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 |
| 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 | 1 | slow empting stomach | While on the medicine I had times of bouncing off the walls and other times of being so tired. As they increased my dosage those got worse along with blurred vision and panic attacks. | I have been off Rgaln for 5 weeks and am still experiencing withdrawal effects. I wake up abround 4:30 am with panic attacks and cannot get back to sleep. Hard to do with a 4 and 2 year children. Has anyone found a remedy for the withdrawal effects? I feel like i have taken poison and can't get it out of my system. Thanks | F | 36 | 6 weeks | 9/5/2007 | 1 | nausea/vomiting | Severe full body dystonic reaction, akathisia, severe anxiety and restlessness. Movements of arms and legs later diagnosed as tardive dyskinesia/tardive dystonia. I am permanently disabled and have had tardive generalized dystonia for 12 years now after exposure to Reglan and compazine. I nearly died from respiratory dyskinesia when I had the dystonic reaction to the Reglan. Now 12 years later I still have fairly severe dystonia and am unable to walk or move normally. This drug gave me a lifelong disabling movement disorder. | This is an awful drug that should be taken off of the market. I have met many people who also have had severe reactions to Reglan. This drug can kill you or leave you permanently disabled and a wheelchair user like it did to me. Tardive dyskinesia and dystonia are very difficult to live with and can be severely disabling. Don't take reglan and get off of it if you are currently taking it. I was only exposed for about 5 days via IV. I was also exposed to compazine and other neuroleptic drugs which may have made my ongoing symptoms more severe. | F | 31 | 5 days | 9/2/2007 | 1 | Nausea | Dystonic reaction; involuntary twisting of my neck, eyes rolling back in my head, uncontrollable tongue movements, tingling and twitching of limbs, increased heart rate. | I had one of the most severe reactions my ER doctor had ever seen. According to him, dystonic reactions are rarely painful and usualy go away in a short time; mine lasted hours before someone was able to take me to the hospital as I was unable to call for myself and had to wait for someone to arrive at my home. I was nearly blinded with the pain of my twisting neck and had barely any control over speech. When I arrived at the ER, my heartrate was in fatal ranges. I could have died from taking this medication. IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK, DO NOT TAKE IT. | F | 23 | 2 days | 8/29/2007 | 1 | Anesthesia for surgery | Woke up from surgery in Sept 2006 trying to regain hold on reality. It was total hell. I later described the feeling as "having the books fly off the shelves of my mind". General panic, severe fright, total unease. | I shared my reaction with that anesthesiologist, and they said the anesthesia meds were "normal dosage". Before my next surgery in July 2007, I shared my reaction with THAT anesthesiologist, and she said "That's caused by Reglan", omitted it from the mix, and I woke up from that surgery just fine!!!! I am going to tattoo "No Reglan" across my forehead. | M | 56 | 1 days | 8/25/2007 | 1 | Paralized Boweel | facial twitches, stiff neck, bulging eye, high anxiety, manic episode | The Devils drug DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS | M | 43 | 5 days | 8/24/2007 | 1 | to prevent nausea from anesthesia | This happened to me TWICE. Both times, I was told that they had never seen my reaction before and that it was me overreacting to the situation. After talking to several other people, I was told that they had similar experiences!!! I had a total meltdown PANIC ATTACK. Got up off the bed and said I was going home just to get out of the operating room because I thought I was going to DIE on the spot. Felt like total doom and gloom.....started planning for my impending death. This is no way to go into surgery (nor to go into the delivery room!) | I have NEVER had any type of psychotic episode, anxiety or depression. This was unlike anything I've ever experienced. I now have Reglan listed as a DO NOT ADMINISTER drug on every doctor's chart I have. NEVER EVER EVER again!!! | F | 38 | 1 days | 8/21/2007 | 4 | Abdominal Pain/Dizziness (severe) | Tiredness, Dizziness/lightheadedness (possibly due to my 'unknown' underlying condition or other medication, I don't know for sure at this time) | Emergency