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 |
| 2 | Fibromyalgia- Muscle Pain | Exacerbated Vasovagal Syncope. Near Collapse. Increased Heart Rate. | I was taking this off and on to sleep at night for my fibromyalgia pain. It did help me sleep, but after several months of doing this I noticed that taking it correlated with severe vasovagal syncope episodes where I would collapse and drop my BP. It is one of the side effects and none of my doctors ( even the cardiologist) put 2 and 2 together. Be Extremely careful with this if you have heart/blood pressure issues! | F | 48 | 4 months | 12/20/2008 | 3 | Lower Back pain | Drowsy,a little agitated. | I dont know if its really helping my lower back pain, i usually take it at night, and i dont feel it working or feel any different. It feels like it doesnt kick in until after i eat, usually about a half hour later im passed out, i was wondering if that happens to anyone else?! | M | 22 | 4 days | 12/10/2008 | 5 | Bulging Discs, D.D.D., Arthritis | Sleep through the night, wake up able to move without pain | I have read a lot of the comments posted and it seems that most people that listed depression as a side effect had problem with it before. Ever think it is your condition causing the depression and not the flexeril? Back pain is cause enough. I take 5mg. every night and notice a difference if I miss a dose. They are not habit forming like hydrocodones, etc... It helps me to lower my pain med doses. | F | 25 | 3 years | 12/9/2008 | 1 | Muscle pain/spasms | I took this medication for three days, it was a nightmare. Upon taking: Relaxed, comfortable and no pain; 2 hours later (after eating): Couldn't breathe or catch my breath, mind couldn't stay focused, paranoia, seeing things that weren't there, not at all lucid, tightness in chest, tiny pupils, nausea, tight muscles, EXTREME vertigo, dizziness and blurred vision; 4 hours after taking: VERY rapid heart beat, tired but could NOT sleep, anxiety, confusion, couldn't drive because I was too dizzy, couldn't catch my breath. It was TERRIBLE. I'd rather experience pain than the not being able to breathe and the feeling that I was going to have a heart attak or a stroke! The following morning: I woke with the WORST HANGOVER I'D EVER HAD IN MY LIFE AND I DIDN'T EVEN DRINK!! I had a SEVERE headache, blurred vision, vertigo, couldn't walk straight, severely swollen lips, face, hands and feet plus a nose bleed. (Nose bleed!?) I drank tea, soda and water; anything I could to rehydrate myself. Too | Please do not take this medication. I drove my fiance insane for the past 4 days, researching over this past weekend this and other medications I am taking trying to find out whether or not I was going to DIE. Turns out, it's the Flexeril according to the doctor and about 20 websites. It is NOT the others I am taking, it's the Flexeril. For the love of God, please do not take this medicine. Take anything but. ****** LET MY WASTED TIME AND LESSONS LEARNED BE YOUR GODSEND. IF YOU TAKE THIS MEDICATION: YOU WILL SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE. PEOPLE WILL THINK YOU ARE CRAZY. YOU WILL THINK YOU'RE CRAZY! YOU WILL HAVE TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS. YOUR EYES WILL GLAZE OVER AND YOU WILL BE DEPRESSED, PARANOID; ACT LIKE YOU'RE ON SOME PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG. IF I'D GONE TO THE LOCAL REHAB, THEY'D HAVE SURELY ADMITTED ME. THIS IS NOT A FUN EXPERIENCE. YOU WILL THINK YOU'RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR. PLEASE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL! ****** | F | 34 | 3 days | 12/8/2008 | 4 | herniated discs in neck | little trouble waking up...i use it to lower my intake of addictave painkillers. it helps me sleep though the nite pain free. i have lowered my 15mg oxycodone intake to 6 per day and do not run ut early anymore. | i like it at bed time only. i drive for a living and it lets me sleep through the nite pain free on half of a 10mg tab. i restart my day with one tylonol and a 15mg oxycodone, then take them thoughout the day. i do not run low on meds anymore for the last couple months. | M | 48 | 2 months | 11/25/2008 | 5 | Chronic L3-L4 break recy 2 yr past | None - a bit sedate, relaxed | Much better and safer than quasi-narcotics like Ultram and oxycontin-basednarcs. Very useful. | M | 4 weeks | 11/23/2008 | 2 | hurt arm after accident | it made my urine very thick almost in tears when i had to pee | by far the most dumbest drug i have ever taken. I have been on this drug for a month for back spasms, and it doesnt even help. i wake up in the morning very tired and cranky and i can't go on with my day. doctor gave me ultram and it dramatically helped me | F | 31 | 1 months | 11/21/2008 | 1 | TMJ | Took one 10MG pill last night. I woke up in the morning from a crazy real dream to find my leg was numb. Had 4 cups of coffee to wake up and then I thought my heart was going to explode. Tried to work, but had to leave early. Kept thinking that it was pointless to work and to do anythng. Especially since I believed that every phone call was going to be my boss about to fire me. Seriously contemplated killing myself. It has been 24 hours and I think it is starting to wear off. Heart is still racing. | Have a history of depression and never did I feel this bad. | M | 38 | 1 days | 11/15/2008 | 1 | back trauma (auto accident) | It put me to sleep with the pain med combo but the 2nd night it kept me up and made me feel anxious and couldnt sleep. Dr upped my dosage from 5mg to 10mg to try for