REGLAN Reviews (METOCLOPRAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.4 (649 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare REGLAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REGLAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Nausea | Severe anxiety; depression; panic when i was first given the drug via IV in the ER...wanted to rip the IV out of my arm and crawl into a ball and sleep to feel normal again; immediate sense of feeling like I was in a fog and no longer in control of myself; Tachychardia (heart rate skyrocketed to the point where 1 minute after receiving the meds, I was surrounded by about 8 frantic doctors and nurses and hooked up to a bunch of different heart machines and monitors); Physical side effects I received from the drug caused them to admit me to the hospital so they could monitor me | This is hands down the worst medication I have ever taken. I was in the ER for a viral infection when they gave me this. Immediately upon receiving it in my IV, I knew something was wrong and nearly 6 weeks later, I am still struggling with depression, panic attacks, and anxiety. For the first few weeks, I literally thought I was going crazy & losing my mind and thought I would never recover. Since then, the feelings of "craziness" and being completely out of control of my own mind & body have worn off, but I am still extremely depressed and anxious. I have been too anxious to be in public/with people so I have been fairly isolated and spend much of my time crying and wishing I could go back and insist they didn't give this med. to me. Nothing gives me joy anymore and I feel totally hopeless, but I also know that things will get better. I just hope it is sooner rather than later. This drug NEEDS to be taken off the market. The side effects in no way outweigh the benefits. Actually, this didn't even seem to help my nausea-still felt sick and was unable to eat for weeks. Either way, I would have rather dealt with the physical effects of why I was in the hospital in the first place than be poisoned by reglan and deal with the long-term side effects. | F | 24 | 1 days 1X day | 5/9/2010 | 1 | stomach acid | Uncontrollable movement in mouth and no way to fix it.My mouth is sore from the movement it wont stop and i don't know what to do. | F | 85 | 4 months .10 2X day | 5/5/2010 | 3 | gastroparesis and GERD | feet and hands going numb, skipped period, breastmilk, overall anxiety and depression, muscle twitches | This medicine seemed to help me at first, but like another post I read on this site, now that I look back, I can see that it greatly affected my mood. I had muscle twitches, I would fly off the handle at my husband and kids, for no reason, insomnia. I started making breast milk, missed my periods. I can say that I was somewhat satisfied b/c it made the stomach pains go away but the side effects were really bad. I don't know if I had to do it over again, that I would take this medicine. My GI doctor told me I did the right thing by stopping it. But I also had horrible withdrawal symptoms as I quit cold turkey. I really don't think this drug should be on the market anymore, after reading all these posts, it's actually quite scary. | F | 32 | 2 months 5mg 3X day | 4/27/2010 | 1 | to increase breastmilk production | horrible anxiety, panic, feelings of worthlessness, crying jags. After reading all this here today, I officially quit this medicine. Can't believe my ob prescribed this. Not even sure if I can quit cold turkey or taper off but I cannot continue like this. I literally dread the day the minute I open my eyes. I have two young children to care for and cannot continue to freak out and have my husband rush home because I can't be alone with them. THIS DRUG SUCKS! Beware! | F | 37 | 1 months 10 MG 3X day | 4/27/2010 | 1 | GERD | Reglan induced Parkinson (DIP), finger and muscle twitchs, rest tremor, more pronounced action tremor, lip tremor. | This is an update: I have been doing a lot of research and apparently many of the movement disorder symptoms for reglan can completely go away! This includes essential tremor and DIP (parkinsons). here are two links to research papers that verify this: archneur.highwire.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/8/494, archneur.highwire.