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 |
| 2 | back muscle spasms - car accident | I would take it and fall asleep before I could make it to my bed. I once got up off my couch and woke up 24 hours later sleeping on the floor as I headed to my bedroom door. I never made it to the bedroom. My phone had been ringing, but I slept right through it. I missed my doctor appointment by a day because I was sleeping on the floor. My dosage had to be lower because I was so out of it. At the original dose I always fell asleep for 24 hours. The dosage was cut in half and then I slept 18 hours. | Don't drive on this medication. | F | 47 | 2X day | 7/13/2011 | 5 | back spasms due to MVA | Mild dry mouth, dizziness, great sleep. | Works very well for my spasms and headaches that were making me sick and preventing me from getting any kind of sleep. I would recommend this to anyone with horrible muscle spasms. | F | 21 | 3 months 5mg 3X day | 7/3/2011 | 5 | Chronic back pains, Fibromyalgia, | 0 side effects w/brand name, awful side effects w/generic cyclobenzaprine. | i weigh app.130lbs and have no problems whatsoever w/10MGs of the Brand name drug, even years ago when i was @120lbs...But:even only 5mg of the generics (tried three different generic manufactureres of cyclobenzaprine) makes me so wacky i don't want to take it. Thank God i tried this years ago when i had better insurance and could try brand-name drugs 'cause these days it is such a struggle to get ins. to pay for Brands that i wouldn't have known how huge a difference there is...Gene actually makes me high, then disconnected, then sad, then amped w/busy vivid dreams, and then awful headache w/worse neck pain in the am that makes me feel nauseous, followed by feeling mentally slow & foggy with random sharp pain sensations in parts of my body that actually aren't injured at all. If you've had a bad result and cannot find relief w/any other gene muscle relaxer drugs, insist on the brand Flexeril and give it a try at least once. Wish the generic worked for me but it just doesn't, even after all these years. Was in an accident in my early 20's that caused me to need medication & treatment, grateful to have had this drug experience especially as i've aged it has gone from acute to chronic w/degeneration & arthritis that only the brand really helps while allowing me to fully function w/no other detrimental effects whatsoever period. i use this only when severely flared up now, and for short periods of time--expecting that to change as my condition combined w/this damp cl | F | 46 | 10 MG 3X day | 6/29/2011 | 3 | Moderate back pain | Extreme drowsiness & fatigue, MASSIVE headaches (felt as though my head would explode any minute), and irritability | It does help relax your muscles but the pain from the headaches was superceding the pain I was experiencing from my back so I had to discontinue. | F | 30 | 7 days 5 mg 3X day | 6/13/2011 | 3 | fibromyalgia / body pain | it knocked me out. it worked because i dont remember what i did. i was told i acted like i was drunk. slurred speech, not making any sense....scary...sleep walking...not worth it... | F | 56 | 10 1X day | 6/13/2011 | 2 | Upper back pain | lethargy,persistent low grade headache,nausea,frustration and anxiety,twitchy,fidgety,short temper | My husband took this for upper back pain. The first and second day he slept and healed. The upper back pain was better and he looked better, he decreased flexeril dosage to one pill before bed and tried to resume work. He started with the symptoms I described and that sent us to the ER for a lot of tests. Everything came back negative. I knew my husband was acting very different. He was restless and anxious and had involuntary movement and repetitive movement. He was allergic to this med or having withdraw symptoms from the decreased dosage. The doctor agreed with this hypotheses and prescribed prednisone. Three days out from taking the flexeril we were going to start the prednisone this morning but all adverse reactions to the flexeril have passed and he seems to be free of it. Always read the paper work that comes with your drug ....we usually do but missed this one completely. | M | 44 | 5 days 10 mg 3X day | 6/11/2011 | 5 | leg muscle spasms | drowsiness and irritability | completely relieved terrible painful leg spasms I was having in the morning after the first night I took it | F | 51 | 2 days 10 2X day | 6/9/2011 | 3 | trouble sleeping | Headaches (daily after 45 or so days) so can't take any more. | Helped sleeping & arthritis. | F | 64 | 60 days 5 mg. 1X day | 6/8/2011 | 2 | neck pain/muscle spasm | mild sedation | I experienced minimal side effects with Flexeril, mainly just sedation which is normal for this type of drug. The reason the rating is so low is that it didn't really help at all. I'm still in pain and still cannot move my head or neck in normal ROM without extreme pain. It's only been 2 days though, so maybe I'll give it another 24 hours, but the pain is really a drag. | F | 39 | 2 days 10mg 3X day | 6/1/2011 | 1 | lower back injury | DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, hand tremors, high blood pressure, feeling of hopelessness, irritability, complete loss of appetite | I take Effexor XR for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and was PRESCRIBED a script for Effexor XR and Flexeril at the same time, a HUGE no no. I was snapping at my family, the darkest depression I have ever experience. My heart was racing and my blood pressure was through the roof. I was so suicidal I went to the hospital and ended up in a psych ward. I am permanently scarred, no going back to what happened to me. Sleep does not come to me now without xanax and ambien CR and I HATE meds. A friend of mine 6 days ago got in a car accident, was prescribed Flexeril in about 30 seconds after his Xrays. 