FLEXERIL Reviews (CYCLOBENZAPRINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.4 (559 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLEXERIL with similar:
Type: Brand name discontinued; available as generic
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 |
More on FLEXERIL: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLEXERIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Back injury | Fatigue, depression | My doctor prescribed this medicine to me after a pool accident which permanently injured much of my back. Over the years I've noticed that even when I take half the dosage, I am depressed, highly emotional, and have fatigue that I basically cannot fight. The emotional affects are such that I am a completely different person when I am on this drug. Although it is highly effective in reducing back pain, most of the time it has not been worth it for me due to the above-described side effects. | F | 20 | 2 years 1X day | 6/25/2012 | 2 | Sciatic pain | Yep sat at dinner table and told my wife that I think I'm just gonna kill my self. The same way I would tell her I was going out to get a coffee. Weird stuff stay away. Also talked to myself a little too much for comfort cuz I was talkin bac to my self! | M | 42 | 3 days 10mg | 6/13/2012 | 2 | Back pain | Drowsiness, sleeping for prolonged periods of time. | I was prescribed this medication for severe lower back pain. It did virtually nothing to alleviate my symptoms. However, Flexeril did prove to be a decent sleep aid and my doctor now gives me refills upon request when I need something to put me down. I would say that overall, I was highly unimpressed with this medication. | M | 23 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 6/7/2012 | 1 | myofacial pain syndrome | Feel as though I am a Zombie. Very difficult to function until, possibly, late afternoon. My eyes feel as though they are bugging out of my head; very, very dry eyes with blurred vision | F | 54 | 7 days 5mg 1X day | 5/28/2012 | 1 | pain | I took this drug twice, about a month apart. Both times, the next day, it was if my brain just wanted to go back to sleep. I had to fight extreme fatigue from it. | It was so bad I even looked in the internet to try to find a way to get it out of my system. | F | 55 | 2 days 1X day | 5/19/2012 | 1 | back pain due to lumbar fracture | I had nothing bad to say about Flexeril until I tried to stop taking it. Cold turkey will hurt a lot. I had, and still have after titration: diarrhea every day upon waking and throughout the day, severe nausea spells, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, depression. When I mentioned all this to my GP, he denied any blame on the flexeril and offered me another prescription for an anti-depressant. NO THANKS!!!! Please people...if you can control your pain with something else PLEASE DO. The medical professionals that deal in this medication are doing harm. My pain is worse now than when I started and now I am drastically ill in other ways. I say to anyone who is 'satisfied' with Flexeril, just try stopping... It should NEVER be taken for more than three weeks...You can't avoid dependency. Well, I couldn't. BTW, I was 'conscious' of the possibility of addiction when I began. I did not become addicted to the Vicodin that I was also given... It's just that I was not told of the dangers...my doctors didn't know | F | 36 | 2 years 10 | 4/21/2012 | 3 | Sciattic Pain | After I stopped taking it, I had insomnia, pain, hallucinations, daydreams, nightmares, impotence and extreme dehydration. | M | 32 | 2 weeks 30 | 4/18/2012 | 3 | Muscle injury/spasm | Grogginess, broken sleep, bloating constipation that causes back pain. | Taking along with Naprosyn for a back pull/strain. I cannot tell if it is doing any good over the 500mg Naproxen. My shoulder is better but I have some bloating and constipation that I normally never get. It's making my low back ache now. | M | 35 | 2 days 15 mg 3X day | 3/30/2012 | 5 | Lower back, hip and leg pain | Funny, I had the depression and crying episodes prior to taking this medication after 2 and a half months of chronic pain and no sleep, I take it at night and at the very least I get a decent nights sleep and muscles finally relaxed, I still have some pain at night but not as bad as it was. Only problem I am wondering about is that I am over a week early in my cycle, was trying to find out if this drug may have something to do with it | F | 44 | 10 days 5 to 10mg | 3/22/2012 | 4 | back pain | M | 50 | 7 days 50mg 2X day | 3/20/2012 | 5 | persistent low back pain | Blurred vision, constipation - well worth the relief it has provided. Sounds like a lot of people here have much more serious underlying mental issues. FYI this drug IS in the tricyclic antidepressant class. | F | 47 | 7 days 30mg daily | 3/14/2012 | 5 | fibromyalgia | Need to sleep for a full 9 hours at night, otherwise feel a little dopey in the morning. Occasional weird dreams. | For years I suffered terribly from constant chronic burning pain, stiffness, insomnia, food intolerances, depression and anxiety. Flexeril has worked wonders with a minimum of side effects. | F | 59 | 1 years 10 1X day | 3/1/2012 | 1 | back pain | Lots of them. Reading all the other peoples side effects made sense of all my problems. I thought I was going crazy. Did not work except mess with my head. Do not recommend. | F | 33 | 3 years | 3/1/2012 | 2 | Neck Pain | Dry mouth, migraine headache when drug discontinued, inability to focus | F | 48 | 2 weeks 5 mg 2X day | 2/26/2012 | 1 | Jaw pain | I wanted to die, I became stupid and couldn't think or remember anything, I was more emotional, had a panic attack for the first time ever, I was taking this with vallium. I'm surprised I didn't kill myself because I'm not in the happiest of living situations. But this medicine also caused damage to my hair very dried out and frizzy. The mental damage was worse but at least after I stopped taking the medication I stopped with the dreams, or worse nightmares. It took four weeks for side effects to stop. | F | 24 | 10 days 10 | 2/25/2012 | 1 | car accident shoulder spasms | Terrible headaches, rapid heartbeat, crying profusely, confusion, nausea, wake up with your stomach hurting bad | This crap should be taken off the market. Made me so sick. Never helped my spasms. Had sleepless nights because what I didn't know was my rapid heartbeat wouldn't let my body rest. This drug also has a lot of other drug interactions. It's been 24 hours since my last dose and I still have that faint "hangover headache". I will never take it again and i am off to flush the bottle. | F | 34 | 1 months 10mg 3X day | 2/25/2012 | 1 | trapezius spasms | Severe depression! Sexual impotance, dizzyness, not hungry | Find another drug! | M | 43 | 2 weeks 10mg 1X day | 2/20/2012 | 2 | Neck spasms leading to migraines | I finally figured out why I was so depressed!! This is the 5th time I have been on flexeril and it just clicked. The newly diagnosed "transient" depression has occurred consecutively with taking this medication. I have been weepy, agitated and experiencing thoughts of suicide. The muscle spasms have not stopped. When researching the side effects there is nothing listed for depression HOWEVER abnormal behavior and thoughts are listed... | F | 49 | 2 months 20mg 3X day | 1/30/2012 | 5 | pain | Made me lose lot weight in barley didn't get hungry in took away my pain | F | 26 | 7 weeks 10 | 1/24/2012 | 5 | Back spasm, herniated disk | 10mg at night, when needed. Take it 2 hours before bed giving it time to kick in. Makes me feel relaxed. Slightly dizzy sometimes but that goes away in a few hours. Tightness in back is much less - allows me to stretch and walk with less difficulty. Wake up in the mornings with no dizziness or fogginess. Never had suicidal thoughts or change in personality or behavior like I've read on here. If anything, it makes me happier because it takes the pain away! | F | 32 | 2 years 10 | 1/23/2012 |