There are 251 ratings for the drug: FLEXERIL in the Askapatient database.

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1	muscle soreness in shoulder/arm	hallucinations	Saw ants and gold fish all over the bed, worms in my food, animals morphing into other animals, hearing noises, small birds hiding in the curtains, saw people looking in through the window then they morhphed into animals, water would come from somewhere and get all over the bed....BE VERY WARY OF TAKING THIS MEDICINE. I took 7 pills over the course of a couple of weeks before I realized the hallucinations were from the drug.	F	87	14 days		1/3/2010
3	Back Spasms and Pain	Flexeril has a eurphoric component and rather dulls ones mind. The very worst aspect of this medication is the psychological effects it had on me. For 6 months I was very irritable and no idea why, until I stopped Flexeril and that irritable, kind of angry feeling totally disippated within 2 days.	Excellent for back spasms if the irritability side effect is one you do not suffer.	M	67	180 days		1/16/2009
1	hip and leg pain	Took flexeril for 5 days. The first evening I took it, I slept like a log. For the following days I had insomnia/waking up several times during the night. In the morning I felt like I had a hangover and was extemely tired for most of the day. I was lethargic, had bloating, stomach cramps, swelling of my feet and ankles, constipation, vertigo, hot flashes, and on the fifth day, severe spasms in my feet and ankles that traveled up one leg.	This medication now resides in the trash. I never had so many side effects from one drug.	F	64	5 days		4/29/2009
1	arthritis in neck	Extreme drowsiness. Headache.	Totally zonked out on this drug. The only thing it did for the pain was to help me sleep through it. Now taking chlorzoxazone. It takes away the pain and muscle spasms with no side effects to speak of. Slight drowsiness that goes away in about an hour,	F	63	3 days ? 1X D		8/17/2010
1	neck & shoulder pain	Always tired. Everything was an effort. Finally, recognized lethargy and stopped.	Recommended in combination with tylenol as couldn't use blood thinner. I wouldn't recommend.	M	62	5 months 1X D		7/5/2010
1	Neck pain	Drowsiness, slight nausea, headache	I tried this a few years ago. My doctor prescribed 10mg 3X a day. I took one in the morning and turned into a non-functional zombie. I tried it again recently, taking it before bedtime. It did not help my neck pain, and I felt tired and depressed for two or three days. This is one nasty, horrible drug which seems to have very negative affects on most people.	M	61	1 days		4/14/2008
1	lower back and neck pain	made me very tired and I think it is addictive, much worse than carisoprodol	it didn't help to relax the pain and in the long run it made my condiition much, much worse; I was supposed to take it three times a day; the doctor was too narrow minded to change it although it was obvious that it didn't do any good	F	61	1 years		5/20/2008
4	back muscle spasms			F	60	3 years		3/16/2001
2	Sciatica, hernaited lumbar discs	First time I took 5 mg, I was so sleepy that I forgot to take my night time blood pressure med. I started taking half tablet, but although it helped my back pain, I could not sleep at night. I also became dizzy feeling that I blamed on sinus infection. Sorry for other folks, but am glad to see that a side effect is dizziness.		F	60	2 months		12/22/2007
1		Very nervous and restless. I forgot that this same thing happened 2 years ago when prescribed. I will not take again!	I was told by a pharmacist that all muscle relaxers can have this same side affect.	F	60	1 days		9/26/2007
5	herneated disc	none--drowsy	I take one a day and it helps me sleep with my aching back	F	59	3 days		1/30/2007 Email
4	Lower Back Pain /Neck Pain	No side effects EVER except sleepyness, so I only take this drug at night. Do NOT drive if you have not tried this drug first. I almost drove off of the road first time! Would give it a 5, except need a anti-inflamatory drug to kill the total pain.	Wonderful release of tension and most pain. Take at night and wake up relaxed. I had no carry-over reaction. I do not take a lot of drugs, so perhaps those sleepy after 12 hrs have drug interactions. (works as good as a sleeping pill for me!)	F	59	5 years		5/3/2005
2	muscle pain	Hideous exhaustion and spacey feeling		F	59	1 days		9/27/2004
2	muscle spasms	exhaustion, spacey feeling and no pain relief	will never take again	M	59	1 days		9/27/2004
5	FMS, costochondritis, RSD	At first I was taking one 10mg twice a day. As my condition improved I gradually decreased. Now I just take 1/2 a tablet at night. The only thing I have noticed is my breasts have slowly increased in size. I have been on flexeril since 1997, so it may be due to getting older. I am now 58, don't know. I would be interested to see if anyone else on long term use has had the same effect.	I am very pleased with the way flexeril has helped me through some very horrible and painful times.	F	58	9 years		3/11/2006 Email
3	For slight muscle pain	Actually prescribed for my husband, as an RN, thought it was okay to try for muscle pain and to induce sleeping. Takes care of both, but the tachycardia (rapid heart rate) is not worth it. Will not ever take this drug again, I would rather have a normal pulse and slight muscle pain.	Prefer normal pulse rate anyday. Indications for this drug don't outway the side effect of 'tacky' tachycardia:)	F	58	20 days		7/11/2007 Email
