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 | GERD | Depression with terrible panic attacks which I still suffer from. It was prescribed for me for chronic indigestiion due to the CREST syndrome. An Upper GI physician prescribed it. When I told my family doctor about the depression, he told me to immediately stop taking it and commented that it should be taken off the market. | I would never take this drug again. | F | 61 | 365 days | 12/4/2007 | 1 | nausea | tremors, twitching, rapid eye blinking, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, restless leg syndrome, feeling like my brain was being eaten alive. | HELL ON EARTH!! I am a 35 year old woman who has suffered so needlessly. This drug has ruined my life. I have been off reglan for 6 wks now and none of my symptoms have subsided. I am a prisoner to my body and mind. The only thing I want to do is kill myself because I can't imagine living the rest of my life like this. No one has answers (including neurologists) and think I need a psych consult. I have never suffered like this until I was prescribed this horrendous medication. This should be banned. I want to take action. I am going to leave my email address. If anyone wants to fight this drug legally, please email me. There are too many people suffering. This drug needs to be taken off the market. It can literally kill you. | F | 35 | 5 months | 12/3/2007 | 1 | After appendicitis | I had appendicitis and had the appendix removed... the next day after surgery my back was so twisted. I sweated so much that I soaked though the blankets and I felt like I had a hose run over me. I could not use the bathroom because my back arched so much that I couldnt sit down to go. It was not till I passed out that they finally figured out what was wrong. I felt better 10 seconds after getting the other medication... It is so scary though and now that I work around it I sometimes wonder if will happen to someone else while I am there. The fact that they use it on infants scares me and I sometimes wonder what the Dr. is thinking. | Please please read the side effects before taking a med. and talk them over with your Dr. It might just save your life. | F | 24 | 2 days | 11/29/2007 | 1 | For slow emptying of my stomach. | I was prescribe this drug by my GI doctor after many months of waiting for her to figure out what is wrong with me. Finally she came up with this. My stomach dosen't emptty as it should, I have suffered now for almost three years. I was given all the OTC drugs, but it just made me worse. I gained about 15 pounds and the pain just continued. I knew something was wrong with this drug and I am so thankful to look this up. One time in the ER I was given this med for nausea. It was the worse feeling I ever felt. I thought, I was going crazy. I couldn't even speak or think. Dont't take it!!!!!!!!!!!!!It's not worth it!!!!!!!!!! | I have Lupus as well and I deal with alot of problems. I am going to try colon hydrotherapy for my GI problems. It is so SAD how doctors prescribe such a dangerous drugs left and right, not caring that you already taking so many meds for other things. Thank you SO MUCH everyone this is the best place (website) to find out about meds. | F | 34 | 0 days | 11/22/2007 | 1 | Reflux GERD | Loss of appetite, Deep Depression, Gloomy Doomy Thoughts, Talking like wanting to just give up on life talking like its over and the grim reaper if close, Insomnia, Tiredness, Slow movement, total loss of energy to the point of not wanting to even talk!! Confusion, Irritability, Blank or mask apperance to face, face droopy or lack of facial expresion. | I found this site tying to help find out why my 75 year old father Has taken a fast turn for the worst all within 6 weeks of starting Reglan! He had just started remodeling a duplex he ownes when he started this drug for bad reflux that was breaking through the protonix he has been taking for several months now. Within a few days he started complaining about being tired more so than usual. I thought it was from being 75 and not doing as much as he used to then taking on this home repair?? This has gone on for 6 weeks then within a couple of weeks he has just gone down hill fast to being just about out of it!! He is very depressed very slow in movement and speach, dosen't want to eat. He cant make any decisions he just sits there saying things like I wish I felt better, Im old and feel like the grim reaper is just behind me?? He has a blank cold look on his face. My dad is usually very on top of his game!! Active alert and never depressed!!! after just a few munites of research I have a | M | 46 | 42 days | 11/22/2007 | 1 | gastritis | My father ( age 74) began taking Reglan a few months back for gastritis. He immediately began having trouble holding his head up and began shuffling when he walked, became depressed and nervous. 