INDOMETHACIN Reviews (INDOMETHACIN)Average Rating: 3.0 (317 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare INDOMETHACIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR INDOMETHACIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Gout | No side effects however NO PAIN RELIEF. .NONE NOT EVEN A LITTLE | F | 51 | 4 days | 7/18/2015 | 2 | Gout | Uncontrollable racing & pounding heart beat, extreme dizziness & nausea. Felt as if I was in a thick fog. | First ever bout with gout. Took 25mg Indomethacin at bedtime with a Tramadol for pain. The Tramadol helped me sleep comfortably so may not have been aware of any Indomethacin side effects. Swelling and pain was reduced in the morning. In the afternoon, took another Indomethacin while awake, within an hour, my heart began racing uncontrollably and was experiencing extreme dizziness. When your heart begins racing and pounding uncontrollably and your head is spinning... it's extremely scary and nerve wracking. Nearly called 911 as I thought I was having a heart attack due to the medicine The on & off extreme rapid heart beat finally subsided after an hour. Though it does relieve swelling & pain rather rapidly, I'll never take this stuff again due to the horrendous side effects. | M | 43 | 1 days 25 2X day | 7/15/2015 | 5 | Gout | Dizziness | Taking for gout flare up. Works a lot better than Advil but makes me dizzy and that's not fun. Using colchicine to help with flare up and indo for swelling/minimal pain relief. Really just use for inflammation not really useful for pain relief, only OxyContin works for severe gout flare up pain. | M | 39 | 3 days 50mg | 7/14/2015 | 1 | gout | Heart attack, needing a 6 way bypass, ruined my life | This stuff is deadly, no heart problems in my family...I don't smoke, and am not over weight. | M | 60 | 25mg 2X day | 7/10/2015 | 1 | Heel sour | Numbness of the face, felt like someone had given me anesthesia, like I was gonna pass out. Throat felt like it was closing up and tighting of the chest. I felt like I was losing my mind. Very afraid | I was driving home from work talking to my mom and telling her I didn't feel right then my face started getting numb. I hung up and called my husband and then told him about it and then my throat felt like it was closing up and I had a tighting in my chest. He immediately told me pull over now and call 911. I did but I felt foolish. They came and put me in the ambulance. They wanted to take me to the hospital but I decided to go home. I do remember the emt guy asking if I had ever had a panic attack. I said no cause I haven't. After reading all these reviews I realize I wasn't crazy it has happened to others with this drug. I'm sorry but after what I went through people need More warnings about this medicine! I can promise you I will Never Ever take this medicine again!! I have never been so scared. I thought I was gonna die. | F | 48 | 1 days 50mg | 6/27/2015 | 5 | Gour | Dizzy, sick feeling in stomach, spaced out. | I didnt eat when taking Indo, hence the above effects. It really is a great drug fir gout, nothing has come close to knocking it out. Take it sparingly, only when I feel the early "twinch" of gout in my toe taking hold. | M | 37 | 1 days 50 NG | 6/25/2015 | 3 | Gout | The first time I took Indomethacin someone had to drive me home from work for blurry vision. During my last gout attack, I took it on the weekend and spent a lot of time on the couch. My vision was off again and I could not concentrate on anything. The pain did go away and the bottle says only take for pain, so I stopped after 2 days. I am taking Colchicine to control the gout now and only using the Indomethacin if I absolutely need it and not leaving the house. | M | 41 | 2 days 25 MG 3X day | 6/10/2015 | 2 | Gout (Foot Inflammation) | After the first dose with a moderately sized meal, quite nauseous and and drowsy within an hour; had to lay down and ended up sleeping for about 2 hours; woke up with mild lightheaded feeling. 2nd dose was in the evening before bed, so I think I likely slept through any side effects. Worked great for the gout pain in the morning of the next day (took pain from about a 7/10 to a 2/10) and so I didn't take any more doses on the 2nd day; though had a mild intermittent tingling feeling in limbs throughout the day. 3rd day morning, pain had gone back up to about a 4/10, so took another dose with breakfast cereal (light meal) and went into work. About 1.5 hours later, became quite dizzy, drowsy, diarrhea, anxious; decided to leave work and drive home when I probably shouldn't have. Upon getting home, fell asleep on the couch for about an hour to sleep off the feelings; woke up feeling groggy. | Rating as a 2/5 because it did great at alleviating the gout pain / inflammation however the side effects were too debilitating. | M | 29 | 3 days 50 MG 2X day | 6/5/2015 | 1 | suspected/unconfirmed gout | Nausea, racing heartbeat, fatigue, shortness of breath, headache . Stopped taking on day 6 although prescribed for 15 days. Symptoms decreasing. I will suffer from the pain before taking this again. These symptoms not noted on Rx info | F | 65 | 6 days 50 mg tid | 5/18/2015 | 4 | Gout | None noted | I am taking Allopurinol 300MG daily over long term to control uric acid levels. However sometimes I wake up in middle of the night with gout pain in ankle. Hobble to washroom take I - 50 MG capsule of Indomethacin and pain subsides almost before I can get back to bed! This happen once a month | M | 77 | 7 years 50MG 1X AN | 3/22/2015 | 1 | Hip Surgery | Head ache, Breathing issues, ringing in ears, extreme anxiety/panic, out of body experience, Hot flashes, Anger/ irritability | Everything was OK for the first few days then I awoke day 6 around 4 AM feeling anxious and having trouble breathing. I slept a few more hours on the couch sitting up. As that day progressed I started to feel extremely hot, early March with 4 feet of snow on the ground and I had windows open and my shirt off curled in a ball on the couch. It was a out of body experience like watching life as a movie but a scary movie. I wanted to crawl out of my skin. I could not cool off and I could not catch my breath. At one point I had issues understanding how to use my cell phone and lights were too bright. it was sensory over load. I had unbelievable claustrophobia and all sorts of unexplained fear. Today is day 4 off of the medication, each day is a little better with the help of some anxiety medication but I still have slight anxiety from time to time. I have had a panic attack before but it was nothing like this, I thought I was losing my mind. As others have mentioned if you feel any of this it is defiantly the meds not you! I will never take this again! | M | 37 | 6 days 50 MG 2X day | 3/14/2015 | 2 | Pericarditis | Relieved chest pain quite well but on forth day I came down with a debilitating migraine approx 45 minutes after my morning dose- I was sick to my stomach and dizzy. Stopped taking drug and switched back to ibuprofen which doesn't relieve the pain as well but doesn't cause me headaches. | F | 35 | 3 days 50mg 3X day | 2/24/2015 | 5 | Hermicrania Continua | Nausea if I didn't eat . Always must eat with it. Lil bloating and needing toilet a bit more. Memory loss a little. | This drug worked great for me and I thought I'd be on it forever. I'm very excited to say that 6 days ok I got some type of muscle relaxant injected at the nake of my neck and have not had to use this anymore. It's a miracle and I recommend to hermicrania suffers to ask your dr about injection . I feel amazing!! | F | 35 | 1 years 25 mg 3x | 2/11/2015 | 5 | Groin Injury | Felt better within 2 hours of the first dose. Minor flare ups after exercise but nothing that icing couldn't resolve. This medication saved my skating career. Thankfully I have not had any of the side effects that others have reported on this site; it's amazing how the same drug can effect people so differently. | F | 42 | 6 weeks 25 3X day | 2/6/2015 | 3 | occasional flare-up of Gout | Light headedness, slight upset stomach | I recently had cellulitis on my leg, I was hospitalized for 8 days. On the 6 th day my toe flared up with gout on the same leg. I've been on indomethacin for a week now and it relieves the pain temporarily. Im not sure if the antibiotics im on (cephalexin) is countering the effects of the indomethacine, but before this if I had a flare up it alleviate the pain right away and I would be back to normal in about 3 days. | M | 47 | 1 weeks 50 mg 3×/d | 1/5/2015 | 1 | torn meniscus | hallucinations, nervousness, bad headache, feeling like I was losing my mind!couldn't sleep, and panic attacks! | Im a nurse and I took this medication one night while I was at work because of the pain in my knee after about 30 minutes I begin to experience a feeling like I wanted to crawl out of my own skin. I felt like I was actually losing my mind I thought I seen roaches crawling on the floor and my heart was pounding my blood pressure shot up to 168/100 and I couldn't think straight. I immediately went to see my doctor that morning and she told me to stop taking it immediately. The medication was prescribed by the occupational health doctor for a work related injury. Will never take this medication again three days later and I'm still feeling goofy! | F | 44 | 3 days 25mg | 1/5/2015 | 4 | gout | Gives you a stomach virus feeling. It makes you feel like you are going to throw up if you don't take it with a Heavy meal, and then sometimes it still makes you throw up. The side effects are AWFUL!!! | As far as working for my gout. . It's good. . | M | 39 | 3 days | 12/24/2014 | 1 | migraines | Heart racing, diffuculty breathing, headache, shaking | Took this drug to help with migraines - prescribed by Neurologist. Took 25mgs 3xday and had mild racing heart. Dr upped dosage to 75SR once a day in addition to the 25 mgs 3 times per day. Never got past the 75SR mgs..was rushed to ER via ambulance. Heart rate 120 - normally 72, BP was 94/52 - normally 127/72. And I could not stop shaking... similar to a seizure. ER doctor said cease indomethacin. On a side note...I do not take any other meds...never have...only take vitamin D3 on a daily basis. So it is obvious the indomathacin that caused my issues. Threw out the prescription immediately when I got home from hospital. Terrible, terrible drug and horrible experience! | F | 44 | 7 days 25 mgs | 12/18/2014 | 5 | gout and siatica | it takes about 5 to 66 hours to realy start working but it's the only thing that works | it's good stuff | M | 68 | 1X day | 10/22/2014 | 3 | Headaches | Dizzy, unfocused, fatigue, disoriented, dry-mouth, nausea, chest-tightness, feel like I might pass out | When I started taking Indocin I would take it at night with antacid and didn't notice any issues. But then when I take it during the day (usually around lunchtime) I've experienced these side-effects that come on quickly and are nearly disabling for about 1-2 hours. I don't feel comfortable taking it anymore because of these side effects. | F | 53 | 6 months 75 mg 1X day | 9/30/2014 |