1	acute low back pain	Took 10 mg. 3x a day for 4 days. Helped with back pain. Then dropped to 2x a day for one day, then only at night for 2 days. At first, was good for pain and I slept on and off all day and slept well at night. Then I got insomnia, irrational mood swings, rage, anxiety, and now can't stay asleep - keep waking up at night. I had just come off Celexa (SSRI) a few weeks ago and now I am fearful Flexeril has caused some kind of permanent sleep disorder in me. I take 1 mg. of Klonopin at night to sleep, and Ambien as needed. I have been waking every hour for four nights ever since I stopped the Flexeril. I have horrible constipation as well. Horrible drug. Is there any evidence of permanent harm?	TAKE THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET!	F	58	7 days		3/16/2007
1	muscle spasms in my neck	Other than it making me slightly sleepy it seems to have no effect whatsoever. It does not decrease the pain nor does it make the muscle relax at all. The only other comment is that it came from the VA so is it really Flexeril?		M	58	1 days		3/26/2007 Email
1	Shoulder and middle back pain	Although it relieved the pain and I slept for several hours, I could barely get up to use the bathroom. I was very tired and groggy the next day and started experiencing palpitations. After 3 days I had an episode of atrial fibrillation which lasted about 4 hours. I was ready to go to the ER. I had not had an episode for over a year so I attribute it to the Flexeril.	Relieved the pain I won't take any again.	F	58	1 days		1/10/2009
5	muscle pain from fibromyalgia	none; was originally prescribed it for strained back muscles, and found that it quite unexpectedly also helped with the chronic fibro pain, so am now on it full-time. have been taking it for several months, 5mg 3x day. it's a godsend.		F	57	8 months		10/12/2007
5	for night spasms		I'm actually sleeping through the night now. Feel much more rested.	F	57	3 months		4/1/2004 Email
4	muscle spasms	extreme fatique	always help my muscle spasms I get in legs and arms plus allows a good nights sleep. Only can take at night due to extreme fatique. been taking off and on for 6 yrs	M	57			3/20/2007
3	muscle spasms	short duration relief, helps with sleep, does not fix problem		F	57	1.5 years		7/29/2008
1	very stiff back & neck muscles	Within 3 hours of taking half of a 10 mg tablet I was very anxious, exhausted and irritable. It was impossible to function. I had to lay down. Took the other half 8 hours later (the middle of the night) and woke up the next day severely despressed, crying and in despair. It took 36 hours for all the symptoms to go away. I would not take this drug again or recommend it to any one.			57	1 days		10/22/2007
5	As a sleep aid.	None. If I take it late, after midnight, I may be a little sleepy on waking. However, having seven hours of restful sleep is a huge benefit.	I used 5 mg only at bedtime, replacing the 10 mg Ambien tablets I was taking. I also have chronic headaches that were relieved when I switched to the Flexeril	M	56	20 days		3/28/2007
4	Neck pain	sometimes groggy. More prone to extreme anger and rage.	This is the only drug that has consistently released the bunching up of my neck vertebrae, alleviating the excruciating pain of a pinched nerve in my 4th cervical disc.	M	56	5 years		12/25/2007
1	periformis syndrome	Moody, angry outbursts, thoughts of suicide, confused, sleepy	I took one dose of 10 mg. and had the worst experience. It stayed in my system for 3 days. I will never take it again.	F	56	1 days		6/15/2007
4	fibromyalgia degenerative disc dis	none	helps me sleep better at night	F	55	4 years		4/20/2007
3	lower back pain	I took 10 mg flexeril before going to bed. The next morning my back felt better, but I was spacey, disoriented, and experienced abdominal cramping. These effects did not wear off until the following morning, that is about 36 hours after the initial dose.	Is effective but the side effects were horrendous.	M	55	1 days		12/8/2004
1	pain,neck and back,muscle spasms	thoughts of suicide,homicide, rage, depession, hopelessness	I have been taking flexeril off and on for at least 5 years. The pharmacy I use gave me a "differant" generic brand a month ago, I was taking them everynight at the time. I became enraged, had suicidal thoughts, cried all the time, cussed my "angel" of a husband (married 36 years) threatened to leave him, angry at the WORLD! I did not take it for a few noghts and woke up"not angry at the world" all of a sudden.It occured to me that just maybe this brand of "generic" might have differant side effects? I researched and found this site. Just about everyone saying the saying the same things I was feeling. I have had problems in the past with "generic drugs" as opposed to brand and I don't care what they say, SOME GENERICS ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE BRAND!!! I have been there , done that more than once. I know they say the"active ingredient is the same, however I did enough research to find out that the "inactive ingr. can cause your body to absorb(thus react) the medication differantly and certainly so, if you are on other medications! I am OFF this Stuff for good, I will deal with not sleeping and the pain before I take this stuff again!!! I would like to know how to contact other people who would like to join me in a Class Action against this DRUG??? The FDA needs to hear from everyone who has taken this also. It is very helpful to them to recieve feedback like this. Just go to FDA.gov to report side effects, they enco	F	55	5 years 1X D		2/23/2010 Email
