SAVELLA Reviews (MILNACIPRAN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (158 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SAVELLA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SAVELLA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Taking Savella for fibromyalgia | It is helping the muscle and joint pain better than anything else ever has. It's almost like I don't have fibro. Still have some fatigue, though. | Drugs.com has a drug interaction check, and there are many meds that can't be taken with Savella-- including Ultram. If you are taking it, please do yourself a favor and check for interactions. | F | 2 weeks | 7/9/2009 | 4 | 0 days | 8/26/2018 | 1 | Back Pain | Heart Pounding,High Blood Pressure,Extreme Nausea,Vomiting,Stomache Pain, Irritable, Hot Flashes, Sweating | Worst Medicine Ive Ever Taken!!!!! | F | 18 | 1 days 50MG 2X day | 7/12/2012 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Slight nausea the first week of taking the titration pack with the increase in dosage from 12.5 to 25 to 50. The morning pill makes me tired after taking it. | Savella decreases all of my fibromyalgia symptoms. It does not make it completely go away, but I have tremendous relive from it. My "bad days" or "flare ups" still occur, but I am still able to work and function during the day while taking savella. It has really decreased my pain, headaches, body fatigue, and sleep disturbances. | F | 19 | 4 weeks 50 2X day | 6/13/2011 | 1 | Fibromyalgia management | Blurry vision, dilated eyes, headaches, dizziness, nausea | I was taking 50mg twice a day but reduced to just once a day in hopes side effects would reduce. They have not. I have no reduced to 25mg once a day and I am having withdrawal episodes from lowering my dose. | F | 21 | 7 weeks 50 | 11/25/2016 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | dizziness, loss of apatite, mood swings, itchy scalp, sweaty, hot flashes. | F | 23 | 3 weeks 50 mg 2X day | 5/2/2011 | 1 | Bipolar/chronic pain | Wow so taking this medicine was one of the weirdest experiences I've ever had. At first I was incredibly nauseous and felt like I had to burp or I'd throw up. Then I got incredibly irritated. I just wanted to bitch to everyone about how I felt cause honest I felt sick at first. Not to mention my body was so hot. Then I felt so wide awake and couldn't stop laughing uncontrollably. Literally, I couldn't stop laughing and nothing was funny. I had to actually try not to laugh. During this time I had so much energy I was debating doing a workout video. lol Finally the laughing wore off but was still wide awake. I dont know what the hell my doctor was thinking putting me on this medicine. Its stupid. | I was supposed to take this medicine twice a day. Basically if I did I'd be a nutcase that couldn't function. This was terrible for me and did not react will to my mental disease. Made me incredibly manic so I couldn't sleep. Finally I surrendered and had to take my saphris. Seriously what a weird night. | F | 23 | 1 days 50 2X day | 5/17/2012 | 5 | Fibromyalgia and + ANA | Insomnia and felt like I couldn't lie still but that went away after about 3 weeks. I've been having problems since 14 so the insomnia was nothing new since I haven't slept thru a night in years because of my nawing joint pain and discomfort. I feel great after being in this for almost 3 months. I still have my days but that's a lot better than everyday being miserable. | F | 24 | 3 months 50mg 2xD | 7/13/2012 | 2 | My doctor had me work up to a full dose of this medication, but I couldn't last that long. While the first few days were fine, as I increased the dosage it became so painful that even the pressure of my hands on my thighs would be too much. All I could do was lay in bed and cry. I felt weaker and more tired than usual when I took this medication. | I haven't found side effects like this anywhere else, so it is possible that this is just a strange side effect isolated to me. | F | 26 | 7 days 30MG 1X day | 11/23/2012 | 3 | Tension Type Headaches | Extremely lethargic, irritation on small things, major side effect was my inability to pass urine properly. Severe lower abdomen pain, with back pressure. | I've had TTH for 5 years now, I switched from clonazepam (Klonopin) to Savella as a trial drug. The medication definitely was working on the receptors and I was feeling much better. I had less frequent headaches, no unilateral dispersion of pain on the right side of the head. Although the side effects of the pain in the groin and lower abdomen compelled me to stop taking this medication. If women are not having the same problem, this might be a better drug for them. After 1 week of taking the medication, I returned to my normal routine, and I experienced severe pain in my legs, pain in my chest, shortness of breath, dry nostrils, I wanted to go to the rest room, but then I could not pass any urine, which made my body go cold. | M | 27 | 1 weeks 50 2X day | 4/24/2012 | 3 | IC (Interstitial Cystitis) | Tingling/cramping sensation in my legs. Sounds easy enough but it makes trying to fall asleep at night rather difficult. | I believe Savella is working for me (calming my pelvic floor muscles) but I may have to stop taking it or decrease my dose if I can't get rid of this annoying side effect. | F | 27 | 3 weeks 12.5 MG 2X day | 3/15/2010 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | anxiety, depression, insomnia, excessive sweating | Had no effect on my joint/muscle pain caused by Fibromyalgia, so I stopped after 8 weeks. Just another SNRI that supposedly cure all ailments (depresion! anxiety! panic attacks! pain! fibromyalgia! OCD!.....doctors have no idea what the f&*$ they're prescribing, or how these drugs work. It's reprehensible. | F | 27 | 8 weeks 100 mg 2X day | 3/24/2011 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | Savella made me sick, as if I were pregnant. I didn't correctly wean off of cymbalta, so I was overdosing to begin with. However, once on savella alone I did notice that my limbs werent as numb and also that I didn't seem as fatigued. The pain was worse though, and my vision became messed up again | F | 28 | 3 weeks 50 | 5/21/2012 