stopped the drug. Tinnitus. Nightmares/bad dreams/vivid dreams. Lethargic for days and days after stopping it. | Did not do that much if anything for spasms. Terrible drug with side effects. | F | 7 days 5 mg 1X day | 7/5/2021 | 1 | | 5/31/2007 | 1 | Whiplash | diarrhea, nausea, dry mouth, dizziness, loss of appetite | I have been off of this medicine for 4 days and I am still having diarrhea and dizziness. It did help my neck a little. | F | 12 | 2 days 10mg 3X day | 11/3/2011 | 3 | Fibromyalgia pain / help sleep | I took 10mg at night to help sleep. Very groggy in the mornings, hangover, and just feeling stoned throughout the day, though some of this may be due to the fatigue from fibro, but it just makes it worse. While on it, I notice that my hair was falling out, not severe, but noticeable. Takes forever to wake up in the mornings. Didn't work on my fibro pain at all. | It did help me to fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but the fatigue and hangover feeling in the morning was godawful. It did'nt help with the fibro pain at all. I went to see my psychiatrist and he said for me to use restoril instead. I cleared it with my rheumy and he said that was fine. I am now starting restoril and will see how it works for me. | M | 14 | 2 months | 6/10/2009 | 1 | low back pain | very dry mouth extreme exhaustion - the day after i started taking this I was completly exhuasted. I slept 11 hours the first day and it was not enough. Subsequent days i slept 8 - 10 hours and was still exhausted. Wrists and ankles achy Skin sensitivity | I will never take this again as it came with terrible side effects and did nothing for the pain. | M | 14 | 5 days 10mg 1X day | 12/3/2012 | 5 | Muscle Spasms | Sleepiness, drowsiness | F | 17 | 10mg 1X day | 9/12/2011 | 5 | TMJ and related neckpain | a little drowsy at first | MY miracle! I was in so much pain with my TMJ and headaches stiff neck and jaw my head literally felt like it was ggonna explode from all the pressure. i take it every night, the first morning i already felt the difference, and with a nightgaurd and physical therapy i am finally almost pain free! its awesome | F | 17 | 5 months | 1/30/2009 | 3 | Piriformis Spasms due to Bulging L5 | Very bad dry mouth. Bad drowsiness. | Pain was not relieved to my satisfaction. Often had to double the dose. | 17 | 6 months | 11/27/2007 | 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 | 4 | Strained IT Band and Knee/hip pain | I Slept for 13 hours, stayed awake for 2 then took a 3.5 hour nap, stayed awake for 5 and went to bed. overall almost 17 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period and still tired. Also, very depressed, very out of it, negative attitude, totally unmotivated, grogginess all day. | Definitely helped my pain, a lot, but the side effects are bad | F | 18 | 2 weeks | 9/30/2006 | 3 | lower back pain | dizziness, extremely tired alll the time, didn't feel like myself..very out of it | it helped with my back pain but made me tired ALL day, def. made me sleep though but the side effects sucked | F | 18 | 10 days | 6/10/2006 | 3 | Car accident | Heavy depression I don't know if it's from being in a car accident in. Totalled car or these heavy meds. Every time i get up I see black knees weak view is kind of pixelated. Very tired ... Emotional irritable terrible nightmares | I took this because I suffered a concussion and sprained back and neck from bad whiplash. I'm still on it because if I don't take it I'm in lots of pain and discomfort | F | 18 | 15 days 30mg 3X day | 1/8/2012 | 1 | Pain relief | Drowsiness, extreme restless feet, serious anger, mild depression. | I would never, ever, recommend this medicine. | M | 18 | 1 days 10 4X O | 4/17/2010 | 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 |