2	Neck pain	I thought I was losing my mind. Only took Flexeril at night and am still foggy and feeling terrible at 10:00am next day. Dry mouth, upset stomach, and the pain remains. Never again.		F	54	4 days		11/1/2007
1	post cervical surgery	lethargic, sleepy & drymouth	First & only time taking flexeril. Took at bedtime to relax muscles in order to get a good nights sleep. Unfortunately, it affected the entire next day as well.	F	54	1 days		5/4/2009
1	back and neck muscle pain	sleepiness, "out of it" feeling; depressed feeling; disconnected from reality, in a daze. No improvement in muscle pain.	I would never take another tablet of this drug. The mental side-effects are not worth it.	F	54	1 days		10/7/2006
5	lumbar herniation flare-up	only a little grogginess, mooth a little dry	No bad side effects at all - nothing like some of these folks are describing. I think it works very well!	M	53	10 days		11/23/2006
4	Muscel Spasms Back Pain	Very little drowsiness,not much	I really do well on this drug, it all ways amazes me how drugs effect people differnet. It has helped me alot with muscel pain.I stoped for two days and really notied the differance. At least for me I'll continue taking it.	M	53	6 months		6/3/2009
4	accident	dry mouth		F	53	3 weeks		10/23/2009
2	Leg achiness caused by MS	This drug really helped out relieving the aching in my left leg. I had been sleeping with my leg elevated to help with the discomfort, but did not really need any elevation after taking Flexeril. The BIG ISSUE/side effect with me was the EXTREME sleepiness/drowsiness this drug caused: I took only one 5mg dose at night and got a very good night's sleep, but while watching TV at about 10:30am the next day I just could not stay awake -- I dozed off and on for about an hour before finally going back to bed and took about a 2 hour nap. I felt better after sleeping, but began to feel very fatigued again by early afternoon, whereupon I took another nap! This is extremely unusual for me; even with my MS I am a "morning" person; I am usually very awake and alert until about 2-3pm when my daily fatigue usually sets in. The other morning after I took another 5mg dose I was grocery shopping and was again very fatigured -- I felt like a zombie in the store, barely able to concentrat		M	53	2 days		9/2/2008
2	cervicogenic muscle spasm	restless leg, insomnia	Works...sort of. Light spasms go away with 10mg, but worse ones don't and then you have this nasty feeling of half-asleep and half-jittery. Took me a while to realize I couldn't sleep with this at bedtime. Zanaflex is better, with fewer side effects.	F	53	2 months		5/26/2007
1	fibromyalgia pain and insomnia	Anxiety, increased depression, hangover in the morning, dry mouth, constipation, HAIR LOSS!, and I can go on and on.	I asked to go on this drug as the lesser of the evils for treatment of fibromyalgia. HAH. My hair has been falling out and no one seemed to understand why -- how about one of the "uncommom" side effects of this drug from HELL that I just found in a google search! Shame on my doctor for not knowing this, I plan on finding another doctor. My anger level has increased and my energy level dropped. I would get so anxious in the morning after the crazy drugged sleep I needed a Xanax! I didn't know if I was having palpitations or anxiety. Plus for someone who is vain with fine hair, unexplained, unexpected hair loss is just the icing on this cake of poison called Flexeril. Yes, the horrific pain of the fibro is back, but the insanity of the drug isn't worth whatever little bit of help it may have given me. STAY AWAY!	F	53	9 months		1/28/2009
1	Chronic neck/skull base pain	Bad depression	As I was increasing my dosage of this med, suddenly (on Nov 10) I developed bad depression. Over the course of a couple weeks I was very withdrawn, sad, thinking one sad or negative thought after the other, wanted to die, etc. Just a terrible time. Then it occurred to me it might be the Flexeril. Stopped taking it, and depression gradually went away to almost nothing. This drug was evil for me. Works for some, though. I have a sister who liked it.	M	52	1 months		3/3/2008 Email
5	muscle spasms back & arthritis	Very dry mouth. Some drowsiness. Best taken at night.	Helps a great deal with muscle spasms. Makes it possible to sleep at night when the arthritis medicine isn't taking care of the pain. Taken as needed only for four years.	F	51			3/5/2004
4	back spasms	extreme dry mouth , blurred or double vision , constipation which caused/worsened hemmoroids , definitely doesn,t mix well with alcohol experienced several blackouts one of which resulted in OUI , also had several occasions of moody/aggressive/violent behavior with friends while mixing with alcohol	don't drink while taking you may blackout and have no control over your alcohol consumption	M	51	3 months		2/25/2006
