REGLAN Reviews (METOCLOPRAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.4 (655 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare REGLAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REGLAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | GERD/Barretts Esophagus | None | I have suffered from severe reflux for over 20 years. Years ago I took another drug similar to Reglan (propulsid) that worked wonderfully well, but it was taken off the market due to complications with heart attacks. My doctor put me on reglan three weeks ago for a 4 week trial to see if it helped. In that time I have only had one episode of reflux and, to be honest, I probably deserved it since I ate very, very spicy food just to see if the reglan would work in extreme situations. Note that even though I refluxed, it wasn't as severe as it usually was. Overall, I would say reglan has worked extremely well for me. My doctor explained in great detail the potential risks and I decided to try it rather than have surgery since I'm all about less invasive procedures when possible. I'm sorry to hear about everyone else who has problems with it. For me it's great so far, although I haven't been on it that long. I'm supposed to take 10 mg before each meal and at bedtime, but I don't eat breakf | M | 56 | 21 days | 10/17/2008 | 3 | GERD breakthrough | It seems to be causing night-time restlessness and I can hear my vascular system thumping away, so it must be causing some anxiety. Nothing as bad as these others indicate, however. Reading these others' comments convinces me it is the Reglan causing these symptoms and not some other cause. | It does help with the severe "breakthrough" I was experiencing due to a hiatal hernia. It moves one's food from the stomach more rapidly, and it was explained to me that the food "lingering" in the stomach causes a lot of the acid reflux/breakthrough. I was taking Reglan in addition to Nexium and/or Zegred. | M | 54 | 3 weeks | 10/12/2008 | 1 | increase milk production | depression, severe anxiety, panic attacks, tingling/burning sensations in arms, restlessness | I took reglan 10mg (anywhere from 1 to 3 times a day) for about 3 1/2 months to increase my milk production. About a month ago (while on the Reglan), I noticed that I was becoming depressed and anxious and didn't know why. 12 days ago I realized that these were side effects of the reglan and discontinued it abruptly. I had already visited my PCP for the anxiety/depression and was given Lexapro. I had not started it. Two days after stopping the reglan, I experienced a severe panic attack, so I began taking the Lexapro. For the next two days, I felt very empty inside and could barely get off of the sofa. I was unable to care for my children. On Monday and Tuesday, I had severe panic attacks that lasted almost all day and improved in the evening. Wednesday was a little better, but still horrible. I spoke with my boss who is a physician and we dicussed the mechanisms of reglan withdrawal. The axis of your brain that deals with dopamine and acetylcholine becomes imbalanced and needs | F | 26 | 3 months | 10/10/2008 | 1 | Increase Milk Supply | Extreme fatigue, anxiety, weepy, feeling unable to cope with my newborn, not myself, feeling "mental" | I was only on Reglan for 21/2 days before I realized that my severe anxiety, weepiness, and other side effects must be caused by the drug. I stopped taking it immediately and now feel much better. I would not recommend this drug at all. The negative effects can sneak up on you and it can be hard for new moms to tell if anxiety, depression and sleepiness are the drug or just normal post partum hormones. I was fotunate to realize that the feelings I was having were way out of wack and stopped taking the drug. | F | 38 | 2 days | 10/7/2008 | 4 | Nausea (Food Poisoning) | Tiredness/Drowsiness | Well done. I am allergic to Compazine so I take Reglan instead. Frankly I think the 1 ratings are all from one or two people repeating themselves. | M | 29 | 20 times | 9/26/2008 | 1 | GERD, Delay Gast. Empt., Aspiration | Severe Fatigue over and above the fatigue I already had. Lethargy, occasional dizziness, intestinal gas extraordinaire, Depression I thought I'd dealt with on anti-depressants | I just found out today that Reglan can cause drowsiness and fatigue! I am angry that my Dr. never told me. I've been on 40 mg. 10mg/4xday on and off for years. I went back on faithfully about 6-8 months ago and wondered why I'd suddenly become so depressed and fatigue which I expect hung on forever. It was all consuming and has taken my life away. I have Sys. Sclerosis which causes many problems in addition to motility disorders so my life