better results and it messed my head up SO BADLY! I woke up feeling fine but hours after my dosage wore off i wanted to fight someone, get beat up, kill myself and couldnt get out of my mood. | I dont reccommend using this unless you feel like you're giving birth through your back or whatever it is that hurts. Stay away. | M | 21 | 1 weeks | 10/31/2008 | 4 | Bulging cervical discs w/spasms | Took 10 mg about 8 pm- I was knocked out by 10! Briefly woke up between 11 and 12 when other family members went to bed. I remember yelling at them to be quiet. The was out until 9 am. When I got up felt like a hangover- tired and felt emotionally unstable- a little depressed and weird. The spasms and major pain had subsided. This was the first night I had been able to sleep laying down in 4 days! Went back to bed slept another 2 hours-got up felt a little better. Now a full 24 hours later I feel mentally normal and with a pain now controlled by tylenol/cod. | This is a very powerful drug. I am not taking any more since the single dose gave me much needed relief. Funky side effects- I could see being really depressed and suicidal on this stuff if taken longer. It did what I needed it to do, would use it again under extreme circumstances knowing that you had better devote 24 hours to being out of it. | F | 46 | 1 days | 10/4/2008 | 2 | Muscle spasms in shoulders | abdominal pain; addictive | I have been having severe abdominal pain and couldn't pinpoint the reason. Then I linked the start of the medication with the pain. I have stopped taking it and the abdominal pain has ceased as well; but now the muscle spasms are back. This worked great for sleeping and relaxing my muscles, but the abdominal pain was too intense. I can easily see how this can be addictive. | F | 32 | 6 months | 10/3/2008 | 5 | Post Partum Back Pains | Slight drowsiness, possible drastic mood swing in the evening. | When I took this medication, my severe back pain melted away in about 45 minutes. Later that day, I decided to take a nap, and I slept for a full seven hours, which I haven't done since the baby was born! I woke up refreshed and happy. I took another one today, and the pain that I felt 'coming on' is gone. How wonderful! My husband wanted to blame a mood swing on this drug...but I don't know if it was just me or the drug! | F | 22 | 2 days | 9/25/2008 | 4 | neck pain (Pinched nerve) | First night, very calm. I slept very soundly and it helped with the pain. After that, I had insomnia for two nights. Now I have stopped it. Also dry mouth | F | 44 | 7 days | 9/25/2008 | 4 | herniated discs in neck | None | I have been taking this drug for four years with no side effects. I still have neck pain but when I stop taking it, I have horrible muscle spasms in my neck and shoulder area. | F | 46 | 4 years | 9/24/2008 | 4 | Constipation, Light headedness | Great drug! | M | 39 | 4 days | 9/21/2008 | 1 | neck and back pain | Depression, emotional, anxiety, confusion, slow mental thinking, unmotivated | I have been an emotional wreck since I took this drug. I cry at the drop of a hat. Also, I feel very unmotivated and can't bring myself to get things done. I've have had my depression and anxiety under control until I took flexeril. For the first time, I have had thoughts of suicide. I am still waiting for the side effects have yet to wear off completely. | F | 39 | 1 months | 9/15/2008 | 4 | unexplained midback pain with spasm | Drowsiness at first. Extremely hard stools, difficult to pass. | I am taking the extended release version of flexaril called Amrix 15 mg. I have had terrible mid back pains for two years, and taking flexaril/amrix have made sudden flare ups disappear. i have noticed though that my stools are extremely hard and painful to pass, and the medication is the only change in lifestyle that could explain this symptom. | F | 27 | 2 months | 9/12/2008 | 3 | pinched nerve muscle spasm | Vivid dreams, dry mouth, disturbed sleep, disconnected, depressed, depressed, depressed, uncontrollable crying | helped the muscle spasm, side effects are bad glad i read comments of others on this site, thought i was going crazy | F | 30 | 3 days | 9/6/2008 | 2 | Leg achiness caused by MS | This drug really helped out relieving the aching in my left leg. I had been sleeping with my leg elevated to help with the discomfort, but did not really need any elevation after taking Flexeril. The BIG ISSUE/side effect with me was the EXTREME sleepiness/drowsiness this drug caused: I took only one 5mg dose at night and got a very good night's sleep, but while watching TV at about 10:30am the next day I just could not stay awake -- I dozed off and on for about an hour before finally going back to bed and took about a 2 hour nap. I felt better after sleeping, but began to feel very fatigued again by early afternoon, whereupon I took another nap! This is extremely unusual for me; even with my MS I am a "morning" person; I am usually very awake and alert until about 2-3pm when my daily fatigue usually sets in. The other morning after I took another 5mg dose I was grocery shopping and was again very fatigured -- I felt like a zombie in the store, barely able to concentrat | M | 53 | 2 days | 9/2/2008 | 1 | upper back and neck pain - whiplash | anxiety, ringing in the head, headache, depression, constipation, foggy all day, poor sleep. Took 1 10mg at night only. | I've been off Flexeril for 6 days, and I feel lousy, waking up after sleeping for only a few hours, and can't fall back asleep. Feeling very dizzy/nausea, bad headache. | F | 47 | 7 months | 8/21/2008 |