2	Muscle spasm pain.	Just one and another half dose of Flexeril caused me to be so knocked out I couldn't wake up. It also caused serious worsening of depression and irritability. I think this is a very bad drug. It did relieve muscle pain to some degree but even at 1/2 dose these side effects make it impossible to tolerate.		F	51	2 days		1/1/2010
1	Restless Leg Syndrome Leg Spasms	Total and complete insomnia. Loud, pounding heartbeats. Agitated.	Stopped the calf muscle spasms but I could not sleep - at all. After two nights of absolutely zero sleep, I was wide awake and had more energy than I can ever remember having. My chronic low-back pain even eased up but I seriously need to sleep an entire night and wake up refreshed and rested. Told my Dr. to note in my records to never, ever prescribe this medicine for me. I'm afraid I'm doomed to a life of severe calf muscle spasms from having Restless Leg Syndrome AND Period Leg Movements.	F	51	2 days 10 MG 1X D		4/16/2010
4	tension headaches; whiplash	taking 5mg. lowest dose - sleeping 12 t 13 hours - hard to wake up - groggy all day - made me depressed, weepy- will discontinue	would not recommend for persons who are proned to depression and dont normally have any sleeping problems. However was very satisfied with the way it reduced the pain in my neck and increased flexability in neck movement - but sideeffects outweigh the advantanges.	M	50	2 weeks		4/19/2005 Email
3	Arthritis pain in neck, arms, hands	I can't be sure it's cause and effect, but I have had trouble sleeping that became progressively worse each night. I've only taken it for a few days (prescribed to be taken only once a day, at bedtime), but I'm thinking about stopping.	I'm not sure it's helping. I'm also taking Tylenol Arthritis twice a day, but there hasn't really been any change in my symptoms, except perhaps a slight worsening.	F	50	4 days		3/7/2006
1	back pain	Extreme fatigue, 'out of it' feeling, dry mouth, limp muscles.	I will never take Flexeril again. One 10 mg. dose and I feel like a limp noodle...arms dangling at my side and legs that won't hold me up. All I want to do is sleep and then when I finally try, I am not able to. It has been almost 24 hours and I still feel awful. I couldn't work today and cannot go to a planned event this afternoon...I feel stoned and would be afraid to drive. Did nothing for the pain, so all of this is for nothing. Hoping this passes soon...I don't like feeling drugged.	F	50	1 days 10mg 1X D		6/5/2010
1	syringomyelia/muscle spasticity	Acid reflux, vivid dreams,constipation, high heart rate	This is the worst med I've ever taken. Made me sick. Went back to Robaxin	F	50	10 days		8/14/2007
1	Neck/shoulder tension, tension h/a	Felt like I was losing control, felt like I was cut off from everything and everybody, spacey, morbid fear, anxiety, grogginess, thought I was going to die.	It did do wonders for my neck, shoulders and headaches, but I'd much rather put up with that pain than EVER take this drug again. The stuff scared me to death, I literally thought I was dying, I was almost like a zombie. Never, ever again.	F	50	3 days		10/20/2006
4	back spasm	Slight drowsiness (but not nearly as much as results from anti-histamines). Very slight loss of balance when standing or walking, but nothing serious. TAKE IT WITH FOOD to lessen the side effects.		M	49	4 days		3/16/2009
1	TMJ	My 46 year brother had been taking this med prescribed by his dentist for about a week when he died suddenly last week. 4 days before his death had a EKG and physical-no problems no health issues and he wasn't on any other medications.	Still waiting for coroner's report but the coroner did say that he had an undiagnosed enlarged heart weighing about 520 grams. When I tried to find out more about enlarged hearts I read a newspaper article online about a 28 year old fire chief with an enlarged heart also weighing 520 grams was on Flexeril and also died. The firefighter was on several meds but Flexeril was one of them. Enlarged hearts can have no symptoms and not all tests can detect them. Beware of this drug.	F	49	7 days		12/15/2009
1	back pain	Insomnia, anxiety,and constipation. Did relieve the back pain, but the side effects lasted for three days, and on only 1 dose.	Flexeril has a half-life of 1-3 days, which means the drug stays in your system for a very long time (most drugs have a half-life of maybe 5-12 hrs.)	M	49	1 days		12/26/2005
5	Stiff Neck - Sleep aid	None, GREAT sleep aid.	I originally got this prescribed to relieve a stiff neck. But I noticed I slept like a baby when I took it with no side effects. I asked my doctor if I could take it as a sleep aid when needed because it worked so well and she said ok. I only take 1 pill as needed when I'm hyper and can't sleep due to stress at work or home. I never wake up groggy. I've taken it early or at 3AM and it has worked every time. I may take 10 pills in a year. Usually several nights in a row. It just takes the edge off so I can sleep. I forget how it worked on the stiff neck :-)	M	48	8 years		8/28/2007