3 months into the medicine, he is just a shell of the vibrant and happy person he once was. He is anxious, nervous, depressed and cowered down, like he is afraid of everything. He has no emotions, doesn't cry or get mad, isn't happy about anything and is a totally different person than he was before the medicine. | Even after expressing our worry about this drug, we were unable to get our doctor to understand our concerns. The intern who was assisting him at the time assured us that if there were side effects such as he had mentioned that they would go away when the medicine was discontinued. This was a complete lie. We stopped the medicine over 3 weeks ago and even though we were assured that it would get out of his system quickly, he has not changed. Another doctor assred us that he gave out the medicine as if it were "candy". I certainly don't want to "trick or treat" at his house! We pray daily for help. This is unbelievable that a drug with this kind of patient response is on the market. | M | 74 | 3 months | 11/21/2007 | 1 | increase milk production | restlessness, anxiety, extreme fatigue | I only took three doses of this medication before I began experiencing fatigue, restlessness, and anxiety. I felt like I couldn't get comfortable no matter what I did, and I felt on the verge of a panic attack. | F | 25 | 2 days | 11/13/2007 | 1 | digestive problems, constipation | hard to stay asleep, depression | I would highly recommend staying away from this drug. My doctor perscribed it for my digestive problems and the constipation I was experiencing. The medicine definitly works though the depression that came along with it was unbearable. Increased anixety and depression were the main side effects for me. I decided to take myself off it and I'm planning to tell my doctor of the side effects, who did not tell me of these. It doesn't seem like anyone knows about the dangers of this medicine. | M | 18 | 3 weeks | 11/12/2007 | 1 | acid refulx | I was taking reglan for around 7 weeks to 8 weeks. Lately I have felt very nervous and anxious. I am also very depressed and do not care about anything, this is not my usual mood. I have stopped taking the drug all together and do not plan to take it again. I would rather have acid reflux then feel so bad. | How long does it take to get over taking this awful drug? Any helpful hints? Please advise | M | 32 | 60 days | 11/7/2007 | 1 | Post Lap Nissen Fundoplication | Agitated, Nervousness, Insomnia, Depression, Extreme Nausea, Diarrhea. | I was put on this drug to be used post-operatively for a Lap Nissen, to help with gas and bloating, but what I got was much worse than that. I only had two doses in me and already started having the side effects listed. I would not recommend this drug to anyone. I hope the feelings start to where off soon. | F | 26 | 2 days | 10/28/2007 | 1 | IBS/ Constipation | Severe anxiety, panic attacks and extreme depression. Inability to have any positve feelings, only negative. Psychosis and out of body feeling. I could not fuction and had an overwhelming feeling of despair and doom. Thoughts of suicide. | My GI doctor prescribed 10mg of Reglan twice a day. She warned me of the movement side effects but never mentioned depression or anxiety, if she had I NEVER would have taken that chance! After taking it for five weeks I started to feel the anxiety and it got so bad I was afraid to drive and leave my house. I researched the medication on line and only found the regular warnings. It took another four weeks for me to search Reglan and my symptoms next to it and it brought up all these people with the EXACT symptoms I was having and I stopped taking it right away! I have been off for a week and this week has been pure HELL! All symptoms intensified and I would think of suicide. Im a bit better but very worried that it will come back and take longer to go away. My doctors and pharmacists all deny that its the Reglan that caused the severe depression and anxiety. They all say the medication would have been out of my system in 24 hours. Can anyone please contact me to give me any hope about | F | 40 | 9 weeks | 10/28/2007 | 1 | nausea | severe dystonic reaction- I am suffering post traumatic stress from how terrifying a dystonic reaction is. Mine lasted over an hour of hell before the hospital realized what was going on and gave be benadryl to fix it. Stopped in 15 seconds by IV. | just take pepto or mylanta for your nausea. | F | 25 | 2 days | 10/19/2007 | 1 | severe nausea | shaking, severe nervousness, suicidal thoughts, hallucination-like feelings, became really cold, felt as if i weren't all "there" and did not help my nausea at all | this is the worst medicine a doctor has ever prescribed me...DO NOT TAKE IT, it has serious side effects...no worth it! | F | 19 | | 10/9/2007 | 1 | nausea and retching | Excessive sleep disorder and tardive dyskenesia | It ruined my life ; I don't know what the future holds; and the doctor who prescribed it doesn't feel the least bit of responsibility | F | 68 | 1 years | 10/8/2007 | 4 | Increase breast milk production | Moderate fatigue, mild depression | Definitely helped increase my milk production from 2-4oz up to 8oz every 6-8 hrs. My milk production dropped off once I returned to work and was not able to breastfeed/pump as frequently. Disliked side effects - was very tired despite sleeping well, and felt somewhat depressed. However, side effects disappeared 1-2 