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 | Back pain | Itching | M | 52 | 2 days 5mg 3X day | 7/23/2020 | 1 | F | 50 | 3 days 10mg 1X day | 7/10/2020 | 5 | Cervical muscle spasms | I had a dry mouth....somewhat drowsy when I first wake up. It works really well for muscle spasms & neck pain considering I cant take pain medicine without nausea & vomiting. I only take flexeril at night tho. 10mg. On & off for months. | I have NOT had a bad experience with this Med, but maybe because I only take it at night. | F | 52 | 12 weeks 10mg | 6/27/2020 | 1 | Neck Injury | I took it on and off for around 2 years. This medication caused many of the side effects mentioned here and others, dry mouth, drowsiness, excessive dreaming, sinus problems, digestive problems (GERD), twitching of the muscles and extreme sensitivity to everything cold, heat, pain. The worst was what it did to my mental health, it caused severe anxiety, anger, and major depression. The worst, however, has been the protracted withdrawal. 10 days after stopping flexeril cold turkey for the last time I began to experience terrible symptoms: palpitations, panic attack, slowed digestion, tremors, blurred vision, tinnitus, severe depression, irritability, depersonalization, joint pain, twitching, burning and tingling of my skin, I did not sleep for close to two weeks after the withdrawal. Medical Professionals in my area could not explain the symptoms and despite me bringing up the medication and possible withdrawal, they did not believe it. It was not until I looked online for answers and realized that flexeril is a tricyclic antidepresant in structure and was developed as such! I was suffering from tricyclic antidepresant withdrawal! I verified this by asking some pharmacists online and at my local pharmacy. I began to look for support groups online and realized that tapering is a must when taking these meds! Central nervous system, which is the one that was affected by flexeril and the withdrawal is slowly healing but I get better day by day! | Please, be careful with these medications! They are all acting on your central nervous system and affecting your brain chemistry! They are not meant for long term! Always trust your gut! I wanted to stop them after only a few weeks but my doctor told me that they were the only way for me to get better! This was a lie! Please be very cautious! | F | 32 | 2 years 10mg | 6/24/2020 | 1 | Suicide attempt | I watched the girl i love look at me and say "you don't care about me..." then lob around 30 of the 10 mg pills down her pie eater and then look at me to figure out how to somehow "undo" this. Turns out she cannot make herself throw up and we tried many different methods. Her mood got more and more spacey and still wouldn't puke them up and I was being consumed with worry and fear of her imminent death. So I got more and more pushy and told her to expel them now. Still they never came up. Finally I had to grab her and carry her down a flight of stairs into my truck and drive her to the ER. There they asked me the standard "is she f*d up on drugs" litany of questions. I replied no and I brought her there because we got into an argument and I left and returned and she was running into walls, taking to invisible inanimate objects and not following ANY simple requests. See below for conclusion... | Due to then Covid 19 pandemic issues I couldn't accompany her in the ER. the doctors asked me to go to her place and see if I can get a clue to what she's taken and I came back with "I think flexeril." She was kept over night and then I was called early next morning saying she is discharged. I pick her up and she is THOROUGHLY whacked out: can't walk, talking gibberish, hallucinating, getting PISSED in a unknown language if asked to "stay in truck while we are on highway..." you know, tough situations. I asked the nurses when I got her what the problem was and they opened up her paperwork and showed me her urine analysis where it said amphetamines and opioids and it said "presumed positive" in both areas. So I asked what this meant and they said she had a possible OD or dangerous initial exposure to these things although i never saw any evidence of this AT ALL. Now it's 5 hours later and she's the same - seemingly more retarded than Don Trump - I am worried that she will not return to herself. She was smart, witty, savvy, sexy, and very politically wise and right now just a shell. If you're going to try to off yourself and are serious about it - use a different formulation because she can't even drink a glass of | F | 37 | 1 days 30/10mg | 6/8/2020 | 1 | Muscle spasms and back pain | I begin taking this medication Wednesday around 12pm at first I believe the drug was doing it's job. But, by Thursday night I literally was in the walking dead! I could not keep my eyes open and wanted to sleep all day. I have been off the drug for almost five days and I'm still having the wierd side effects. Dizzy, light headed, no appetite(loss 7lbs in a week), sunken eyes, severe dehydration, loss of balance, slurred speech, confusion. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION! Whatever you have going on please do your research before taking ANY drug. I honestly can't believe a drug like this even exists. | M | 33 | 2 days 30 | 5/12/2020 | 1 | Shoulder tendonitis impinged nerve | TERRIBLE. Took at 6pm. Quickly felt disoriented, confused, lightheaded. SUPER DROWSY. Like I couldnt keep my eyes open. I also could hardly think and it was difficult to speak. Stomach unease. Wicked crazy psychedelic dreams. Dry mouth. Uncomfortable feeling in chest, heart racing. Gave me EXTREME anxiety. Next day feel terrible. Sad, groggy and tired as hell and nauseaus My shoulder actually hURTS WORSE TODAY. This is the worst drug I have ever taken . How was this approved? Why cant they give out normal Pain meds anymore? Not everyone is a junkie!!! This is fu*cking ridiculous. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!! | F | 38 | 1 days 10mg | 2/14/2020 | 3 | Muscle Spasms | Depression, Crying, Suicidal Thoughts | It appears to work well for muscle spasms BUT the depression it causes if taken for more than one time are horrible. If you really only take it once it does a great job preferably 3,4 hours before sleep time. It will knock you out. Due to its high half life of 36 hours it will have carry over effects. Depression didn't set in till the second day dose. | M | 42 | 2 days 5 | 12/27/2019 | 1 | Back muscle spasm | Horrible dry mouth, twitchy, nervous feeling, felt spacey, dried my eyes out or did something weird to my vision so I couldn't wear contacts. Mental fogginess lasted several days after finishing dose. I would not recommend this drug except as a last resort. | When the dose wore off, I actually had worse muscle spasms that spread from my back into my legs. | F | 35 | 1 days 2.5 mg 1X day | 11/21/2019 | 1 | herniated disc | Tingling In feet, anxiety | Sux | 44 | 1 days 10 | 10/27/2019 | 1 | Bulging disc c5c6c7 | Tingling arms, legs back and face. Numbness throughout body. | Took it for years on and off. This is the first time I am having these reactions. Would not do this again. | M | 32 | 1 days 10mg | 10/13/2019 | 3 | Muscle spasms and soreness | waking into anxiety attacks very deep sleep intense dreams | It works very well but it makes my anxiety worse to the point almost every morning I wake up with chest pain and a racing heart. I am unsure if it is from sleeping so deep but it could be a factor. Not to mention a lot of really deep sleep and intense dreams. | F | 38 | 7 days 5-10 MG | 8/20/2019 | 5 | Back pain/ muscle spasms | Tiredness and sweaty. When the effects where off you may start to experience a headache and feel groggy. This in turn may be responsible for irritability. | I dont take this as prescribed. Im supposed to take 10mg each night but I only take it once and a while. It works great for muscle spasms and helps well with pain. Also great for helping you sleep. Ive taken this medicine more than a hundred times and been fine. Out of all the times Ive taken it I have the same results sweating, tiredness and great muscle relaxation. Just dont go to bed with a full bladder or you may wake up wet. But that only happened once. Also figure out your own dosage. Id recommend taking like 2.5 mg once a day and if it works good. May need more. But Id have to say never exceed 10mg unless you want to be out for longer than 6-8 hours. | M | 25 | 3 years 2.5-10 | 5/26/2019 | 1 | Back pain | Lathargy, confusion, anger, dizziness | Took it at night before bed was still feeling exhausted, and confused the WHOLE next day to the point where i had to have my husband come get me cuz i couldnt drive my own car home i work construction i use saws and other dangerous tools im also up high alot idk what my idiot doctor was thinking putting me on a drug this dangerous when they know what i do for a living either theyre not up to date on side effects or they just dont care do not take this drug i embarrassed myself infront of my boss with rhe confusion this medication caused if u value your mental physical health than plz plz dont take this horrible drug | F | 34 | 8 days 5/10 | 5/25/2019 | 1 | shoulder injury | I was put on Nuerontin at the same time as flexerill. I was having a horrible time at work because I was sweating profusely. I didn't know was causing the discomfort. Constipation was bad as well. However the excessive sweating would cause me to dehydrate to the point of vomiting. Finally, one night I decided to take my pills before work that evening to help with the pain I was in. That night was the worst. Middle of February on a freight dock and i was soaking wet in sweat. I knew it was the flexerill. Also hindered urination. and would piss myself without my knowledge of doing so. Nothing but poison | M | 40 | 56 days 10 | 2/17/2019 | 5 | muscles spams/ back pain | tired and weak feelings | It has worked great for me, muscle pain and a relaxing effect | M | 72 | 10 years 10 1X day | 1/13/2019 | 4 | Muscle spasms from SFN and insomnia | Slight dry mouth, minor constipation | This not only helps me sleep, it reduces my muscle spasms and pain. Also,bit helps with urinary urgency. | F | 70 | 30 days 5mg | 12/31/2018 | 1 | Back pain | NUMBING and TINGLING of left foot and leg. Loss of ability to move left foot. Sciatica pain which I never experienced before! Tingling in left side of face and ear. Persistent drowsiness. It works on the nervous system and so I had a lot of anxiety nervous energy and crying from pain and numbness. | This drug did not fix my back at all just gave me lots of new symptoms and neuropathy I never had before. How was this drug approved??????????? | F | 29 | 10 days 10 | 10/15/2018 | 3 | Muscle spasms | This medication helps my muscle spasms and cramps caused from nerve damage. I just realized recently that it is making my heart feel like its racing. I think thats an odd side effect for a muscle relaxer. It used to make me sleepy. It may be because Ive been temporarily taking more than 1 a day since I just had a big surgery? | F | 54 | 6 months 10 mg | 9/20/2018 | 1 | severe arm/shoulder pain | no relief from pain, in fact added pain in my legs. Also fast heart, and knocked me out entire day I slept. I see no benefit from taking this drug. | After reading ingredients, wonder why it's prescribed to anyone. So many other drugs for pain that do not have this side effect. | F | 63 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 9/9/2018 |