3 days of taking it and he wasn't sleeping, wasn't eating, and depressed. This drug is straight from hell. DO NOT EVER TAKE! I can never go back from the damage done. We need to hold these drug companies responsible for the garbage they pump out and hold doctors accountable for prescribing such horrid drug interactions. DO NOT EVER TAKE! | M | 25 | 10 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/26/2011 | 2 | jaw spasm | fatigue, drowsiness, confusion, agitation, vivid dreams, blurred vision, heavy limbs, fuzzy thinking, dizziness | took 1 dose at 2:00 on a Friday afternoon, its now Sunday morning at 11:00 and I'm still completely out of it. I feel high, and not in a good way. My muscles relaxed slightly, but not enough to relieve the spasm or the pain. This medicine is scaring the hell out of me. I can hardly function. I've been pounding water for the past day trying to flush it out, but to no avail. If I still feel like this tomorrow, I won't be able to go to work. I certainly can't drive. | F | 44 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/15/2011 | 5 | neck pain fibro | Very effective in the relief of muscle pain associated with contracture. Time to time slight drowyness, however rare. | F | 38 | 5 years 10 mg 2X day | 4/24/2011 | 4 | Muscle tightness & Spasms | No side effects observed | I was in extreme pain when I saw my Dr. I have been on Flexeril for a week and am sooo relieved that my pain is gone. I do have bit of dry mouth but nothing serious. I will keep u posted if I do acquire any nasty effects | F | 37 | 7 days 10 MG 1X day | 4/17/2011 | 2 | mscl spsm in lft shldr due to ms | I took 5mg of this medication on Sunday night 4-10-11 and am just now feeling clear headed tues, 4-12-11 evening. This medication sedated me for more than 24 hours. limbs felt heavy, uncoordinated, vision was blurry and I felt like the medication would make me sleep forever. It relaxed my muscles, but too much....can't get anything done..don't even think of driving on this medication. | F | 45 | 1 days 5 mg 1X day | 4/12/2011 | 1 | Capsular contracture | Same side effects and complaints that everyone else on here put | have the same side effects and complaints as everyone else. Hate taking this medication. Also was in a car accident after taking it the night before. I don't recommend anyone to take this | F | 25 | 6 weeks 10 3X day | 3/26/2011 | 1 | chronic upper back pain | dry mouth, irritability and anger that quickly developed into depression and suicidal thoughts | Flexeril worked wonders to cure my back pain; it worked near immediately to alleviate my discomfort. However, I quickly became severely depressed and suicidal while on the drug. I have normal bouts with depression regularly, but this was far more severe than anything I had ever experienced in the past, and it was not showing any signs of receding as my usual episodes do. I did some research into the drug and found that severe mood swings and depression were a "rare" side effect, and immediately stopped taking the drug. After a few days my back pain has returned, but I felt much better emotionally and have stopped taking Flexeril permanently. | M | 20 | 2 weeks 10 mg 3X day | 3/21/2011 | 1 | Back, neck and shoulder pain | I took 10mg at 7pm and it's 10:30am the next day and I am struggling to stay awake. Wierd feeling, very relaxed but anxious at the same time. | F | 47 | 1 days 10 3X day | 3/17/2011 | 4 | chronic back/neck pain | constipation, facial muscle tension, headaches, irritability/anger | One of the first side effects I noticed was the consipation. Additionally I have had facial muscle tension and short lasting headaches. I have also been very irritable, which is not normal, and did not realize that this was probably a side effect, until reading this site. I was concerned about hair loss as this usually occurs when I take a prescription, but have not noticed this, yet. It does help with my back pain, sleeplessness, and does not seem to cause drousiness. | F | 27 | 20 days 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 4 | lower back pain/pelvic misalignment | groggy in the morning, hard to wake up | helped with the pain of pelvic misalignment but i did not like the grogginess i got since i only took this at night because of it making me sleepy | F | 28 | 7 days 10mg 1X AN | 3/10/2011 | 4 | Back spasm | At 5 mg, nothing major, just sleepy and hard to wake up until about 12-14 hours after taking the drug. At 10mg, very sleepy and numb body with depression, lack of motivation, and slow ambulation until 16-20 hours after ingestion. | The package insert should state how to dose the drug by body weight. 10mg is way too much unless you are obese. | M | 33 | 3 days 5mg 1X day | 3/5/2011 |