FLEXERIL Reviews (CYCLOBENZAPRINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.4 (559 Ratings)

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 1  Frozen shoulder Insomnia, brain buzzing, weird thinking, almost like I was hallucinating, when I fell asleep, I woke up gasping for air. Sad thoughts for next few days. Felt suicidal out of the blue. Depressed my mind and breathing. This is a dangerous drug and should be banned. It did not work to soothe shoulder pain. Conversely it created worse symptoms. F 46 1 days
5 mg
3/29/2015
 4  Sciatica Flexeril makes me very drowsy, so I can only take it at night. It also causes some blurred vision and dry mouth. That being said, it is effective in relieving lower back spasms. Taken in combination with advil, it is the only med that gave me enough relief to sleep. The pain from sciatica is excruciating and flexeril did help. F 59 2 weeks
5 mg 1X day
3/2/2015
 2  Muscle pain/couldn't sleep Major flu-like symptom: muscle aches, weakness, severe fatigue, loss of appetite, irritability. Lasted more than 24 hours after taking the pill. I took this mostly to sleep and it knocked me out, but I had to wake up about 4 hours later--I felt ok for a bit, but then flu symptoms kicked in and I felt terrible for more than 24 hours. It's anout 30 hours later now and I still feel exhausted and weak. I took just one pill. F 38 1 days
20 mg
2/27/2015
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 4  Chronic larangitis A little on the fatigue side but was given much hope when my voice finally returned. I can sing again. After numerous visits to the doctor, including ENT, no one could determine why I could not speak as the ENT put a scope they my nose and examined my vocal chords. Just by chance I took a 5 mg dose of cycloben, within three hours my voice retuned. I could talk and sing again. Turned out that my throat muscles were squeezing my larynx due to stress. The muscle relaxant loosed it's hold on my vocal chords and I was singing and talking after eight months of chronic larangitis that no one else could figure out. Thought it was allergies, globus hystericus, or the C word. Turned out that it was from a stressful event that occurred last year. M 52 3 days
5 mg
2/11/2015
 2  RA sciatica fibromyalgia Felt ok at first, then heart palpitations couldnt sleep, didnt help. But then I slept for 24 hours straight! I.was a zombie I.couldnt function kept slipping back into heavy sleep F 37 1 days
10mg
2/7/2015
 4  L4-5 fusion with severe DDD It works as anticipated. Had to stop taking it after 4 nights as it constipated me terribly even though I was consuming a lot of water. F 61 4 days
10 1X day
1/2/2015
 3  Periodic Limb Movement Disorder None I'm on this for PLMD and although it worked the first night, my symptoms were acting up acutely the past 2 nights and it had no effect. I'm allowed 2 pills a night but due to severe symptoms of my PLMD one night, I took another--big mistake. I had mild hallucinations that consisted of me hearing voices while laying down trying to sleep and me suddenly thinking I was in a different house from time to time, which caused anxiety. I would not list this as a side effect because at my regular dose, it does not do this. I'm giving this a month to see if it works out but if this trend of it not working keeps up, I'll switch to something else. M 29 4 days
N/A 1X day
12/17/2014
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 1  threw back out Groggy, tired, anxious, caused seizure disorder M 23 2 days
10mg 3X day
11/16/2014
 5  Neck spasms & insomnia Drowsy, calm Absolutely love this drug!! I sleep like a baby for a solid 8-9 hours every night & if I don't take it, I'm up all night. Helps with muscle spasms & anxiety as well! Reccomend this drug 100% F 26 2 years
10mg
11/14/2014
 1  pulled muscle in lower back Groggy, night sweats and no appetite. My legs ached almost as soon as I took it. I also felt nauseated and I almost passed out several times. I missed school and work because of this crap. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND!!!!!!! F 22 2 days
10 mg
11/13/2014
 5  Shoulder injury Dry mouth, Relieved my tight muscles in my shoulder. Best sleep I ever had. F 30 2 months
10
11/9/2014