4	constaint muscle tension	When I wake up in the morning every thing seems to hurt a little bit more but works out of it quickly enough.	It deffinatly helps relieve the pressure raising the pain level. My spelling was bad before being put on all the meds.	F	48	10mg 1X D		8/27/2010
4	herniated discs in neck	little trouble waking up...i use it to lower my intake of addictave painkillers. it helps me sleep though the nite pain free. i have lowered my 15mg oxycodone intake to 6 per day and do not run ut early anymore.	i like it at bed time only. i drive for a living and it lets me sleep through the nite pain free on half of a 10mg tab. i restart my day with one tylonol and a 15mg oxycodone, then take them thoughout the day. i do not run low on meds anymore for the last couple months.	M	48	2 months		11/25/2008
3		drowsiness, extremely dry mouth	It did help with post-surgery muscle spasms, but the dry mouth is awful and I will try to go without Flexeril. It did not help much with the pain.	F	48	7 days		1/10/2010
3	muscle spasm in back	emotional and physical depression	The only thing that actually relieves the muscle spasms (other than complete bedrest for about a month) - but the pain has to be bad enough for me to be willing to tolerate 1-2 wks physical and emotional depression. Took medication off and on for a few years - I don't recall how long for any particular	F	48			11/30/2004
2	Fibromyalgia- Muscle Pain	Exacerbated Vasovagal Syncope. Near Collapse. Increased Heart Rate.	I was taking this off and on to sleep at night for my fibromyalgia pain. It did help me sleep, but after several months of doing this I noticed that taking it correlated with severe vasovagal syncope episodes where I would collapse and drop my BP. It is one of the side effects and none of my doctors ( even the cardiologist) put 2 and 2 together. Be Extremely careful with this if you have heart/blood pressure issues!	F	48	4 months		12/20/2008
1	Neck pain	Depression	Took it for a couple of weeks, and was gradually ramping up the dosage. Suddenly one Sat. night in bed great sadness overcame me. For almost 2 weeks I had horrible depression, constant sad and negative thoughts, etc. It got so bad I can almost guarantee I would have committed suicide if I had not had wife and kids to support, which I take seriously. It finally occurred to me the problem might be the Flexeril. I stopped taking, and things gradually got better. This stuff was very bad news for me.	M	48	20 days		11/20/2009
1	whiplash, backpain, chronic pain	made me unable to function at any level for a good day after the last dose. Made me groggy, weepy, and irritable with a pounding heartrate that kept me up all night so I was a zombie, awake in bed .. yes it helped some of the muscle spasms. but death would also stop them and I wouldn't prescribe that... this is living death don't take it... this isn't the first time I've tried this drug with similar horrible depression, weight gain and increased heart rate dry mouth and basically walking dead....		F	48	2 days		12/20/2006
1	lumbar spasms	MAJOR dryness of mouth and MUCHO MAJOR constipation which possibly caused other intestinal problems. It also caused itching in my arms.	I stopped taking Flexeril (and Celebrex) after one week when I realized it was causing me TREMENDOUS constipation, not pretty!! This seems to last in your system UP TO ONE MONTH, as my arms still itch occaisionally. BE AWARE!!!	M	48	8 days		1/2/2005 Email
5	Fibromyalgia/restless legs syndrome	Dry mouth, drowsiness at first. Mid-day sleepiness makes you crave a nap.	I cut back my dosage to one pill an hour before bed but right before my hot shower to further relax. If I take Flexeril during my work day, it's tough to keep my head up off the steering wheel, and that is NOT good as I drive a dump truck for a living. All in all with a little common sense, this drug helped immensely with my spasms and with the torn rotator cuff. It won't cure you by itself, but it will relax you so you can rest your muscles comfortably. I take an Rx 800mg Ibuprofen with it at bedtime for the diffuse pain associated with the muscle problems. With the complications of Fibromyalgia, Restless Legs Syndrome, Systemic Sceroderma, Lupus and Rhumatoid Arthritis it's nice to know I can get 5 or 6 hours good sleep when I take the Flexeril.	F	47	8 years 20mg 3X D		2/28/2010 Email
3	lower back muscle spasm	extreme dry mouth, drowsiness, loss of appetite	I do not think it works as well as Soma, which I have taken in the past for same purpose.	F	47	5 days		6/2/2001
1	Lower back muscle spasms	Ridiculously dry mouth and spacey feeling, even 2 days after the last dose. :^(	This was prescribed to me as a muscle relaxant for lower back spasms and, quite honestly, it did nothing for my pain. It did make me sleepy so, I suppose, while I slept I wasn't feeling any pain but it didn't induce a deep sleep or long lasting sleep (took one 10 mg tablet at 10:00am each day, got drowsy and sleepy by noon, slept until 1:00pm) therefore, it was not an effective medication to relieve my lower back pain. The 10 mg tablets were prescribed for 10 days (one table every 8 hours), I only took one tablet a day for 3 days and stopped because the extreme dry mouth and spacey feeling weren't worth it because it didn't relieve my pain. I am really bothered by the fact that it has been two days since I took the last tablet and my mouth is STILL very dry and I am still feeling spacey. Not happy with Flexeril and can't recommend it; I see others here at this site have posted success with it so it must have different effects on different people but, it's not for me.	F	47	3 days		1/20/2010
