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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Muscle spasms | This medication helps my muscle spasms and cramps caused from nerve damage. I just realized recently that it is making my heart feel like it’s racing. I think that’s an odd side effect for a muscle relaxer. It used to make me sleepy. It may be because I’ve been temporarily taking more than 1 a day since I just had a big surgery? | F | 54 | 6 months 10 mg | 9/20/2018 | 2 | Muscle spasms in shoulders | abdominal pain; addictive | I have been having severe abdominal pain and couldn't pinpoint the reason. Then I linked the start of the medication with the pain. I have stopped taking it and the abdominal pain has ceased as well; but now the muscle spasms are back. This worked great for sleeping and relaxing my muscles, but the abdominal pain was too intense. I can easily see how this can be addictive. | F | 32 | 6 months | 10/3/2008 | 1 | Muscle spasms | Mood swings, inability to concentrate. | Don't take if you suffer depression or anxiety disorder. | F | 21 | 6 months | 8/13/2002 | 1 | arithis pain and for muscle relaxer | Really don't remember any side effects but I'm sure there were some. | Did absolutely nothing for me. I got them through the VA and I finally took a couple of containers back to my PA and told him that if that was the best he could do I would just take asprin. | M | 55 | 6 months 10 mg. 3X day | 1/16/2013 | 1 | back pain | Irritability, feeling like I was always on the verge of jumping out of my skin, a wobbly, out of control feeling, weight gain, and constant drowsiness. | I hated this drug. At best, it helped me to get some sleep at night. At worst, I felt like "Noodle Woman". It increased my anxiety and deepened my depression. I became highly sensitive to noises, like a train going by or a construction worker jack-hammering the pavement. My teeth actually vibrated! I switched to Xanaflex, then Robaxin and now I take Soma. It really helps the muscle spasms to settle down, especially at night when they really start to act up--and now I am really sleeping at night for uninterrupted 7 and 8 hour stretches. Soma keeps me rested so I wake up refreshed rather than feeling that I got beat up all night. Now, my pain management consists of Dilaudid, Soma, and Neurontin. I'm so glad to find out about other people who hate Flexeril as much as I do! | F | 53 | 6 months 30 mg 3X day | 10/24/2010 | 1 | TMJ/Neck Pain | Taking off and on when needed for TMJ. Always regret taking it because I end up with horrible side effects. Take at night and wake up next morning feeling hung over. Can barely get out of bed. Dizzy and disorientated for the rest of the day. Lack of foucus, feeling out of it, spacey, like a zombie. My body feels extremely heavy to the point where it's a lot of work just to lift my arms up. I am going to throw the rest of this medicine away and stick with aspirin instead. It's just not worth the side effects. | F | 31 | 6 months 10mg 1X W | 8/16/2010 | 1 | Sciatica | Sleep Paralysis, Terrible vivid nightmares, Paranoia, Anxiety, Severe lethargy, Total lack of motivation, Sleepiness even days after taking the meds. AWFUL MEDICATION! | I've been taking it as needed for the past half year in Generic form (Cyclobenzaprine). | F | 21 | 6 months 15 MG 1X AN | 9/19/2013 | 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 | 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 | Head and neck injury from MVA | The only side effect that I experienced with Flexeril is that it was hard to wake up the next day. However, this gets better with time. So, if you are taking it for the first time, just know that in the beginning you may have difficulty waking up or being alert for a period of a few hours the next day. | I was prescribed Flexeril due to severe pain from a head and neck injury I suffered from a motor vehicle accident. I hadn't been able to sleep at night because the pain would get worse when I lay down. The Flexeril has been fantastic! Even though it's not really a pain killer, it relaxed my muscles to the point where I could sleep. Sometimes I would still wake up throughout the night, but rather than staying awake, the Flexeril would get me back to sleep. I love this med! A note about the dosage: I have never taken the full 10 mg at a time. I usually just take 1/4 to 1/2 a pill (so 2.5 to 5 mg) at night. I personally am very sensitive to meds, so I usually start a med at a much lower dose than prescribed. | F | 39 | 5 months 10 MG 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 3 | Neck spasms | Extreme sedation, lethargy, slight slurred speech, disorientation | I use only very occasionally for neck spasms. Absolutely cannot use during the day - I would be completely useless. Can sleep 15 hours+ easily, and then wake up feeling drugged and hungover. It's odd because I feel like the side effects get worse every time I use it. I'm not sure of the dosage I'm taking, but I'm going to try to take 1/2 the pill next time I need it. If I still feel like this, I'm going to ask for another medication. Not worth it if you can't function. Took it at 7pm last night -- it's 11 am next day and I feel like a zombie. | F | 27 | 5 months 1X AN | 7/25/2013 | 1 | muscle spasm | crying spells sucidal thoughts problems sleeping threw the night i took this posion for 5 months and my world got very dark every day i would but the bottle to my mouth to see if i could kill my self it was by the grace of god i did not take the whole bottle to kill myself becasue i was in so much emotional pain that i wished i was dead even though i have 4 children. finally realized after coming across this web site it was the flexril i was taking making me want to kill myself. It took months to get that posion out of my system and now im on anti-depressants, seeing a shrink and doing yoga for the last 2 years to get mind in the state that it once was. My Phyisiatrist says i have PTSD depression and agoraphoia someting i never had before but i know it is the flexirl that ruin my life don't take this med.no matter what or your life will crumble around you take it from me. | M | 40 | 5 months 5 mg 1X day | 12/27/2011 | 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 day | 7/5/2010 | 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 | 3 | Neck and Back Pain | hard to wake up next day, moodiness, weight gain. | F | 38 | 4 months 10mg 1X day | 12/3/2010 | 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 | Back Pain | Serious depression, thoughts of suicide, hysterical crying episodes, extreme sadness, hopelessness, all day fatigue | Awful side effects and it did not even help my back feel any better, so in addition to all the negative side effects I was feeling...my back hurt :o( I'm glad at one point I stopped taking it just because it wasn't helping with my pain. For 3 weeks I did not take it and for the last 2 of those weeks my mood was actually pretty good. I felt good with the exception of my back pain. After doing some heavy house work one weekend I decided to take a flexeril Sunday night. The next day all the negative side effects were back, this is when I realized the correlation. I will never take flexeril again, nor would I recommend anyone else take it. The side effects are just not worth it. | F | 32 | 4 months | 1/4/2010 |