days after completing prescription (2-week cycle). Started a second cycle of Reglan in order to maintain increased breast milk output, now playing with dose to see if I can get by with only one tablet a day (rather than 3) and keep up breastfeeding without negative side effects. Would recommend a trial of Reglan if your breast milk production has decreased and if other basic remedies recommended by your MD (such as more fluid intake, more sleep, increased caloric intake etc) are not helping. | F | 37 | 15 days | 10/7/2007 | 1 | Acid Reflux & hiatal hernia | HELL!!!!!!! DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE TAKE THIS MEDICINE! YOU WILL REGRET EVER TAKING IT. I have been prescribed reglan at first 1 pill 3 times per day then was increased to 2 pills 4 times per day. Can anyone justify almost tripling the prescription??? Needless to say, I experienced the most horrifying ordeal anyone can imagine. I was on the medication for about 4 months, which is beyond the recommended treatment, and found out the hard way what the side effects were. I was never told about the side effect of suicidal thoughts, suicidal tendencies, anxiety, or insomnia. It took me about 6-7 months of antidepressant to finally get my life back in order. It took an eternity for the drug to finally get out of my system and start functioning normally. If anyone is taking this medicine, please think twice about the side effects before taking it. If I could, I would like to have the drug banned forever!!! | M | 38 | 120 days | 10/5/2007 | 1 | Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease | Extreme depression, extreme fears of anything, no pleasure, no appetite, no thirst, low energy, Parkinson-like tremors and walking gait, unusual hand posture while standing, confusion, inability to read or write or comprehend, guilt, worthlessness, no energy, excessive worry, horrible dreams, feeling like "crawling out of skin," constantly shaking foot while sitting, blank mask in facial expression. (These are symptoms dictated by my Mother, who can no longer write due to this evil drug. She is a Registered Nurse.) | My Mother (F-69) began these symptoms within 2-4 weeks of the initial doses of Reglan. After a history of "off and on" depression and on Prozac very successfully for a year prior to Reglan, after about 2-4 weeks of Reglan, she had become a shell of a person full of terror, tremors, anxiety and no joy, whatsoever. The prescribing Dr. augmented the problem by trying to trim down the Prozac and start her on Zoloft - she ended up in ER with severe body tremors. Saw the same Dr. last week who denied that Reglan was the problem and tried to start her on Remeron. Family intervened, found a reputable Dr. today. He concurs that the Reglan is the problem - recommended she stop the med and start the Prozac again - which was working. Today she is still miserable, but the Dr. said that she should start feeling better within 1-2 weeks. Will post again with progress, as this site helped us realize how horrible this drug can be and probably helped save my Mother's life. Thank you to those wh | F | 69 | 15 weeks | 10/1/2007 | 1 | They gave this to me in my IV | I immediately lost all control of my body. Paralyzed. Aware of everything including the fact that I wasn't breathing. I couldn't take in breath, move, make sounds, nothing. They had to breathe for me with a pump. It felt like an eternity and I was just waiting to die. They gave me Benadryl and I came back. I'm still severely depressed and anxious about what happened. | This drug needs to be taken off the market NOW. DO NOT LET THEM GIVE THIS DRUG TO YOU... especially in an IV. | F | 35 | 1 days | 9/26/2007 | 1 | increase milk supply | severe insomnia, anxiety, jitteriness, moderate to severe depression, burning sensation in extremities, feeling very ill-at-ease | I was prescribed Reglan to increase my mild production after the birth of my son. I have no history of depression or anxiety. I took Reglan approx. 8 weeks and was hit with terrible depression, anxiety, insomnia, and feeling incredibly uneasy -- all of which are outside the norm for me. I consider myself to be a highly functional person who is able to deal with a lot of stress. At the time, the problems I was having were attributed to post-partum depression. After doing some research, I now realize that, more than likely, these problems were due to the Reglan. Unfortunately, no one warned me about these possible side effects. If given warning, I would have stopped taking the drug immediately. The 8 weeks I took the medication and the several months following were a very bad experience for me. Reglan may help some people, but people should be seriously warned about the possible side effects (Are you listening, Mr.Drug Manufacturer??) | F | 39 | 8 weeks | 9/25/2007 | 2 | gastroparesis | jumpy, jittery, did not help with the neasea at all. I was given in the e.r. for a headache twice befor and it got rid of the headache but make sure to ask for benadryl in your iv 10 min before the reglan or you are in for a nightmare of a time trying to crawl out of your own skin. | F | 39 | 2 weeks | 9/8/2007 |