1	upper back and neck pain - whiplash	anxiety, ringing in the head, headache, depression, constipation, foggy all day, poor sleep. Took 1 10mg at night only.	I've been off Flexeril for 6 days, and I feel lousy, waking up after sleeping for only a few hours, and can't fall back asleep. Feeling very dizzy/nausea, bad headache.	F	47	7 months		8/21/2008
5	Fibromyalgia	None	In my experience, it is a great drug. Very helpful in reducing pain and in making me drowzy enough to sleep before midnight. I take either 1 or 2 10mg tablets at bedtime and have no difficulty waking at 6 am the next morning.	F	46	5 years		11/29/2006
4	Bulging cervical discs w/spasms	Took 10 mg about 8 pm- I was knocked out by 10! Briefly woke up between 11 and 12 when other family members went to bed. I remember yelling at them to be quiet. The was out until 9 am. When I got up felt like a hangover- tired and felt emotionally unstable- a little depressed and weird. The spasms and major pain had subsided. This was the first night I had been able to sleep laying down in 4 days! Went back to bed slept another 2 hours-got up felt a little better. Now a full 24 hours later I feel mentally normal and with a pain now controlled by tylenol/cod.	This is a very powerful drug. I am not taking any more since the single dose gave me much needed relief. Funky side effects- I could see being really depressed and suicidal on this stuff if taken longer. It did what I needed it to do, would use it again under extreme circumstances knowing that you had better devote 24 hours to being out of it.	F	46	1 days		10/4/2008
4	herniated discs in neck	None	I have been taking this drug for four years with no side effects. I still have neck pain but when I stop taking it, I have horrible muscle spasms in my neck and shoulder area.	F	46	4 years		9/24/2008
4	Shoulder tendonitus	Extreme drowsiness/sedation.	I took this back in 2001 for tendonitus in one shoulder. I had lost part of my range of motion. I don't remember the dosage or how long I took it, but I think it was about 2 weeks. What I DO remember so well is that it practically knocked me out. I don't know if it was from Flexeril alone, or in combination with the Naprosyn and Tylenol w/codeine I was also prescribed. Anyway, I could only take it at night. Even watching TV took effort, since I was so doped up. All this medication was necessary to make the exercises I had to do more bearable. Without them, the pain was excruciating, and sometimes even after taking it, it was still painful. But I had to do the exercises to get my mobility back. Physical therapy was also painful. This medication seemed to relax my muscles alright, but it also relaxed my brain too much!	F	46	2 weeks		5/24/2008
3	back spasms	Irritable, moody, depressed, groggy and spaced out in the morning that lasted ALLLLL morning.	My wife and kids thought I was a moody monster when taking this! It did help me sleep and my back felt better, but I don't know if it's worth it when you feel so depressed you don't care about anything and you are grumpy to everyone around you.	M	46	10 days		10/8/2006
1	Tension headaches, neck pain	Extreme dry mouth, vivid dreams (nightmares), strange buzzing sensation in my head, irregular heartbeat.	This drug had absolutely NO effect on my pain. All I got was uncomfortable side effects. Won't be taking it again.	F	46	7 days		1/7/2007
1	osteoarthritis in lumbar spine and	tired all the time, depression, anxiety attacks, oh did I mention tired, so tired that it was almost immpossible to get out of bed	I wish someone had told me, I had to figure it out by myself, stopped taking it and this is three days later and I had my first good day in a long time. Was awake and alert all day.	F	46	5 months		3/17/2007 Email
1	FMS	severe depression. Suicidal.	Took at bedtime. made me sleep 12 hours straight. See side effects. I am not bipolar either.	M	46	8 days		1/13/2006
1	back pain	drowsiness, 15 lb weight gain	Flexeril is really an antidepressant and, as such, can cause sleepiness AND weight gain AND the other lovely side effects just like any other antidepressant can. Doctors either don't know this or won't tell your this. Do your research and stay the hell away from this! It also will not necessarily relax your muscles.	F	46	3 years		11/23/2009
1	Severe neck and back injury	DEPRESSION, morning fog, irritability, and frequent urination during the night (after years of taking but has gone away now that I am off it a couple years). My mood and irritability levels are much much better after being off it even without the sleep.	I took this medication for 10 years (5-10 mg before bed) to help me sleep following a neck injury and couple surgeries. I had a terrible time sleeping and it did help me sleep, however it has made me much more of a nervous person than I was before. See my other side effects listed. For these reasons I cannot recommend it. However, to-date I have not been able to find something to help me sleep with my neck pain. Nothing else has worked and I live on 3-5 hours a night. I should also mention that I take no other prescriptions and only took narcotics immediately after surgery. That is a road you should avoid at all costs.	M	46	10 years		10/3/2009
