BACLOFEN Reviews (BACLOFEN)Average Rating: 3.2 (119 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BACLOFEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BACLOFEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Spasms from Tethered Cord Syndrome | First 3 years, I had great results. After the first few weeks any side effects went away. I remember I had a little dizziness, nausea, and it made me a little sleepy. All this went away and the benefits were many! I started on 10mg 4 x day. the last 2 years, been on 20mg 4 x day. | I have been very happy on Baclofen for over 4 years. Just in the last few months my spasms are creeping back. I now have lower back spasms and the top of both hips. My shoulders and neck are hard as a rock. I am discussing this with Dr. next appointment. | F | 55 | 4 years 20mg 4X day | 6/12/2018 | 3 | spacticity | Definitely helped with tight muscles | Anybody with anxiety issues this would work well. | F | 55 | 6 days 20mg | 11/11/2015 | 1 | Muscle spasms | Extreme fatigue, drunk feeling, rapid cycling moods, dizziness, loss of taste/nothing tasted good. | OMG. The withdrawal syndrome from this drug is absolute hell - nearly worse than weaning from benzo drugs (valium, et al). Just today I had an ultra-rapid cycle while on my lunchtime walk - was bitchy/pissy, happy and singing, and in tears in the span of not even 15 minutes. The extremely short half life of this drug makes it quite difficult to discontinue, and I wish I had extended vacation available from work for this purpose. Don't don't DON'T take this drug. | F | 55 | 1.5 months 10mg 3X day | 10/18/2018 | 5 | Compression fractures | Helped me breathe as back spasms stopped. | Doctor says only take 10mg bid for possible new lower back fracture. I was on 20mg bid but ended up taking 20mg tid. Dr says he hates baclofen but I've tried other antispasmodics that didn't work at all. Dr says it's causing all over swelling last time, gone currently and now he states it is cause of sliding down 3 steps. It's not! I slipped. Pain was already there 5 days before. I'm disappointed | F | 56 | 0 days 3X day | 3/17/2022 | 2 | muscle spasms, back injury | Sleep disorders. Strange vivid dreams wherein I was "not myself" or in my regular dream state. I'd wake up and think it was having a negative effect on my mind, so I discontinued it. | M | 56 | 14 days | 4/8/2007 | 3 | Dr called it Neck Sciatica, shoulder | Seems like all food tastes waaay too salty and arms and hands feel really shaky and ears ringing.. | Not too sure of this medicine, but I was able too sleep last night without my arm over my chest or elevated by pillow or over my head... Just wonder if ANYONE else has the same kind of effects as me? | F | 57 | 2 days 10 mg2xday | 1/16/2020 | 3 | Back, shoulder, rib injuries | Reoccurring disturbing dreams,sleeping longer but quality of sleep is affected - in particular - deep sleep stages & feeling mentally 'unsettled' | handles pain well | F | 57 | 3 months 10 3X day | 7/20/2020 | 1 | Knee and muscle pain/strain | Acid reflux, stiff joints and muscles especially neck and shoulders, sleepiness, upset stomach, heartburn | A horrible drug that made my overall situation worse. Did nothing for the original pain/strain. Waste of money and time. Could have been on a better medication sooner. Had no idea all side effects were tied to this drug. I only took half of the prescribed daily dose and still had a terrible experience with it. | F | 57 | 7 days 10 2X day | 10/21/2020 | 1 | Fractured rib pain and spasms | Extremely weak,dizziness worse than my usual dizziness, felt like my body was hundreds of lbs heavier | Made my spasms and pain worse, I had no idea of this medicine being used for Multiple Sclerosis, especially since I had complained about muscle spasms a rigidity for yrs and diagnosed in1997 with Multiple Sclerosis, then diagnosed with Lyme disease and Co infections along with a list of other ailments such as Hoshimotos hypothyroiditis, degenerative disc disease , spinal stenosis Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome , horrific ringing in left ear MUCH LOUDER THAN RIGHT EAR early menopause at age 30, memory loss etc..... JUST CURIOUS WHY THIS MEDICINE WASN'T RECOMMENDED YEARS AGO,and wondering if this med would have worked or made symptoms worse as it has in the 2 days of use, very concerning and confusing! | F | 57 | 2 days 20mg 2X day | 4/9/2022 | 5 | Muscle spasms (everywhere) | Have had no adverse side effects. | This medication has been a real Godsend for me,I get muscle spasms (charlie horses) every where, hands