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/8/494. For the people with TD, there's massive research going on, I'm going into the neurology fields as a result of this, do not give up hope. | M | 25 | 15 mg 1X W | 4/26/2010 Patient History | 1 | muscle twiching,neck tightness,headaches,body jerky movement,dystonia etc | I wish i can say that the side effects disappear but i am afraid that they dont THEY ARE PERMANENT.A year is past and after thousends of $ and multiplay test and mri and a lot of pills ..not imrovment..But maby thats only my case and i hope that nobody has to go through what i went ..terrible experience and still ..PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE....PLEASEEE...try nexium or something else but not this one..this decision it just might SAVE UR LIFE.... | M | 22 | 3 weeks 30 3X day | 4/22/2010 | 1 | for treatment of GERD | When my gastro doctor found out I had been taking Reglan for three or more years, he IMMEDIATELY took me off of it. I had the residual side-effect of tardive kinesia (sp?). the "tics" are horrible. | From doing research on the web, I have discovered that this side-effect is a permanent problem. Never, ever take this drug!!!!!!! | F | 63 | 3 years 30 4X day | 4/21/2010 | 1 | nausea | Was given this in a hospital ER by IV to counteract nausea from Dilaudid. the Reglan gave me a horrible panic attack. my whole body was shaking, teeth chattering, feet knocking together, moaning. it was one of the worst experiences of my life. they had to give me Ativan in the IV to stop the panic but I was still shaky even the next day. this despite the fact that I was given Benedryl in the IV to counteract this effect. | if you are ever asked what drugs you are allergic to, include Reglan on the list. you don't want to be given this evil stuff ever. NOTE: don't believe that Benedryl will counteract Reglan's side effects. it doesn't work. | M | 49 | 1 days 1X day | 4/9/2010 | 1 | nausea due to the drug suboxone | hopeless feeling, legs felt restless. felt like i was jumping out of my skin. insomnia, urinating every 30 minutes during the night. | the doctor prescribed this drug to me for nausea a few days ago and today was the first day i actually put 2 and 2 together and realized the reason i have felt like crap the past few days was because of this drug. ive been taking suboxone for 6 months for opiate addiction and have alot of nausea bc of it. well today i felt like i used to when i didnt have any opiates (which is a suicidal, hopeless, jumping out of your skin feeling) i never wanted to experience that state of being again but this drug put me in that physical and mental state. i immediately threw them in the trash after reading everyone elses experiences. thanks to all that wrote. im not sure if i would have known it was this crappy drug making me feel like this. | F | 29 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 4/5/2010 | 2 | Increased breastmilk production | Restlessness, anxiety, depression | Breast feeding my daughter is the most important thing to me. After a drop in milk supply, my OB prescribed this. I was mostly worried about the tardive dyskenesia side effect. The depression has set in and controlling my day. I cannot enjoy my precious daughter, handle small problems, I turn everything into a major meltdown. I have mild OCD and this medication is feeding it. I thought I was going crazy and would even have to give my daughter up for adoption because I could not handle being a mom with this mindset. That was the lowest point for me. I ADORE my family. I hope the side effects go away as quicly as they came. After reading all of your entries, I am done taking this medication as of now! I wish all of you the best of luck and will keep you in my prayers | F | 32 | 2 weeks 10 mg 2X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | Surgery pre-op | EXTREME RESTLESSNESS, anxiety, hopelessness, urge to run and sleep at the same time, jaw tightness, constant pacing despite knee surgery, all lasted 2 weeks despite one dose of med | I work with a neurologist & we have SO MANY patients who have been damaged by this drug-some permanently. It is often given before or during surgery without the horrible side effects being explained to the unsuspecting patient. Call FDA & demand it to be taken off market. If it has hurt you, SUE! | F | 60 | 1 days 10 mg IV 1X O | 3/25/2010 | 1 | Post Op Nausea | I've been given Reglan 3 times for post op nausea. Every time, I wanted to rip out my IV lines and jump out a window. It's the worst. I'd rather throw up - even if it means popping a stitch. | I tell docs I'm allergic to Reglan, otherwise, they don't believe the side effects and give it to me anyway. I had it prescribed this summer when I had the flu and was totally dehydrated. I wouldn't take it... | F | 46 | IV 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 1 | Migraine | Tachycardia, anxiety, depression, an overwhelming need to move / to get