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Panic, personality change, forgetfulness, burst of anger, literally craziness, racing heart | I was put on this to help with my numbness and tingling. It was a horrible mistake. I have been on medicines throughout my life and never felt the way I did. I forgot where I was driving (with kids in the car), blew up on my son who did nothing wrong, cried and was sick. It was horrible. My heart was racing, I was clammy and just couldn't function. I almost went to the er. It is most likely my inability to handle too much serotonin, or whichever it is, but yikes! | F | 28 | 6 days 30 1X day | 11/19/2012 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | some dizziness and slight weight loss in the first month, but have maintained a constant weight since. | I've been extremely happy with Savella. I was first on cymbalta, which was ok, so I thought, then my Dr switched me to Savella, huge pain relief! I had a brief experience after about a year of taking it where my Dr switched me back to cymbalta, and the pain was unbearable! Within weeks of switching again to savella I was again pain free (minus the occasional flare-up). I've been on it a little over 3 years and am now able to again play tennis, volleyball, etc. and live my life without the pain and exhaustion :) | F | 29 | 3 years 50mg 2X day | 7/13/2012 | 3 | For fibromyalgia | Felling exhausted , dry mouth , numb feeling in face and head , along with headaches that I already had before . And in my calfs a heavy feeling .itching and burning of the scalp ? That's one I'm not sure of. | F | 30 | 6 days 50mg | 5/18/2016 | 3 | Major Depression | Nausea, Dizziness, Lightheaded, spaced out, increased anxiety and panic, blurred vision, mood swings, melancholia, high pulse rate, shortness of breath, Upper respiratory tract infection like symptoms, excessive sweating, hot flashes | Very shaky start up effects - anxiety and panic increased, felt an ominous fear all the time, mood swings and irritability, sometimes subtle euphoria and sometimes severe malaise and dysphoria. I think this drug is very dose dependent because of its very short half life of 8 hours. I felt disadvantaged because unlike other SNRIs like Effexor and Cymbalta there are almost very few patient ratings and information on use of Milnacipran in treatment of MDD. Side effects felt: Nausea esp first few days and when taken without food. Dizziness and lightheadedness, feeling drunk and spaced out. Blurred vision Hyper-emotionality mainly towards melancholia and sadness. Sleep - improved, but dreams are sometimes very lucid. Tachycardia - pulse upto 120 bpm, dyspnea Upper respiratory tract infection like symptoms - post nasal drip - sore throat, and nasty mucous - but without fever - which actually makes GPs treat it as allergy. Jittery, nervous and spaced out - especially in the evening when the effects kick in. This drug has apparently helped those who have failed ECT which should make it quite efficient, but I would suggest this to be definitely not the first line of treatment for MDD, and should perhaps be reserved for depression with anhedonia and apathy, not for melancholic depression. Probably its too early for me to have a definitive view. | M | 30 | 20 days 25mg 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 3 | fibromyalgia | major weightloss, nausea, vomitting, supresses appetite, wears off quickly. | anyone know something similiar that will decrease pain and not cause so much weight loss? In six months i have lost 12 pounds. Is this normal? I'm thinking maybe the dosage is too high, but can't see cutting dose, lots of pain still exists on high dose. I have regular tests every six months, no other significant reason of weight loss. Heavier sweating than usual. | F | 31 | 6 months 50mg 2X day | 8/20/2011 | 5 | Fibromyalgia, depression | None. | This has helped me TREMENDOUSLY with my fibromyalgia pain and depression. I haven't felt this good since before I had my two children. My doctor said this has been used for decades over in Europe for as a treatment for depression. Good luck! | F | 32 | 60 days | 6/15/2009 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | None that I am aware of except possibly sweating a bit more. | Savella is my miracle drug. Before Savella I had tried EVERYTHING from gabapentin (very minimal relief,) to Lyrica (make me feel like I was on illegal drugs,) and Cymbalta (1 pill, made me feel so crazy I called a friend to "babysit" me and my kids until my husband got home) and everything in between. Savella enables me to live a much more active and "normal" life, I am no longer a slave to FMS or to painkllers. Sadly at 130.00 a month I cannot afford it without insurance and after 9 months of taking half a dose to stretch it out (since insurance went away) I am weaning off it. The weaning is bad and my FMS symptoms are through the roof...I even took a full pill tonight just so I can be mobile to bake my sons birthday cake and not be so foggy headed tomorrow. I am hoping a low-cost clinic will help me...soon, because I cannot live like this. Honestly Savella gave me my life back and now finances preventing me from getting Savella are taking my life away again :( One warning is to check drug interactions CAREFULLY, I can't even take cold medicine and I was taking tramadol (Ultram) at first and ended up with seratonin syndrome and nearly passed out at my kids' birthday party in 2009. Luckily I made the connection, went to drugs dot com for the interaction checker and realized what was wrong and called my doctor right away. My poor doctor felt horrible, but the drug was so new (on the marker a few months) when I began taking it that there was very little in | F | 32 | 27 months 50 mg 2X day | 8/18/2011 |
SAVELLA (MILNACIPRAN HYDROCHLORIDE): Milnacipran is used to treat pain caused by a condition called fibromyalgia that affects the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and supporting tissues. This medication is a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) that works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain (neurotransmitters). FDA Approval Date: 2009-01-14 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)