feet, legs and arms and back and in my neck! They are extremely painfull, and the muscles will just not release and relax when they spasm. With Baclofen the spasms are completely gone, and for the most part as long as I take it every 8 hours I have no spasms at all! I take 25mg every 8 hours, except at 10 PM at night I take 30mg. It also has helped relieve some of my Chronic Pain! | M | 58 | 2 years | 9/3/2009 | 2 | Lower back pain | Side effects include increased heart rate, significant tiredness, especially after the 2nd pill daily. | Did not improve the lower back pain after 6 days. Will ask the doctor to switch to another medication. | F | 58 | 6 days 10 mg | 1/18/2016 | 1 | Multiple Sclerosis spacicity | Retention of water in ankles and feet after 4 years. Became severe. Could not walk more than a few feet at a time and was very painful. Saw 5 specialists. None thought it was the medicby presenting evidence . 30 days later I have recovered greatly and realize it was the baclofen. | Be your own advocate!! Research. Be heard. | F | 58 | 5 years 30 mg 3X day | 12/18/2015 | 5 | ms | none | 20 mg 3xday stops spasms in legs. couldn't do without it. | F | 59 | 14 years | 8/2/2006 | 5 | For muscle disease | My body trembles constantly inside like my cells are jumping within their selves I fall off to sleep I can't make a fist I can't hold my cell phone exchange or anything in my hands I have to lean on something to prop up what I'm trying to hold | It works great as far as taking away my pain I'm left feeling like a zombie | F | 59 | 1 months 20 | 6/12/2016 | 5 | Back spasms | F | 61 | 0 years 3X day | 5/27/2023 | 4 | L2 L3 nerve pain and ipsoas pain | Great until today. Causes very entertaining vivid dreams until you get a not so entertaining one (anxiety). Usually puts me right to sleep but today I had a steroid shot in my spine as well as an anesthetic shot in each ipsoas muscle. Must be interacting with the Baclofen. Zooming thoughts, facebook rants (oh well). Bad headache. | Only take Baclofen when I twerk my extruded disc fragment into my nerve and I'm waiting for an appointment to get a steroid shot so I don't have any long term use issues. After I stop taking them, I do feel flu-like and exhausted. | F | 61 | 4 days 20 | 3/2/2016 | 1 | Cerebral Palsy | Anxiety, digestive problems, stiffness, dry peeling skin, join pain, burning sensation in skin all over body, swelling of hands, arms and legs and feet. Urinary incontanence, two kidney stones. I think I have all the Rare/Severe side affects. | I took Baclofen for 10 years, starting with 60 mg/day. I worked up to that dose under a Dr's guidance. It worked well for muscle spastiscity for about 5 years, then things started to go bad. At first, I had such weakness in my legs that I couldn't move, so I cut back to 40 mg/day. Then stiffness,and anxiety along with incontinance. I had no idea that all this was from the Baclofen! I just thought it was because I was aging. This past May things EXPLODED. I woke up swollen, (I blamed it on hot weather before) my hands were pink and swollen so much that I can't use my thumbs, and my fingers are stiff. I cut myself down to 30 mg/day and was working on weaning myself off the stuff, but things got so bad that at 20 mg/day, that I just stopped the drug. I felt so awful; anyway, I can't say I noticed a difference. The left side of my body is more swollen that the right, and my current Dr. is thinking Lymphedema, but my symptoms don't add up. I don't have the money to be throughly checked out. I'm currently taking Prilosec because I take 1200 to 1600 mg Advil/day, and Oxazepam 15 mg at night. Oh, yeah, I'm also on 25 mg atenolol for the rapid heart beat from Baclofen. I posted this in case there are others suffering as I am because I've been searching the web without much success. I just wanted others to know they're not the only ones. | F | 61 | 10 3X day | 12/2/2012 | 4 | Low Back Muscle Spasms | None | It worked very well for about a year. Then I seemed to build a tolerance to it and had to switch to Flexeril. When that stops working I'll probably go back to Baclofen | F | 62 | 1.5 years | 1/16/2008 | 2 | MS, spinal & Facet degeneration | First day, neck was so stiff & painful I was afraid to move it. Sudden case of left underarm pain, not sure if associated but didn't have until Baclofen. Made muscle spasms worse in left shoulder (separate issue), couldn't raise arm. | Will not continue taking. | F | 62 | 2 days 10 mg | 8/20/2017 | 3 | DJD, back pain | Ears ring really bad. Loopy, cranky, depressed. | F | 63 | 2 months 10 | 3/9/2017 |