is hard enough without feeling like I'm under a truck! | F | 54 | 8 months | 9/17/2008 | 1 | Gastoparesis | I was very sleepy constantly, depressed, felt like a zombie all the time, couldn't comprehend anything. I couldn't hardly function as a human being. It affected my job, home, family, everything! Worse "medicine" I have ever taken! | The G.I. specialist wouldn't offer anything else. I went to a health food store, explained symptoms, & they offered a plant enzyme (in this case "Digest Gold"). It worked wonders and no side effects! I have tried other plant enzymes but this one seemed to work better. I tried to tell GI Dr. but he didn't want to listen! Typical! My primary care physician was interested, though! Try plant enzymes and see if it helps. I'm more alert now than when I was on Reglan. Same thing happened to wife of co-worker & when she was taken off Reglan he said she is back to her old self. | F | 55 | 2 months | 9/11/2008 | 1 | surgery | I thought I was going insane. I tried to get off the operating table. severe anxiety,restlessness, crying, suicidal thoughts. The muscles in my back went in spasms so intensly I thought something had gone terrible wrong with the surgery. I told the nurses and they said this was completely normal and to just try to breath. They asked me if I was having an argument with my husband and maybe that was why I was feeling the symptoms. | This was 8years ago. I can't believe the stories I have heard and this garbage is still being given to innocent, trusting patients. God help the manufacturer and Doctors who have turned a blind eye to the suffering of so many people. | F | 46 | 3 days | 8/27/2008 | 1 | Acid Reflux | I was on reglan for 3 months. I had aniety, depression, and restlessness, all of which were very uncommon for me. | I have been off reglan for about two months and all of the symptoms have abated. I understand the hopelessness that many of you feel, but for me, it just took time to get the medicine out of my system and for my body chemistry to get back in balance. It was a much longer process than I would have liked, but after 2 months, I'm completely back to normal, so there is hope! Just hang in there. | M | 33 | 3 months | 8/25/2008 | 1 | anti-nausea | Given to me during 3 different surgeries. Everytime I experienced involuntary muscle movements, crying, shaking, and severe vomiting. | It wasn't until the last surgery that I questioned any similiarities in drugs and found only 1 - reglan. I took seizure like fits and had uncontrollable screaming and crying episodes in recovery - was unaware that it was me, as the drug allowed me to hear and see, but feel nothing. | F | 27 | 1 days | 8/23/2008 | 1 | nausea post pancreatitis | Restlessness; anxiety; involuntary spasming of arm; insomnia; leg muscle soreness/ache. | Does anyone know how to clear the drug out of the system? This drug was helpful with the nausea but now suspect horrible side effects. | M | 60 | 21 days | 8/19/2008 | 1 | Increase Milk Supply | Stopped taking it after 3 weeks because it was not working as well as I wanted it to. Stopped taking it and became very ill, in which I had to go to the ER. I was experiencing withdrawal symptoms, which included being very very nervous and not able to function normally. It was so bad that I wanted to leave everything, my home, my husband, and even my 4 week old baby, I could not function. I was given 0.5mg of Ativan to help and it worked for one day but woke up the next morning having the same withdrawal symptoms, went back to the ER. I am now on Xanax to help me through the withdrawal symptoms. A small number of people may experience a withdrawal period after stopping Reglan (metoclopramide*), this statement is false, a lot of people do, just look at all the postings. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go to the FDA web site and read all about it, what they tell you on the label isn't all the info. If you have any questions and/or comments about Reglan you can email Alaven Pharmaceutical LLC at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] for answers. Also here is there web site www.alavenpharm.com. | F | 29 | 21 days | 8/13/2008 | 1 | Nausea | Every side effect written about reglan i had, a year & a half later & still on antidep bcuz of reglan. May be doctors should read the article that the lady below me has left it brings back terrifying memories for me & is very true. | REGLAN WILL RUIN YOU EVENTUALLY!! It will debilitate you and take your soul away.. | F | 40 | 7 months | 8/12/2008 | 1 | migraine/nausea | severe panic/anxiety, restlessness/insomnia for days, depression, crying, suicidal thoughts, felt like I was losing my mind!! | BEWARE OF THIS