4	Low back pain, sciatica & spasms	Makes for a very restful deep sleep and is deeply relaxing for bedtime. During the day, a bit of light-headedness was felt so I opted to only take at bedtime.	I take 20mg at bed time and it did stop the spasms and pain in my lower back greatly, but does not make me overly drowsy, just very relaxed. Difficulty in sleeping on certain nights I often add 2mg xanax and together, I sleep incredibly well with no hang-over effects whatsoever in the morning. This works better than the narcotic pain relievers I was first prescribed. I gave those up and switched to the Flexeril and this seems to be the fix I needed. For really bad intense pain, Flexeril and Cataflam (a non-narcotic anti-inflammatory) together work perfectly and last a long time for pain relief and the ability to rest.....and is a God-Send for my Endometriosis!	F	45	2 years		6/23/2007
2	back pain	auditory hallucinations, narcolepsy, waking dreams, extremely dry mouth	I take lamictal and abilify which are psychoactive drugs. When the dr. added flexeril for my back pain it caused horrible and frightening mental side effects including auditory hallucinations, narcolepsy, and waking dreams. Basically I become sort of hypnotized, my thoughts would become voices, I would nod off and hallucinate, waking myself up when I would attempt to answer the voices. GOT OFF THIS ONE FAST. I was really afraid the schizophrenic changes could become permanent. Later dr. switched me to Robaxin, which worked great in a low dose and did not cause any psychiatric problems.	F	45	2 days		10/4/2005
1	lower back pain	extremly dry mouth	it did very little for my back muscles	M	45	2 weeks		8/21/2002
5	severe tension headache	Constipation, drug hangover, drowsiness	My problem is chronic pain and muscle tension due to neck/back injury causing severe headaches that last up to 2 weeks. I used to take this drug years ago and noticed that I felt so much better when I was on it. I didn't know but I had an anxiety disorder and I was able to relax when on this med. My dr. changed me to an antidepressant and baclofen for a few years but the baclofen wasn't working very well any more. I am now back on flexeril, in fact I asked to go back on it. I can only take it when I am home, not at work or I can't function. It's best to take at bedtime, at least 12 hours from when you need to be at work or functioning. If less than 12 hrs I only take half of a tablet or I have a drug hangover. Only problem I have with it this time around is constipation. I am only taking this drug occasionally now rather than daily just for when I need my muscles to loosen up to relieve a severe headache.	F	44	1.5 months 10 mg 1X D		6/4/2010
4	neck pain (Pinched nerve)	First night, very calm. I slept very soundly and it helped with the pain. After that, I had insomnia for two nights. Now I have stopped it. Also dry mouth		F	44	7 days		9/25/2008 Email
1	back pain	fogginess, irritability, clumsiness, loss of coordination, change in urination and IMPOTENCE!!!	Beware... this is bad stuff!!	M	44	2 days 10 2X D		8/13/2010
1	Neck pain - collapsed disk	numb feel all over body - loss of erection		M	44	13 days		12/23/2008
5	Fibromyalgia, Psoriatic Arthritis	Groggy in morning, but other then that, none.	I have been prescribed Flexeril to take as needed for about 3 yrs. I only use when FMS flares up to a point it inhibits sleep. I find if I take 1 pill, 2 on a very severe flare up, my whole body can relax and I can get enough relief for a good nights sleep and get pain level down to managable level. I never have to refill a prescription unless my pills become outdated. It does the trick when I'm flared up and I think the key is not to take it unless you REALLY need it, so your body doesn't build up a resistance to it.	F	43	3 years		2/7/2006 Email
2	muscle spasms in back	None	Might as well be a sugar pill. 10mg 2x daily and I don't feel as if I've taken anything at all. No relief of pain, no relaxation of spasms, no drowsiness, nothing. I thought it might be one of those deals where it works over time so I've dutifully taken as prescribed. Nada. 3 Advil, daily ice packs and an hour plus of yoga stretches do a MUCH better job than the Flexeril. Heck, I can't even use it to sleep. Pfff.	F	43	3 weeks		4/14/2007
1	Muscle Spasms from pinched nerve	Hullucinations	I have a bulged disc in my neck causing a sharp muscle spasm behind my right shoulder blade. 10mg Dose 3 X a day. Seamed to work controling muscle spasms. Then after a week I noticed very clear and vivid dreams. The symptoms progressed over time. Started having hullucinations when I went to bed even with my eyes open if the room was dark. Could see people like in another world. If I partly closed my eyes the visuals would get more vivid sort of like ghosts floating around. Very strange but I didn't freak out and didn't get paranoid from it. Didn't hear voices. This progressed over time. I sleep with a fan blowing on me at night, and when I would get into bed when it was dark enough, the fan blowing looked like it was blowing snow around the room and I could see the air currents. I held my arm up and I could see like the sweat and heat rising from my arm and swirl around with the air currents that looked like snow. As the currents blew around I would use my breath and blow	M	43	3 weeks		6/11/2008
