BACLOFEN Reviews (BACLOFEN)

Average Rating: 3.2 (119 Ratings)

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BACLOFEN  (BACLOFEN):  Baclofen is used to treat muscle spasms caused by certain conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury/disease). It works by helping to relax the muscles.   FDA Approval Date: 1988-07-21 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Muscles tension I have gotten really loopy, and emotional. I have insane vivid dreams, so vivid I wake up hysterical crying and it really doesn't even help the muscle Tension In my back just makes me feel like I need to go to the loony been F 19 3 days
10mg
10/30/2012
 5  Spasticity after spinalchord injury Tiredness as I am in a high dose I have not had any of the side effects that others have discribed. Makes a huge difference to me as my legs do not spasm and I can go about my daily life somewhat normally F 23 3 years
30mgx4
5/9/2017
 5  Tension Headaches No side effects This drug has completely eliminated my tension headaches, and helps me get a full night of sleep. Never wake up feeling groggy like with Skelaxin. Love it! F 24 2 months
2/20/2008
 4  Dystonia muscle tension tiredness farts Has helped feel more relaxed and my hips feel more relaxed. My neck has slightly relaxed and doesn't jitter abou so much. F 24 26 weeks
30mg
7/21/2019
 5  nerve pain, muscle spasms & cramps none Baclofen relaxes my muscles enough for me to sleep and carry out tasks. I have problems in my right arm and can now do more things than before, with no side effects. Has been a godsend for me. F 26 3.5 years
4/28/2004
 5  Cerebral Palsy Just mild drowsiness when I first began F 26 9 months
8/28/2007
 1  Car accident/tight muscles/Muscle Couldn't stay away when I first took them. Slurred speech, crazy thoughts, emotional, crying, anxiousness....Overall I wouldn't recommend it I wouldn't recommend to anyone with anxiety issues. Did relieve back pain!! F 26 2 days
Twice dail
12/31/2015
 1  Back pain, dextroscoliosis Nightmares, night terrors, inability to fall asleep, drowsiness, feelings of hopelessness, depression I took Baclofen 1 time and I've never experienced so many nightmares back to back. My wife had woke. Me saying I was whimpering in my sleep. This was after having a nightmare of glass shards through my extremities, haunted house, gigantic snakes, falling through glass floors to my death, my children being violated, etc. the nightmare are horrible. My back felt great for about 4-6 hours but the feelings of fear and anxiety during sleep are disabling. I've nerv had that many nightmares so close together! Would not recommend. M 26 1 days
10mg 1X day
8/15/2021
 4  Cerebral Palsy Been on this as long as I can remember, main side effect is tiredness F 29 20 years
10mg 3X day
1/21/2013
 2  son is Only on 5 mg so far and isn't working yet for muscle spasms M 29 1 days
5/10/2007
 1  Fibromyalgia and muscle spasm None - it's the withdrawal that's bad. I had a terrible experience with Skelaxin last year, so I tried baclofen EXTREMELY cautiously. Taking 2.5-5mg at a time, no more than 7.5mg total per day. I have done this for the past week for my muscle spasms. Slept fantastic all week, felt much better. The second I tried to cut down and only took 5mg yesterday with none before bed, only missing that 2.5mg dose... insomnia, restless legs, super anxious. Been up half the night. Finally got fed up and took 2.5mg at 4am. Quickly started feeling better again. How tf do I get off this stuff if such a TINY dose is causing this kind of dependency, because I can NOT go through another bad withdrawal?! M 29 7 days
2.5mg 3X day
1/3/2023
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 4  dystonia, muscle spasms fatigue, bizarre dreams, trembling/tremor if I miss a dose,possibly nausea and abdominal pain but I'm not sure if this is related to the drug I have noticed that when I increase the dose I get fatigued and very tired but after a couple weeks this side effect goes away. I have some gastrointestinal problems (nausea and abdominal pain/irritable bowel syndrome and gastroparesis) that may be exacerbated by the baclofen. If I miss a dose I get trembling and shaking all over almost like I'm shivering but I'm not cold. Overall the baclofen has been the only drug that remarkably helps my dystonia. I am better able to walk and I don't need to use my wheelchair as much. I definitely get more twisting and spasms when it is time for my next dose or if I miss a dose so I know it helps quite a bit. I took Baclofen for 3 years and stopped to get pregnant. Now I am taking it again and it has been about a year. I take 20mg 3 times a day and I have taken as much as 80mg/day without severe side effects. F 30 4 years