DRUG!! I was given this drug 4x in the hospital by IV. (1st dose was given with Benadryl). Within 20 minutes of 2nd dose I experienced an overall feeling of anxiety. My symptoms worsened over the next few days and I had a complete mental break down. I have NO prior experience of ANY of these symptoms before the Reglan. It happeneded so fast and was very scary. It's been two months since this started and still not fully recovered. | F | 32 | 4 days | 8/8/2008 | 1 | Nausea and weight loss. | I was prescribed the generic med for Reglan and after the first pill, I started having a problem walking straight. I then started feeling lethargic but yet couldn't sit still. I had constant diarrhea and then started having tremors in my arms and hands to the point that it was difficult to feed myself. I called the doctor who prescribed the med and was told the med did NOT have these side effects and to keep taking it. I did and became depressed and called the pharmacist and was told that this med did, indeed, have these side effects. In the process of gradually cutting down on the med in order to go completely off of it, I began having violent vomiting spells in addition to the diarrhea and went to another doctor. He admitted me to the hospital immediately and I was there for eleven days. I have never been the same since and would not recommend this drug to anyone. Nor would I recommend the doctor who prescribed it and refused to believe there were any side effects. | This medication should be banned. The medical profession also needs to be more careful to recognize these disastrous side effects that some drugs create. | F | 69 | 2 months | 8/2/2008 | 1 | gastricparsis | Severe hand tremors, involuntary jaw movement, increased BP, racing pulse, depression, anxiety, bizarre dreams. | I'm in withdrawal and have been researching reglan and found this article which might be helpful to convince a doctor that the depression and other problems are from reglan. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1002885&blobtype=pdf I'm very depressed and suffer some terrible anxiety attacks. Doctor prescribed celexa but hesitate to use it as it has terrible side effects. This drug should be classicified as an antipsychotic or neuroleptic drug. I wonder if I'll ever be my old self again | F | 70 | 6 weeks | 7/31/2008 | 1 | GERD | Dull headache, pain behind my eyes, cloudy head feeling, dizzy, slight blurry vision, EXTREME anxiety (I do have a history of anxiety, but I believe Reglan probably made it worse). I felt like my heart was beating out of my chest, slight dry mouth. Over all feeling of just not being myself. MAJOR INSOMNIA, got 2 hours of sleep the night I took my last dose. Next day, napped on and off, but I'm home with an infant and a 4 year old. My body never felt at rest. I would lay down to sleep and just could not get rid of "the jitters". | I took 10mg 3 times a day. I just can't believe the way it made me feel. I would much rather have the GERD and treat it with antacids than take this HORRIBLE drug again. I'm still waiting to see how long the symptoms persist. It's been 17 hours since my last pill and still feeling VERY jittery. | F | 31 | 2 days | 7/28/2008 | 1 | Increase Breastmilk | On it- very tired, depressed After stopping- unable to eat jittery, nervous, anxiety, hot flashes, withdrawal symptoms | What a horrendous experience. After stopping this drug I have had nervousness, anxiety, the jitters, upset stomach, an aversion to food, hot flashes and had difficulty caring for my kids. NO ONE warned me of the side effects!!!! | F | 32 | 8 weeks | 7/24/2008 | 1 | pseudomembranous colitis | About and hour after I took one I started feeling like I was having difficulty breathing. Developed into a full blown panic attack, I jumped out of the car and had to walk across a parking lot because I felt like I was going to lose my mind!! | F | 31 | 1 days | 7/24/2008 | 1 | Increase in breast milk | Most of the bad things people say here are really what happens. The first time I was on it, I was unaware of the side effects. Doc gave it to me to help increase milk supply, and it did, but at a high cost of mental anguish. About 2 weeks into taking it, possibly less, you begin feeling very down, tired, lethargic, depressed, and it gets worse from there. You think you're going crazy, but it's the Reglan. It also made me dizzy, and there were a few times driving where I felt as if I was losing control of the car. Nothing in life seems to matter while on Reglan. Energy is zapped. You have the shakes, jitters, you're tired but then you don't sleep well. | take DOMPERIDONE/MOTILIUM. There are no side effects with Dom. | F | 40 | 4 weeks | 7/23/2008 |