Drug Ratings for FLEXERILAverage Rating: 2.5 (390 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLEXERIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | back spasms | severe mood swings, anxiety, anger, yelling at my family for no reason, inability to function, insomnia on the 2nd night | Luckily my back pain started to feel better with heat and massage, so I was able to quickly stop this medicine. I've never felt like this before, I was doing things (like yelling at my family for no reason) that I knew was wrong, yet I was unable to stop myself from doing it. It was as if I was observing this different person in my body. I will never, ever take this medicine again. I would rather deal with the pain I had then feel this way again. It's been 24 hours since my last pill and I'm still agitated and get frustrated very easily doing very simple housework. | M | 39 | 2 days 10mg 3X D | 12/24/2010 | 1 | shoulder injury | The drowsiness was bad but the blurred vision is awful. I can't see clearly at all!! | F | 39 | 2 days 10mg 3X D | 2/16/2011 | 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 | 1 | Neck Muscle spasm | Nervousness (not able to sit still), extreme depression | I was on Ativan and Valium for a week during a prior extreme spasm. Dr. offered me Flexeril as he said it was "safer". It was prescribed 5 mg three times a day. The first pill didn't touch my pain. After the second dose I was feeling better but I was trying to watch a movie with my boyfriend and just couldn't sit still. Within 12 hours of starting the med, I was feeling very "down". I was withdrawn, didn't feel like speaking, and generally didn't want to be around anyone. I remember thinking I wish the doc had given me valium because at least I would have been drugged and happy! Suicidal thoughts crossed my mind a few times. I will NEVER take this drug again. | F | 31 | 2 days 5 mg 3X D | 5/11/2010 | 1 | Neck pain | Extreme dry mouth, groggy, depressed. | I NEVER take pills, but my neck was in so much pain so I went to the doctor. The first day I took the pill I woke up in a great mood, but felt a little "spacey". Kind of like I was watching myself in third person. The second night, it did absolutely nothing for my neck pain. I also woke up in the most depressed state. I cried for almost an hour. I didn't want to go to work. I do not recommend this medication to anyone. | M | 29 | 2 days 10 MG 1X D | 6/25/2010 | 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 | pain | I took this drug twice, about a month apart. Both times, the next day, it was if my brain just wanted to go back to sleep. I had to fight extreme fatigue from it. | It was so bad I even looked in the internet to try to find a way to get it out of my system. | F | 55 | 2 days 1X D | 5/19/2012 | 1 | piriformis / sciatica | For a muscle relaxant, it is extremely weak but it knocked me down into sleep for an hour and that was the extent of it. Impossible to function on this drug. The ultimate muscle relaxant and pain killer I have ever had is SOMA but doctors are completely paranoid prescribing it or do not know better, or the puppets do not care. See reviews for SOMA and be the judge. | M | 47 | 2 days 2X D | 11/24/2012 | 1 | tight muscles in back | very depressed, uncontrollable crying, had no reason to live, dizzy | I am usually a very happy person but this stuff missed my world up. I will never take it again! | F | 47 | 2 days 10 mg 1X D | 1/15/2012 | 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 D | 11/3/2011 | 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 | sacrum spasms | 10mg tablets terrible experience with waking up gasping for air heart pounding but at a very slow rate. | F | 25 | 2 days | 9/30/2005 | 5 | Back pain. | I kept dozing off while trying to eat a 5 course dinner. Great other than falling asleep while eating. | I use it as needed. | M | 23 | 1 days | 2/13/2007 | 5 | leg pain at night | I do not take it everyday but just before bed evry once in a while my legs just ache and really all the flexeril does is knock me out I haven't had any bad thoughts or anything | F | 29 | 1 days | 1/8/2012 | 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 | lower back pain | None | I took the medication at 9pm and went to bed at 10pm. I slept as usual, though felt as though muscles were very relaxed and heavy. Woke at 8am feeling like I could have slept more, but was able to get up and begin working with no problem. My back is feeling better. I'm hesitant to take this