MEPERGAN Reviews (MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; PROMETHAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 4.2 (61 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MEPERGAN with similar:
Type: Discontinued Drug
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MEPERGAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Migraines | Makes it easier to fall asleep; I can sleep through the night without waking up (and, if I wake, I can fall back asleep easily). Definitely impairs my cognitive abilities and makes the world blurry. I would not suggest driving or doing anything complicated. No nausea. | Like other drugs I take for migraines, mepergan does not seem effective after I've taken it a couple of times (in these cases, it does not relieve any of my pain). I often take it with Advil to stop pain from recurring (mepergan does not seem to have anti-inflammatory effects-- it just masks pain). The first pill I ever took made me feel like my pounding migraine still existed, but it was somewhere across the room from me (which was nice). It has never been as effective since. I do not take more than two pills per day, because it seems pointless (it won't help). I have not tried upping the dosage because it is a narcotic and I don't want to become addicted. While it makes me sleepy, sometimes I cannot sleep (I remain in bed half asleep, with a weird sense of floating, for half of the night). The cognitive impairment is such that I don't think I could write anything or evaluate anything complicated. I have developed non-thought-requiring activities to occupy myself when I have to ta | M | 39 | 6 years | 10/14/2006 | 2 | | 9/14/2006 | 5 | Kidney Stones | Worked very well. Was able to function but did not remember much. Took away the pain. Very deep sleep and mild hallucinations. Cartoon like dreams. | M | 32 | 12 days | 9/7/2006 | 5 | back pain | none | i got my life back whem i started taking it | F | 35 | | 8/11/2006 | 4 | Foot surgery | Constipation, sweating, a few hallucinations | Surgery involved opening up the top of the foot, trimming some bones, and installing some pins and screws. Mepergan really helped - I had very little pain while I was taking it. The Rx said 1 or 2 pills every 4-6 hours - I took about 6 the first day and 4 each of the next two - I am a large man and this more than sufficed. After three days the pain had subsided to the point where I decided that enduring the minor pain remaining was better than putting up with the side effects. | M | 65 | 3 days | 6/9/2006 | 5 | Dental Surgery | Mildly groggy, very relaxed, slightly euphoric state. | Mepergan done what no other pain med has ever done== Relieve my pain with no bad side effects! While moving around I had a calm, relaxed euphoric feeling. When lying down I went into an extremely relaxed state with very odd thoughts and peace of mind. Awoke with a slight groggy feeling which lasted throughout the day, but got better. No nausea at all and no "hangover" effect. Only mildly drowsy. | M | 31 | 2 days | 4/30/2006 | 5 | Surgery | Slight hallucinations; very groggy | Very effective for pain; did not make me naseous at all. | F | 29 | 5 days | 4/24/2006 | 5 | wisdom teeth extraction | Frankly this is the best pain med I have ever taken. Percocet, Darvacet, Vicodin, etc., none can touch the ability of this drug to nullify pain! | M | 35 | 7 days | 3/22/2006 | 5 | dental implant surgery | groggy | The only pain med I've ever taken that did not make me feel nasuated, yet handled the pain well. In the past I've taken Vicodin, Percocet and Darvocet, all of which made me nasuated (particularly unpleasant with dental work) and didnt really help with pain. The Mepergan was excellent, it did make me groggy, but fortunately I didn't have to take it but 1 day. | F | 59 | 1 days | 3/11/2006 | 4 | Wisdom teeth extraction | M | 31 | 4 days | 2/7/2006 | 4 | Meningitis | Drowsiness | F | 34 | 5 days | 1/30/2006 | 1 | Broken Foot | Hallucinations and incontinence. | Pain not noticed. | F | 85 | 1 days | 1/3/2006 | 5 | Foot surgery | dizzy especially after stopping medication, sleepy. mild hallucinations - more so the inabilty to tell reality from dreams, slight skin rash around mouth, but benefits of not being ill from anesthesia and taking away pain far outweighed the side effects! | F | 43 | 5 days | 11/24/2005 | 5 | cut off right ring finger | none very good drug | great great great | M | 21 | 13 days | 11/18/2005 | 4 | wisdom teeth extractions | Took the first 2 days post op, script was 25mg every 4 hours. I really took it about every 6 to 8 hours, though. I started taking it as soon as the IV meds and numbing started to wear off, as I'm big on pain prevention. The first couple of days were good with