FLEXERIL Reviews (CYCLOBENZAPRINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.4 (559 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLEXERIL with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLEXERIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
1 | Lower back pain | Didn't fall asleep right away once I did i later woke up hot and having tighness in my chest and feeling anxious. I woke up for work ok then suddenly I started feeling lethargic blood pressure dropped slightly would start crying for no reason and felt really anxious | Will not ever take this again horrible feeling rather deal with the pain I am 190lbs 5'9 and I guess I have a low tolerance level | F | 30 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 10/13/2011 | 1 | back spasms | I took this and freaked out. I exibited extreme anger and frustration that could not go away untill the medication wore off. If I were to stay on it My marraige would of been over | Could work for others, but be careful. | M | 25 | 1 days 10 4X day | 9/28/2011 | 3 | Lower back spasm | Became furious with minimal provocation; yelled at spouse for no reason; foggy mental state; mild confusion; lethargy. | I became completely mean and nasty towards my spouse, like I had no filter on my negative feelings or comments. I would think to myself that I was being unkind and should not act that way, then the next time she came in the room, I would bite her head off for the least thing. It was like being drunk and losing your inhibitions, except it was only the negative emotions that were uninhibited. It was very unpleasant for us both. It barely touched my severe back spasm. | M | 28 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/26/2011 | 2 | Shoulder and neck injury | VERY short temper, wanting to isolate, anger, weepiness, depression. | This did help to relieve my muscle tension but I felt so mentally and emotionally horrible on it I will never take it again. I felt positively crazy, thought of suicide, snapped at my family, cried at the drop of a hat...I had to stop taking it because I felt like such a nutter. Just doing hot & cold therapy and ibuprofen. | F | 43 | 4 days 10 mg 2X day | 9/25/2011 | 1 | Lyme Disease - Insomnia | Nightmares,sleep walking,paranoid behavior,sensitivity to lights,sounds.Insomnia,nervousness | I am writing for my daughter who is 98lbs and 4'10.I noticed within the last week of the unusual behavior. Due to her Lyme Disease which she had since 2009, these were different from her other symptoms. Her infectious disease specialist gave her this med to take before bedtime for sleep. I called today to tell her family doctor and he said to get her off of this med (she's taking generic Cyclobenzaprine.mfg Cadista) Be careful with this med, even though she has taken it with no problems for the last 3 months, it sneaks up on you the side effects. Another bad side effects is sleep walking. She was walking at 4:30am and I called to her and she started screaming like she was being killed! Generic Flexeril...BAD | F | 23 | 3 months 5mg 1X O | 9/24/2011 | 3 | Back pain | Extreme drowsiness | Took 10 mg last night (I weight 120 lbs) around 11 pm. It is now 12:15 pm and I just got out of bed, and barely woke up to begin with. My arms and legs feels heavy, and I can barely type this. Definitely do not take this medication if you have work or anything you want to get accomplished the next day. | F | 23 | 2 days 1X day | 9/21/2011 | 1 | Increased heart rate/anxiety, incoherent-difficulty in thinking & communicating, numbness in tongue, mouth, fingers, felt very much not myself, very much effected my normal activities. | Hated it & will not take Flexiril/generic again. Was prescribed it for moderate shoulder pain for which it was instantaneously effective, but the side effects were so horrendous to me that I will avoid ever taking it again. Lesson learned. | 44 | 15 days 10 2X day | 9/13/2011 | 5 | Muscle Spasms | Sleepiness, drowsiness | F | 17 | 10mg 1X day | 9/12/2011 | 4 | abdomen pain/lower back pain | anxiety, depression, blurry vision, anxiety, sleepy/groggy, irritable | I take 3 times a day for a few weeks, each pill is 10mg, I can't take less otherwise I can't move. But to feel ongoing anxiety and depression is what is driving me crazy. I'm a general person, who has a cranky personality, so Im use to being cranky, but Im not use to snapping at people and I noticed I only do this on this. Also, dry-mouth is crazy on this too, drink so much water without any sanctification. It does help with the pain, which at the moment in my life I would rather struggle with the effects than with the pain. Only take this if you're not suffering already from depression or suicidal thoughts..it's very hard to distingush from how you really feel to how this is making you feel. ONLY TAKE THIS IF YOU ARE DESPERATE AND RAN OUT OF OPTIONS. | F | 21 | 3 weeks 30mg 3X day | 9/9/2011 | 4 | Severe back and neck spasm | I never had any side effects from this drug. Nothing. It does help the spasm's but I am unsure how long I can be on this. I have been on it off and on for two years. | M | 59 | 2 years 10MG 3X day | 8/31/2011 | 1 | Chest Muscle Spasms | Extreme Grogginess in the morning, lethargic throughout the day. So far 16 hours of tiredness with 8 of those hours full rest. | Do not recommend it on a workday | M | 25 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 8/30/2011 | 4 | TMJ | bloated belly, 2 lbs weight gain not associated with overeating, mild constipation | 20 years