medication during the day. | F | 28 | 1 days | 10/24/2007 | 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 | 3 | upper back muscle spasms | With just one dose I slept for 13 hours, then finally woke up feeling groggy, disoriented, and | Helped with the pain a little, but not worth it with the cognitive side effects. | F | 32 | 1 days | 4/14/2005 | 3 | upper back muscle spasms | Extreme drowsiness, severe cognitive impairments (mental slowness, felt like I was in a fog all day for 2 days after taking one dose). | With just one dose I slept for 13 hours, then finally woke up feeling groggy, disoriented, and | F | 32 | 1 days | 4/14/2005 | 3 | Muscle Spasam,Thoracic spine..+ | I'd never taken a flexiril prior to Friday, and I assure you that I will NEVER take one again. It is now Monday and I still don't feel like myself. I took the 10mg pill aprox. 7 am Friday evening as instructed my the ER Doctor. I then laid down at 8 pm, and went directly to sleep. I awoke at 5 am, scarred to death of *something* Myheart was pounding, I was seating, I woke up my husband go talked to me long enough to settle me back down, and right to sleep I went again. Around 11 am, I jumped straight out of bed and went running through my house, to get away..from what? I have no idea. My Husband caught me in the yard in my boxers and a t shirt, it was 34 degrees here. He called the Doctor who claimed that there was no way possible that the flexiril was causing this reaction. I take no medication of any kind on a regular basis and try to avoid any unless absolutely necessary. So there were no other medications in my system that could have caused this type of behavior. I slept on an | PLEASE I implore you to always ask questions about possible side effects that one may encounter, on a new drug. | F | 38 | 1 days 10 1X D | 10/8/2012 | 2 | lower back pain | anger, screaming, I hate everyone attitude, mood swings, sleepiness, groggy. | It helped the back pain, but my family had to put up with this monster in the morning. | F | 37 | 1 days | 11/25/2006 | 2 | endometriosis--cramps/back pain | I felt like I was on another planet--after taking one pill in the morning before work. Felt like I was hallucinating/confused/dizzy/exhausted. Co-workers told me I actually sounded like I was completely drugged and not like myself. I don't see how I could take this and function normally. | Upside is every muscle in my body was relaxed. Great. For me, this medicine would be good combined w/bedrest, or when there is no other solution to controlling the pain. However, a friend takes it, is smaller and weighs less than me and has none of the side effects that I had. Go figure. I think that I am just very sensitive to medication... | F | 29 | 1 days | 4/7/2005 | 2 | Back Pain | Vivid dreams, extremely drowsy,disoriented, dry mouth. | Took one pill at 8pm and 12 hours later I had to get up for work the next morning, when I woke up my eyes couldn't focus on anything, the room was spinning, I felt terrible. I couldn't think straight or focus on anything properly until the early afternoon. How anyone can function taking this is a mystery! | F | 25 | 1 days | 7/11/2006 | 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 | 2 | TMJ | Severe anxiety attack, dizziness, nausea | Used for to relax jax due to TMJ the night before a dental exam. Although it may work for some people, a horrible experience if taking SSRI's. | F | 34 | 1 days | 6/11/2004 | 2 | Back muscle spasms | groggy, slurred words, lethargy, dry mouth, intense thirst, loss of appetite | F | 63 | 1 days 10 MG 1X D | 1/18/2012 | 2 | muscle spasm, herniated discs pain | none that I've noticed yet | have had severe back pain for many years, tried everything, but the only thing that gives me relief used to be muscle relaxers, and I am trying to find one that works for me. I tried skelaxin first but it did nothing for me. This seems to be the same situation. Took one, hoping to feel a difference, but haven't noticed that it's even done anything for me yet. I don't want to stay on the 1 every 8 hrs dose, just wanted to take one in the evening on my very bad days in order to move. I guess I will go back to my doctor and see if something else will work. | F | 32 | 1 days 10mg 1X AN | 1/19/2012 | 2 | mscl spsm in lft shldr due to ms | I took 5mg of this medication on Sunday night 4-10-11 and am just now feeling clear headed tues, 4-12-11 evening. This medication sedated me for more than 24 hours. limbs felt heavy, uncoordinated, vision