1		my husband was taking for back pain	my husban commited suicide while taking flexeril	M	43	0 days		9/29/2009
5	Statin-induced myalgia	Some morning grogginess, but I'm okay once I get up and moving.	I was only getting a few hours of quality sleep because of my muscle pain before taking this medicine. Now I get between 6 - 9 hours of sleep per night and feel a lot better. I have to take the medicine in early evening so it works well at bedtime. I'm taking a 10 mg dose.	M	42	1 months		4/6/2006
4	chest/back/shoulder pain	Dry mouth and sleepiness. I took 5mg only at bedtime but was still drowsy after 8-10 hours of sleep. Some mild sadness/depression during the morning that gradually wore off during the day.	Definitely helps with my chronic pain. I reduced dosage (by breaking the pill) back to about 1.5-2 mg at bedtime. I have maintained this dosage for about 6 months.	M	42	6 months		5/16/2005
2	neck muscle sprain	tired, sleepy all day after waking, brief shortness with other people, overall rundown feeling the day after taking at bedtime	i may one of the lower percentage people effected this drastic, but my side effects tell me the drug needs to be looked at closely.	M	42	2 days		7/22/2009
2		Depression, negative thinking, bad mood, enlarged pores.	Slept great and helped with pain, but the next day I was SO depressed and negative I couldn't stand it.	F	42	5 days		2/1/2009
1	Neck pain	disturbed sleep,bad dreams, too drowsy to work		M	42	3 days		8/5/2008
5	Neck pain, muscle spasms	Drowsiness. Increased sex drive. Works well for my muscle pain.	I take 1 to 2 pills a day depending on my pain level. I love it. I have an increased sex drive on it---go figure. Maybe because I am not so uptight while taking it. I am used to the drowsy feeling so I can work through it. Wonderful sleep aid. As long as you get enough sleep you do not have a hang over the next day.	F	41	7 months		2/13/2009
5	Tension headaches	dry mouth, some drowsiness	I get chronic tension headaches due to an old neck injury. Flexeril is the only med for me that stops the headache from occurring. I take one 5mg pill in the morning so that I won't get a headache. It did cause drowsiness at first, but that is no longer an issue. I think my body just got used to it.		41	1.5 years		6/9/2009
5	back sprain, spasms, pain	During awful pain, 1 tablet was not enough, but 2 worked and helped me out of crippling pain from a sprain. Later, when I took 1 tablet, it left me a little slow & slightly depressed. I cut the tablet in half, then in fourths. 1/4 of a tablet relieves chronic pain & muscle spasms without side effects. I take this when needed, about 4-6 times monthly.	I take prozac for depression & anxiety, I get migraines & have chronic insomnia. Flexeril helps me sleep like nothing else. It makes my chronic pain go away. I am functioning and productive again! My pain & insomnia kept me shackled in a prison of fatigue & despair that got worse over the years. Believe me, I have tried everything and this has virtually no side effects after I found the correct dosage. Flexeril is not a narcotic, which is why it helps me. Narcotics make me agitated, hungover & nonproductive.	F	41	6 months		7/25/2005
5	degenerative disk disease	dry mouth, dizzyness, lethargic next morning.	I only take this at night before bed because it makes me extrememly sleepy and a bit dizzy. I have had back problems for several years now and in the last 2 years have not been able to sleep through the night. now, i can sleep through the night and if I do wake, I can go back to sleep very easily. I do think I am becoming addicted to it because I don't want to go back to sleepless nights and all the pain associated with it. I plan on getting at least 9 hours a night with this drug, any less than that and I am groggy and sluggish.	F	41	2 weeks		11/1/2005
2	muscle spasms	It made me very sleepy and drugged for 2 days even after one dose. It also made me very moody(angry).I would not drive after taking this drug.		F	41	1 weeks		6/10/2005
1	back and neck spasms	Dry mouth, headache, nausea, very drowsy.	I stopped this medicine and switched to valium. It is a 100% improvement with valium. I will not take flexiril again.	F	41	29 days		3/3/2007
5	muscle spasms; migraines; neck pain	tired so took at night only	Take half dose 1 hour before bed and felt great the next day. Could not turn neck; horrible headaches; back spasms. Flexerall and physical therapy cured me!	F	40	3 months		6/13/2007
5	upper back spasms, pain	a little groggy for ten minutes in the morning, never groggy or sleepy in the day. no driving problems. no increased dosage/ tolerance issues.	one 10 mg dose pre- bed, one again during the day.	M	40	18 months		12/9/2004 Email
4	Sleep and muscle relaxation	drowsiness in morning after 10mg at bedtime	after several months on 10mg a day, withdrawal caused severe intense itching	F	40	6 months		1/29/2005

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