this one. No nausea, no pain, etc. The third day, I started hurting more. | The third day post-op, I started hurting alot more. I took the mepergan, but it basically just made me slightly dizzy for about 2 hours and nothing else. The dizzy and disorientation seemed to distract me from the throbbing pain, but that was about it. Once those first 2 hours were done, I was left with lots of pain and more hours to go before I could take more med. So, I called the doctor, and he gave me a different presciption (percocet) that I'm using now. As a sidenote, the nurses said pain thresholds sometimes change after the 3rd day because of a anti-inflammatory steroid (decadron) they give me. After surgery, they gave me 3 decadron tablets to take over the next 36 hours for swelling. They said that once you quit taking the decadron, your pain threshold lowers, and that's when folks sometimes call for more help. So, I'm glad I wussied out and called because the other med (percocet) is helping much better right now. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/21/2005 | 4 | wisdom teeth extractions | Took the first 2 days post op, script was 25mg every 4 hours. I really took it about every 6 to 8 hours, though. I started taking it as soon as the IV meds and numbing started to wear off, as I'm big on pain prevention. The first couple of days were good with this one. No nausea, no pain, etc. The third day, I started hurting more. | The third day post-op, I started hurting alot more. I took the mepergan, but it basically just made me slightly dizzy for about 2 hours and nothing else. The dizzy and disorientation seemed to distract me from the throbbing pain, but that was about it. Once those first 2 hours were done, I was left with lots of pain and more hours to go before I could take more med. So, I called the doctor, and he gave me a different presciption (percocet) that I'm using now. As a sidenote, the nurses said pain thresholds sometimes change after the 3rd day because of a anti-inflammatory steroid (decadron) they give me. After surgery, they gave me 3 decadron tablets to take over the next 36 hours for swelling. They said that once you quit taking the decadron, your pain threshold lowers, and that's when folks sometimes call for more help. So, I'm glad I wussied out and called because the other med (percocet) is helping much better right now. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/21/2005 | 4 | wisdom teeth extractions | Took the first 2 days post op, script was 25mg every 4 hours. I really took it about every 6 to 8 hours, though. I started taking it as soon as the IV meds and numbing started to wear off, as I'm big on pain prevention. The first couple of days were good with this one. No nausea, no pain, etc. The third day, I started hurting more. | The third day post-op, I started hurting alot more. I took the mepergan, but it basically just made me slightly dizzy for about 2 hours and nothing else. The dizzy and disorientation seemed to distract me from the throbbing pain, but that was about it. Once those first 2 hours were done, I was left with lots of pain and more hours to go before I could take more med. So, I called the doctor, and he gave me a different presciption (percocet) that I'm using now. As a sidenote, the nurses said pain thresholds sometimes change after the 3rd day because of a anti-inflammatory steroid (decadron) they give me. After surgery, they gave me 3 decadron tablets to take over the next 36 hours for swelling. They said that once you quit taking the decadron, your pain threshold lowers, and that's when folks sometimes call for more help. So, I'm glad I wussied out and called because the other med (percocet) is helping much better right now. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/21/2005 | 4 | Cervical disc fusion | I was taking it in the hospital and also when I went home. It stopped the pain but I started hallucinating, seeing ants on the wall, etc. Had to discontinue and started taking hydrocodone. | F | 60 | 3 days | 6/22/2005 | 5 | Migrains and Back problems | If you are not use to it you need not to drive or try to do anything to strenious. Will cause you to be sleepy. | I have a disk disease, so therefore, I have to use this often. I also use it for my migrains. I am allergic to anything with codine or anything related to codine. We have found that this is the only medicine that I can take that does not make me sick. Thank goodness this medicine is mixed with a medicine to keep you from being sick to the stomach. | F | 31 | | 6/11/2005 | 5 | oral surgery | Drowsiness, dry mouth | It worked like a charm! You feel a bit loopy on it and drowsy, but after the oral surgery I just wanted to sleep anyway. | F | 22 | 1 weeks | 6/5/2005 |