was blurry and I felt like the medication would make me sleep forever. It relaxed my muscles, but too much....can't get anything done..don't even think of driving on this medication. | F | 45 | 1 days 5 mg 1X D | 4/12/2011 | 2 | jaw spasm | fatigue, drowsiness, confusion, agitation, vivid dreams, blurred vision, heavy limbs, fuzzy thinking, dizziness | took 1 dose at 2:00 on a Friday afternoon, its now Sunday morning at 11:00 and I'm still completely out of it. I feel high, and not in a good way. My muscles relaxed slightly, but not enough to relieve the spasm or the pain. This medicine is scaring the hell out of me. I can hardly function. I've been pounding water for the past day trying to flush it out, but to no avail. If I still feel like this tomorrow, I won't be able to go to work. I certainly can't drive. | F | 44 | 1 days 10 mg 1X D | 5/15/2011 | 1 | Back, neck and shoulder pain | I took 10mg at 7pm and it's 10:30am the next day and I am struggling to stay awake. Wierd feeling, very relaxed but anxious at the same time. | F | 47 | 1 days 10 3X D | 3/17/2011 | 1 | Muscular tension- headaches | extreme fatigue, lethargic | was given this pill in the er at about midnight and here we are at 530 pm and can still barely function. Could not get up with my kids for school and have basicly slept the whole day. i feel like I can fall over when standing. hate this drug will never ever take it again!! | F | 31 | 1 days 10mg 1X D | 1/25/2011 | 1 | Whiplash/Concussion | I never have high blood pressure and my heart is beating out of my chest. I'm anxious and my whole body is restless. DO.NOT.TAKE.THIS | F | 23 | 1 days 10mg 2X D | 12/1/2010 | 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 | 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 | Back pain | OMG i took one and a half pill and i felt extremly aggitated,paranoid, severe anxiety,tremors. Feeling of being poked in my head and body with cold needles. The worst Hours of my life. The effects didn't fully wear off for 24 hours. | F | 30 | 1 days 10mg 1X D | 2/25/2010 | 1 | low back pain | Uncontrollable irritability and anger, suicidal, foggy scattered thoughts, extreme depression, lethargy, anxiety, | Take .25 mg mirapex for rls, amitriptyline 25 mg and half a 7.5 percocet for pain but doctor took me off percocet for flexeril and I am non functional after one dose last night. I was not depressed but today I am not only depressed but almost in an uncontrollable suicide. I asked my husband to watch my every move. I can't think straight and have panic attacks. Woke up and my head was swimming in circles. Been up for 6 hours and have attacks that feel like my head is blowing up like a balloon, my ears start ringing, and I get real dizzy then its gone. | F | 46 | 1 days 5mg 2X D | 12/10/2011 | 1 | Back Pain: pulled muscle | Suicidal thoughts, extreme anger, uncontrollable crying | M | 37 | 1 days 30 | 1/20/2012 | 1 | Back pain | Took flexeril & my body & extremities became so flaccid. I could not even speak, my speech became too sluggish & yet my back spasms did not go away. I will never resort to this med again. | M | 29 | 1 days 10mgS 1X D | 10/15/2011 | 1 | for Headache pain | extreme migraine headache worse then I had been having | I could not advise to even try it. | M | 61 | 1 days 10 MG 3X D | 11/9/2011 | 1 | back spasms | I took this and freaked out. I exibited extreme anger and frustration that could not go away untill the medication wore off. If I were to stay on it My marraige would of been over | Could work for others, but be careful. | M | 25 | 1 days 10 4X D | 9/28/2011 | 1 | Lower back pain | Didn't fall asleep right away once I did i later woke up hot and having tighness in my chest and feeling anxious. I woke up for work ok then suddenly I started feeling lethargic blood pressure dropped slightly would start crying for no reason and felt really anxious | Will not ever take this again horrible feeling rather deal with the pain I am 190lbs 5'9 and I guess I have a low tolerance level | F | 30 | 1 days 10mg 1X D | 10/13/2011 | 1 | upper back spasms | I must have had the oddest reaction to this drug. I took ONE pill and get this, I was up for almost 2 days straight. I felt like I was wrapped up in plastic and floating all over the place. I couldn't even function!! My family and I still laugh about this, but at the time it was not funny! I'm terrified of this drug! It amazes me how everyone reacts differently to medications! | F | 44 | 1 days 1X D | 7/18/2011 | 1 | pinched nerve, sciatica, muscle spa | 10 mg is much much much too strong for anyone to take unless you wish to be in a coma or out-of-it for days. This is a powerful dosage and should not be given to patients. I took it at bedtime and my husband woke me up at NOON the next day and i did NOT wish to wake up. I had a terrible drug hangover and could not function. I didn't care about anything. I could have slept standing up. The next evening, I felt naucous and went into the bathroom and started to sweat and shake. My skin was pooling with sweat, beads dropping from my hairline onto my face, my legs were shaking. I managed to make it back to bed and everything went 'quiet'.....i lay there and finally went to sleep, exhausted. It's now the 3rd day and I'm still TIRED. Man. I do not recommend this drug unless absolutely necessary. Certainly a lower dosage. | there must be a better drug. | F | 62 | 1 days 10mg 3X D | 8/8/2011 | 1 | Chest Muscle Spasms | Extreme Grogginess in the morning, lethargic throughout the day. So far 16 hours of tiredness with 8 of those hours full rest. | Do not recommend it on a workday | M | 25 | 1 days 10mg 1X D | 8/30/2011 | 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 | 1 | After shoulder surgery | Got out of bed to use bathroom and nearly fell - complete loss of balance and extremely woozy from taking only one pill. | Switched to Darvocet which removed all of the pain without any side effects at all. Threw out the damned Flexeril prescription. | M | 40 | 1 days | 12/25/2006 | 1 | muscle relaxant after jaw surgery | Took 1 hr before bed, woke up very early with extreme feelings of restless leg and shortness of breath, similar to experience I had had coming out of anesthesia. Bad enough that I called ER and considered going in to ask to be put on oxygen. | F | 36 | 1 days | 8/29/2007 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | muscle tension in neck & shoulders | Took one 5mg pill at bedtime Sat. night for tension pain in neck and shoulders. Couldn't sleep all night - kept tossing and turning. Slept until 1pm which I never do. Extremely groggy. Felt nauseous. Laid on sofa all day. No appetite but thirsty. Felt very fatigued. I had heart palpitations and stomach cramps but no diarrhea. Went to bed Sunday at 10pm and had to take motrin for body aches all over. Felt like I had the flu but no fever. I had chills and then got very hot during sleep. Now it's Monday and still don't feel well. I will never take this again and am throwing the meds away! | F | 34 | 1 days 5 mg 1X D | 10/15/2012 | 1 | Lower back pain. | After taking two doses 5 hours apart. Woke up feeling very glittery, my heart palpitated, felt numbness and thick feeling to left side of my face. I take no other medications except Motrin and Tylenol. I will never take this again. I would rather be in pain. | F | 49 | 1 days 5 | 3/3/2013 | 1 | Lower Back Pain | Drowsiness, agitation, chest pressure, hard to breath. Did not like the drug at all....no agitation was not from being drowsy...agitation started later in the afternoon...took medicine in the am. Will never take again! | F | 38 | 1 days 10 | 6/26/2012 | 1 | Spasms | 10 min after taking pill I became nauseated. I have acid reflux and feel like my stomach is on fire. Even worse, I am drowsy but jittery if that makes sense? Feel anxious and my eyes are blurry. I want this out of my system!!! | F | 40 | 1 days 10mg | 4/28/2013 | 1 | Lowback/hip pain | I was prescribed 10mg 3x a day to help With my back pain, I was told I would be drowsy and it was just to loosen my back up. I took my first dose and within an hour I was fighting with all my energy to stay awake and fell asleep for 13 hours and when I could finally wake up I had for force myself up to stay awake. How could i take this pill 2x more in the day?! I was groggy for the entire next 2 days, and put me in the worst mood that took about 3 days to come out of | F | 24 | 1 days 10 MG | 3/18/2013 | 1 | Back and Neck Pain | Hours later I had horrendous vertigo as if I were on a rollercoaster, weakness, queasy stomach, and even over 24 hours later, I feel like I'm hungover, dizzy, keep losing my balance. This is very scary. I'm hoping as the days go on it lessons and disappears. I just threw out the entire bottle. | F | 45 | 1 days 10 mg 1X D | 3/20/2013 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Back Pain | Extremely moody; depressed!; edgy. Stay away from this one! Not worth the bad feelings. | M | 40 | 1 days | 12/7/2007 |