 1  Tension Headache Took a TINY dose- under 2 mg.( as I am sensitive to medication) before bed. Woke up an hour later with racing heart, intense agitation, anxiety, blurred vision, and complete insomnia. Terrifying. I will NEVER take this med again and am presently waiting for the symptoms to subside. F 40 1 days
1/4 of 5
11/8/2014
 1  Whiplash symptoms Extreme episodes of dizziness , dry mouth , anxiety Side effects lasting over 24 hours after only one dose , I wish I never took it M 42 1 times
10mg
10/31/2014
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 3  Pinched Nerves-Lower Back Drowsiness/numbness in left side. Aside from that, about 2-3 hours after I suck one down, I'm not worth a DAMN for the rest of the day! I can't lie, it's a nice buzz, but, who's got time to sit around all day and ask yourself why you just took a "useless pill!" If I'm awakened from a cyclo sleep, I am NOT pleasant....I feel like one of those old men that stands at the door, yellin at kids....only, doin it while half shtfaced! M 42 4 days
10mg
10/5/2014
 4  Muscle contracture Excessive sleepiness with very slow onset (about 4 hours) and very slow to wear off (about 16 hours). On this drug I am sleepy and dangerously most of the next day practically until it is time to take the drug again. But at least it is very inexpensive. M 37 90 times
5 mg 1X day
9/30/2014
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 5  fibromyalgia I started taking flexeril ages ago for pain from fibromyalgia. Back then, I could only take it at bedtime, as it turned me into a zombie. But it allowed me to get a good nights sleep, and I woke up fine in the morning. However, if I tried to take it during the day, it would knock me out. After years of taking it PRN, it no longer knocks me out, which I actually miss, because I'm having trouble finding something that does that a dr will continually prescribe me. But now that I can take it whenever... I have a reverse curve in my neck from multiple whiplash injuries, and flexeril is the ONLY thing that will take away my neck pain once it starts (driving long distances really aggravates it). It works absolute wonders for that. After taking for 7 yrs PRN though, I do need 20 mg or occasionally even 30 to kill the pain. F 29 7 years
10-20 mg
9/24/2014
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 1  nerve pai This was the most severe drug allergy I've ever had. I woke in the night to severe sweating clamminess that changed to extreme heart tightness/pounding. I almost fainted, and then felt nauseous with chills. We almost called paramedics and then symptoms started to reduce. It scared me terribly and I'm an otherwise healthy adult. I realize it was severe but if thus can help anyone then I want it shared. F 40 2 days
5mg
9/17/2014
 1  severe back pain I had dry mouth dizziness slurred words and drowsiness. This drug did nothing for my pain but made it worse. I went in for a backache and got this medications and now my sides hurt liken I've been exercising all week. Also made me have a hard time breathing or taking a deep breath. F 25 1 days
10
9/10/2014
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 3  Degenerative Disc - hip & foot pain Very frequent hot flashes and DAILY HORRIBLE EXCESSIVE AND EMBARRASSING SWEATING!!!! Also occasional numbness in my left hand, leg and foot. Taking due to degenerative disc that has caused a domino effect of pain on the right side of my body to include shoulder, hands, hip, knee and heel of foot. This medicine has done wonders to the pain, however the side effect of the EXCESSIVE SWEATING is far too embarrassing to continue. I also suffer with daily headaches and it has really eased that pain as well. F 41 6 days
5 to 10 mg 1X day
8/19/2014
 3  sciatica slight swelling of feet and ankles. Mild drowsiness. I have lower back issues and I take Flexeril to help with the pain. I am prescribed 10mg and I DO NOT have any of the same side effects as other users on this site. No hallucinations, no coma like sleep, it just takes the edge off the pain so I can go to work and take care of my daily responsibilities. Just be careful and you will be fine. Do not take more than recommended and start with a half dose on a day when you can stay home to see how it affects you. After a few consecutive days of taking Flexeril I do get swelling of the feet and ankles, but that goes away as soon as you stop taking it. F 36
10mg 2X day
7/29/2014

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