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 |
| 3 | Fibromyalgia pain / help sleep | I took 10mg at night to help sleep. Very groggy in the mornings, hangover, and just feeling stoned throughout the day, though some of this may be due to the fatigue from fibro, but it just makes it worse. While on it, I notice that my hair was falling out, not severe, but noticeable. Takes forever to wake up in the mornings. Didn't work on my fibro pain at all. | It did help me to fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but the fatigue and hangover feeling in the morning was godawful. It did'nt help with the fibro pain at all. I went to see my psychiatrist and he said for me to use restoril instead. I cleared it with my rheumy and he said that was fine. I am now starting restoril and will see how it works for me. | M | 14 | 2 months | 6/10/2009 | 5 | Tension headaches | dry mouth, some drowsiness | I get chronic tension headaches due to an old neck injury. Flexeril is the only med for me that stops the headache from occurring. I take one 5mg pill in the morning so that I won't get a headache. It did cause drowsiness at first, but that is no longer an issue. I think my body just got used to it. | 41 | 1.5 years | 6/9/2009 | 4 | Muscel Spasms Back Pain | Very little drowsiness,not much | I really do well on this drug, it all ways amazes me how drugs effect people differnet. It has helped me alot with muscel pain.I stoped for two days and really notied the differance. At least for me I'll continue taking it. | M | 53 | 6 months | 6/3/2009 | 4 | bulging lumbar discs (back spasms) | 5mg: none. 10mg: very drowsy 2 hours after taking it. Slept 11 hours and woke up with a headache and slightly dizzy. | Far more effective in helping with my back pain than painkillers. | F | 27 | | 5/30/2009 | 1 | post cervical surgery | lethargic, sleepy & drymouth | First & only time taking flexeril. Took at bedtime to relax muscles in order to get a good nights sleep. Unfortunately, it affected the entire next day as well. | F | 54 | 1 days | 5/4/2009 | 1 | hip and leg pain | Took flexeril for 5 days. The first evening I took it, I slept like a log. For the following days I had insomnia/waking up several times during the night. In the morning I felt like I had a hangover and was extemely tired for most of the day. I was lethargic, had bloating, stomach cramps, swelling of my feet and ankles, constipation, vertigo, hot flashes, and on the fifth day, severe spasms in my feet and ankles that traveled up one leg. | This medication now resides in the trash. I never had so many side effects from one drug. | F | 64 | 5 days | 4/29/2009 | 1 | Strained neck muscle | Cloudy vision, depression, bouts of rage for no reason, headache, breif thoughts of suicide | took 10 mg one night. It made me very sleepy which was good. Didn't seem to help my muscle spasm. Maybe it would have helped had I kept takng it. But this med messed with my head big time. I thought I was going to die at one point. Lost my temper on my wife and small child, thought there was smoke in the house because of clouded vision, the list goes on....this all happened the day after I took my first and only dose. BAD STUFF!! | M | 33 | 1 days | 4/6/2009 | 1 | TMJ and neck pain/spasms | Severe anxiety and depression. Couldn't stop crying. Noises were louder, dreams turned into nightmares, the pain became unbearable, and it made my muscle spasms worse! | My doctor didn't warn me that this "muscle relaxant" shouldn't be taken with SSRIs(I take Zoloft)as it can cause Serotonin Syndrome. I felt very agitated when I took Flexeril. It felt like a bad drug trip and I was scared that I might do something desperate. Take this drug off the market! | F | 40 | 3 days | 4/5/2009 | 1 | TMJ | depression, agitated,cloudy head, unmotivated, anxiety, and hard stools. | I would not take this drug ever again. Too many emotional side effects, it's not worth it. | F | 28 | 3 days | 3/28/2009 | 4 | back spasm | Slight drowsiness (but not nearly as much as results from anti-histamines). Very slight loss of balance when standing or walking, but nothing serious. TAKE IT WITH FOOD to lessen the side effects. | M | 49 | 4 days | 3/16/2009 | 1 | chronic neck muscle pain/spasms | Foggy. Like I was living in a dream. No concentration. Sleepy. | Only mild relief. The zombie feeling was so awful that I stopped taking it after two days. I drove past my driveway without realizing it. Felt "lost" all day. Made dumb mistakes at work, looked incompetent. Amrix is a little better, less foggy but still some. Amrix is Flexeril Controlled Release. | F | 32 | 2 days | 3/6/2009 | 4 | Muscle Spasms | I've been taking Flexeril off and on for years with no side effects. | F | 27 | 5 years | 2/27/2009 | 5 | Neck pain, muscle spasms | Drowsiness. Increased sex drive. Works well for my muscle pain. | I take 1 to 2 pills a day depending on my pain level. I love it. I have an increased sex drive on it---go figure. Maybe because I am not so uptight while taking it. I am used to the drowsy feeling so I can work through it. Wonderful sleep aid. As long as you get enough sleep you do not have a hang over the next day. | F | 41 | 7 months | 2/13/2009 | 2 | Depression, negative thinking, bad mood, enlarged pores. | Slept great and helped with pain, but the next day I was SO depressed and negative I couldn't stand it. | F | 42 | 5 days | 2/1/2009 | 5 | TMJ and related neckpain | a little drowsy at first | MY miracle! I was in so much pain with my TMJ and headaches stiff neck and jaw my head literally felt like it was ggonna explode from all the pressure. i take it every night, the first morning i already felt the difference, and with a nightgaurd and physical therapy i am finally almost pain free! its awesome | F | 17 | 5 months | 1/30/2009 | 1 | fibromyalgia pain and insomnia | Anxiety, increased depression, hangover in the morning, dry mouth, constipation, HAIR LOSS!, and I can go on and on. | I asked to go on this drug as the lesser of the evils for treatment of fibromyalgia. HAH. My hair has been falling out and no one seemed to understand why -- how about one of the "uncommom" side effects of this drug from HELL that I just found in a google search! Shame on my doctor for not knowing this, I plan on finding another doctor. My anger level has increased and my energy level dropped. I would get so anxious in the morning after the crazy drugged sleep I needed a Xanax! I didn't know if I was having palpitations or anxiety. Plus for someone who is vain with fine hair, unexplained, unexpected hair loss is just the icing on this cake of poison called Flexeril. Yes, the horrific pain of the fibro is back, but the insanity of the drug isn't worth whatever little bit of help it may have given me. STAY AWAY! | F | 53 | 9 months | 1/28/2009 | 3 | Back Spasms and Pain | Flexeril has a eurphoric component and rather dulls ones mind. The very worst aspect of this medication is the psychological effects it had on me. For 6 months I was very irritable and no idea why, until I stopped Flexeril and that irritable, kind of angry feeling totally disippated within 2 days. | Excellent for back spasms if the irritability side effect is one you do not suffer. | M | 67 | 180 days | 1/16/2009 | 3 | Back Spasms | I felt kind of lightheaded, like a high kind of feeling, and a little drowsy but not bad | It helped with the pain I was feeling and I take it when I do experience pain, sometimes it helps a lot sometimes a little. | F | 22 | 1.5 months | 1/12/2009 | 1 | Shoulder and middle back pain | Although it relieved the pain and I slept for several hours, I could barely get up to use the bathroom. I was very tired and groggy the next day and started experiencing palpitations. After 3 days I had an episode of atrial fibrillation which lasted about 4 hours. I was ready to go to the ER. I had not had an episode for over a year so I attribute it to the Flexeril. | Relieved the pain I won't take any again. | F | 58 | 1 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | Neck pain - collapsed disk | numb feel all over body - loss of erection | M | 44 | 13 days | 12/23/2008 |