out of the hospital. Lost ability to think clear. Lost all inhibitions. Demanded to be leave the ER but was refused. Felt need to tear off skin and rip brain out of skull. | Worst experience of my life. Less than a minute after being administered the drug by IV, I knew something was wrong. I thought I had been given the wrong medicine or an overdose. But it was the prescribed dose of the correct drug (Reglan). Avoid taking this drug if you possibly can -- it is HELL! | M | 22 | 1 times 10MG by IV 1X day | 3/7/2010 | 1 | concussion- nausea | started 1 dose at night. next morning woke up with a sore neck. continues all day and only got worse. later that night my head kept tilting to the side. within five minutes it was rolling back and my neck was getting increasingly larger, making it difficult to speak. my jaw was ripped to one side and my head to the other. soon my eyes were rolled to the back of my head where i could not see easily. then within a few more minutes i could barely breathe. after getting to the ER, they gave me benedryll. was back to normal within five minutes, however, everytime i get a twitch in my neck, i get terrified | DONT TAKE IT | F | 18 | 1.5 days low 3X day | 3/7/2010 | 1 | CT scan | 5-10 minutes after being given Reglan via IV I began to feel incredibly anxious and paranoid. I experienced uncontrollable movements of my arms, legs and neck in addition to extreme and sudden agitation. Benedryl cured the worst of those symptoms but 5 days later my muscles tense uncontrollably, I'm tired and I have a seemingly endless migraine. | Even though I had been given this medication before in the ER I think that the allergic reaction may have been hidden by the symptoms that brought me to the ER in the first place. | F | 27 | 1 times 10-15mg 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | GERD delayed gastric empting | My daughter started reglan when she was about 4 months it didnt really help so the dr. raised the dose. Thats when she started have jerking movement in her neck and twitching in her face. I will never allow my child to take this drug again. I hope anyone reading this thinking of putting their child on this drug would never consider it. Its awful my daughter couldnt tell me how she was feeling but I know how she looked and it was scarry aand horriable no child should ever be put on this! | F | 1 | 6 months 1X day | 3/5/2010 | 1 | Nausea | After 24 hours of taking this drug, I started to feel very odd. My jaw locked open and my eyes rolled back into my head. I was taken to the E.R. where I began to seize after standing up. After being examined, the doctor said that the Reglan had paralyzed my central nervous system. I was in the hospital for quite some time as they pumped the drug out of my system. I was very lucky that it was not a long-term side effect. | F | 25 | 2 days N/A 1X day | 2/26/2010 | 1 | to prevent vomiting | anxiety, crying, felt like I was jumping out of my skin, horrible meltdown w/in several minutes of being given the Reglan via IV. | An anesthesiologist gave me Reglan to prevent possible vomiting during a colonoscopy. I immeidately melted down and she gave me something else to knock me out...it's 3 days later and I'm still anxious, not feeling myself, trouble sleeping, trouble focusing, very tired. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. I pray these effects will wear off. | F | 54 | 1 days Don't know 1X day | 2/13/2010 | 1 | Gastroparesis | My 42-year-old daughter was put on Reglan to treat severe gastroparesis, part of her autonomic neuropathy from her 10 years of very brittle type 1 diabetes. Prior to Reglan, she was unable to eat most foods, but could eat again while taking Reglan. However, she became severely depressed and committed suicide. | My daughter was a brittle diabetic with a history of depression, addiction problems (but clean), and a couple of suicide attempts (once while on Camprol). She was on Suboxone and a number of other meds. She developed severe gastroparesis along with autonomic neuropathy and other medical problems. She was basically unable to eat solid food at all for about 6 mos. until her doc put her on Reglan. I'm not certain of her exact dosage. After taking Reglan, she was able to eat fairly normal meals, but she became depressed and attempted suicide again - this time she was successful. She should NOT have been put on Reglan! | F | 42 | 45 days 20 mg 3X day | 2/5/2010 | 1 | Gastroparesis | anxiety, disconnected feeling, blurred vision, can't sit still, general odd feeling | only took it one day and felt like that..took the liquid form | M | 37 | 1 days | 1/30/2010 |