ago, when I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic myofascial pain syndrome, I was prescribed this medicine and HATED IT! However, the last 4 days, taking 10mg at bedtime has allowed me to sleep so much better and it has helped my TMJ flare and Knee injury heal really quickly. My mood is happier because I am getting a deeper, more restorative sleep. After reading all the negatives, I will not continue this as a daily treatment, but I plan to use it for flares! A bigger belly is a small price to pay for the improved mood, increased happiness, and more energy that I get from good quality sleep. I believe this medication does help one get more deep sleep which is very healing. | F | 54 | 4 days 10mg 1X day | 8/29/2011 | 1 | TMJ, Back Pain | Suicidal thoughts, Depression, Anger, Anxiety, | Helped with pain and tension, didn't knock me out but made me slightly more sleepy, didn't have a "drugged" feeling during or after...however..it didn't take long for me to notice that something was up with my mood. I've cried more in the past week than I have in many years and was having frequent thoughts of hurting myself. This drug was the only thing new so I looked online and sure enough....loads of people are having the same experience. Got to say I'm a bit relieved because this didn't feel like me. I'm not taking it again and wouldn't recommend it. | F | 27 | 4 days 10mg 1X day | 8/25/2011 | 4 | Back problems | Pretty much gave me a hair trigger as far as anger goes. It helped a lot early on but I've stopped taking it because though am pretty laid back, I kept wanting to yell at pretty much every client I talked to at work. Most of whom didn't deserve it. | M | 30 | 6 days 10mg 1X day | 8/22/2011 | 5 | Arthritis with tightening muscles | None | I have been taking this pill 10 mg at bedtime, and would awake the next day feeling "normal". Normal as in no tight muscles in back or legs. Without this pill I would wake up extremely stiff and achy .I do not miss a dose! Recently I took 2 pills as I have a nerve pain and pain at my sacrum, becoming worse as I lie down. This double dosage allowed me to sleep soundly, feeling so fantastic the next day. This pill causes sleepiness if used in daytime, especially if you have to be in the bright sun and heat. | F | 55 | 1 years 10 1X day | 8/21/2011 | 4 | Bruxism (teeth grinding/clenching | Very weak in the legs the next day. Overall sluggish. More sensative to touch. (tingly feeling, sometimes, when I scratch my body. Sneezing would have my entire body tingly. Left leg feels slightly weaker than right. | I actually haven't been taking flexeril, I've been on the generic version (Cyclobenzaprine). Been taking it for about three weeks for bruxism. I have definitely noticed a difference in my headaches/ tension. My migraines (or whatever they are) are much further apart now. I used to have pain almost all day. Now, it's been cut down drastically. They're still there, but not nearly as often or severe. The only downfall of his pill for me is how fatigued I feel the next day. I take one 10mg pill before bedtime. Knocks me out. The doc actually told me I could take 2 if I wanted. Yeah right. I'd be asleep 'till next week! Lol anyway, overall, I would definitely recommend this drug. Really, the only pronounced side effect is the lethargic feeling. It's a small price to pay for relief of constant headaches though! Oh, and it's not expensive! | M | 31 | 3 weeks 10mg 1X day | 8/9/2011 | 1 | pinched nerve, sciatica, muscle spa | 10 mg is much much much too strong for anyone to take unless you wish to be in a coma or out-of-it for days. This is a powerful dosage and should not be given to patients. I took it at bedtime and my husband woke me up at NOON the next day and i did NOT wish to wake up. I had a terrible drug hangover and could not function. I didn't care about anything. I could have slept standing up. The next evening, I felt naucous and went into the bathroom and started to sweat and shake. My skin was pooling with sweat, beads dropping from my hairline onto my face, my legs were shaking. I managed to make it back to bed and everything went 'quiet'.....i lay there and finally went to sleep, exhausted. It's now the 3rd day and I'm still TIRED. Man. I do not recommend this drug unless absolutely necessary. Certainly a lower dosage. | there must be a better drug. | F | 62 | 1 days 10mg 3X day | 8/8/2011 | 5 | Migraine | Fall asleep w/in 40 minutes of taking pill and sleep all night. A little groggy the next day, but headache gone and feel great. | My headache is gone and I don't feel like I ran 2 marathons so it works well for me. The grogginess might even be the post migraine exhaustion. | F | 32 | 2 years 10 MG 1X AN | 7/28/2011 | 5 | lower back muscle spasms | At first, very groggy and sleepy with a "hangover" fog the next day. | I take 10mg 3x a day to keep my lower back muscles from spasming. Without it, my back locks up. I tried weening off and it didn't work, at all....my muscles started spasming....guess I'm stuck on it. | F | 32 | 1 years 10mg 3X day | 7/24/2011 | 1 | upper back spasms | I must have had the oddest reaction to this drug. I took ONE pill and get this, I was up for almost 2 days straight. I felt like I was wrapped up in plastic and floating all over the place. I couldn't even function!! My family and I still laugh about this, but at the time it was not funny! I'm terrified of this drug! It amazes me how everyone reacts differently to medications! | F | 44 | 1 days 1X day | 7/18/2011 |