6/18/2007
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 4  Back pain Makes me really sleepy Love it F 31 4 days
20mg
2/15/2016
 4  Gastroparesis Initially, I had weakness in my arms and legs, however, that disappeared after a week of using it as directed. I used to have extremely painful muscle tension in my back, which would cause me to vomit for a minimum of 8 hours. The tension in my back was insane. This medication, fights off that extreme tension.... However, the double edged sword that comes with it, is the fact that although it fights hard to relax my muscles, some tension won't disappear.... Thus, this will lead to low level tension and being uncomfortable for days, rather than hours. F 31 3 months
30mg/day
10/27/2014
 3  Muscle spasms It helped with the muscle spasms long enough for me to get to sleep, but the effects didn't carry into the next day. It made me slightly manic, like I'd had way too much coffee, but not enough to be dangerous. I had a doctor tell me not to make major life decisions on this drug, and i see why. The worst of it though it's the vivid, terrifying nightmares where I felt like I was in real danger and woke up screaming. They don't wear off fast either - I couldn't find my phone and remember thinking I'd left it in my dream. I woke up and thought some dream-entity had replaced my sleeping partner. And of course, my partner doesn't sleep well when I wake up screaming. M 31 7 days
10mg 1X day
2/1/2021
 4  Fibromyalgia / muscle spasms None This is the best spasm med out there. The others either make me extremely drowsy or don't work. I wouldn't be able to function without baclofen. I take 20 mg up to 3 times a day. Usually, I take it 2x a day and then take tizanidine at bedtime (makes me drowsy). F 32 2 years
4/8/2008
 2  neck/shoulder pain & spasms As many others have said, this actually had the opposite effect of what it was supposed to on me. This actually happens to me all the time - if something says "happens to 1% of people taking it" there's a good chance that thing is going to happen to me. It made my shoulder muscles very tense & also gave me dry mouth. On the upside, I didn't have to wake up to pee when I took it, as I usually do. F 32 5 days
10 mg 1X day
3/12/2014
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 1  muscle spasms in back and knee pain Made my back muscles tense up and hurt worse than before and makes my jaw hurt and lock up to the point that I can't eat. Still have back spasms didn't help that at all. Also makes me have a lot of pressure in my head. F 33 6 days
60mg 2xday
2/28/2014
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 1  Neck pain, Muscle spasms Worse muscle spasms, worse neck pain, terrible anxiety, increased heart rate, high blood pressure, worse right eye pain, dizziness, confusion. M 33 10 days
10 3X day
11/22/2010
 1  just for a pulled muscle 😕 Bad dreams...feeling if fear..sleep paralysis..hard sleeping...drunk like...long sleeping Something aint right yall...why my doc give me this for a pulled muscle...reading what you all day...this is minor...couldn't she have just given me a muscle relaxer? Well..I took it anyway..yes it kicked out pain in muscle first day..but..things got scary..This stuff is messing with my head..Im dreaming crazy stuff..horrific stuff...waking up scared..dreaming about dreaming..sleeping so hard that..my body, hurts when I awake...and it promotes sleep...and I sleep and have drowsinesses throughout the day...only 4 days and I totally stopped taking it...and Im still dreaming and having hard sleep paralysis.This stuff is from satan...somebody tell me what's up...I cannot take this drug..and when I asked my doctor if it causes drowsiness..she said no! How could she not know this? F 34 4 days
10mg
4/28/2016
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BACLOFEN  (BACLOFEN):  Baclofen is used to treat muscle spasms caused by certain conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury/disease). It works by helping to relax the muscles.   FDA Approval Date: 1988-07-21 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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