Room Visit. Reglan, along with pepcid, and some fluids helped some. I was released that day. Unfortunately, once the effects wore off, my symptoms came back. | F | 38 | 1 days | 8/12/2007 | 1 | My sister was taking it. | After 6 months on the drug, she began experiencing anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness. Absolutely awful for her. | Would like input on anything that helped patients with their anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness after taking this drug. | F | 54 | 6 months | 8/8/2007 | 1 | indigistion | after taking for 6 days, I had severe depression, and very bad joint pain I couldn't wake up in the morning and was having alot of fear and anxiety.. I didn't realize how bad the depression was until 3 days after I stopped the meds and realized what a black cloud I was under. It's been six days now and still have some minor joint pain, mostly in my elbows. | I would not recomment this medication to anyone for any reason. | F | 44 | 6 days | 7/31/2007 | 1 | nausea; pancreatitis | A friend of mine was given this years ago for nausea caused by drug reactions, and wound up with tardive dyskinesia (uncontrollable movements of limbs.) More recently, he was given this drug again when he developed life-threatening nausea due to pancreatitis. THIS WAS IN SPITE OF CLEAR WARNINGS IN PHARMACEUTICAL TEXTBOOKS AGAINST RE-ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRUG. He developed muscle rigidity, dementia, high white blood cell count, weakness, heart problems and disorientation. He is only 56 years old, and now has the memory of someone with moderately advanced Alzheimer's. | THIS DRUG IS ACTUALLY AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC!!!IT CAN CAUSE TARDIVE DYSKINESIA, WHICH IS OFTEN PERMANENT. IT CAN ALSO CAUSE NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME, WHICH CAN CAUSE PERMANENT MEMORY LOSS AND CAN BE FATAL! I am not sure how long he took this drug the first time; the second time he was only on it for a couple of days. | M | 56 | | 7/29/2007 | 1 | DR. GAVE IT TO ME IN THE ER. | LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER, AFTER BEING GIVEN AN INJECTION OF 10MG. REGLAN, I STARTED HAVING SEVERE MOVEMENTS OF MY ARMS AND LEGS. MY ANXIETY INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. THE STAFF HINTED TO THE PSYCHIATRIST THAT THEY THOUGHT I WAS A "DRUG SEEKER". I GUESS THEY THOUGHT I WAS HAVING WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. THIS LASTED FOR AN HOUR WHERE I WAS LEFT TO SIT ALONE WHILE TRYING TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK. SINCE I WAS NOT TOLD WHAT I HAD BEEN GIVEN IN THE ER, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I HAD GOTTEN UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER I ASKED FOR AN ITEMIZED STATEMENT. I LOOKED THIS MED. UP AND THEN REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME. I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR HOSPITAL. I HAD A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. | I ONLY HAD 1 INJECTION OF REGLAN AND IT DID THIS TO ME. | F | 62 | 1 days | 7/22/2007 | 1 | nausea | I was 19 and my doctor prescribed this for nausea. Within a couple of days I had a horrible parkisons type reaction. I had involuntary jaw/facial movements. Then it spread to my tongue! I felt like a cow with mad cows disease. It lasted for many hours. It was a painful and scary experience. | M | 34 | 4 days | 7/21/2007 | 1 | gastritis due to GERD | extremely drowsy, unable to perform work duties, such as driving, paying attention and staying awake. | THIS WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD WHILE USING A MEDICATION FOR ONLY 1 DAY. MY JOB REQUIRES ME TO DRIVE, I WAS UNABLE TO DO. IT HAD ME FEELING LIKE A ZOMBE. EXTREMELY DROWSY AND INCOHERENT.THE FEELING WAS UNBEARABLE BUT MY SYMPTOMS WERE RELIEVED. I'D RATHER BE SICK THAN TAKE THIS MEDICATIONS. ALSO, THIS MED DOES NOT GO WELL WITH ONE WHO HAS HYPERTENSION, TAKING XANAX AND LONG TERM USE OVER 12 WEEKS, WHAT HAPPENS THEN AFTER 12 WEEKS IF SYMPTOMS OCCUR? NOT A GOOD DRUG TO TAKE. MY DOCTOR ADVISED ME TO REDUCE MY DOSE TO 1 EVERY NIGHT INSTEAD OF 1 4X A DAY. I DID'T THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA EITHER, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I TAKE MY XANAX B4 BED, AND THEY DON'T MIX WELL TOGETHER. THEN HE SAID TO TAKE HALF OF MY XANAX AND 2 HRS LATER TAKE THE REGLAN. I'M AFRAID TO DECREASE MY XANAX BECAUSE I JUST STARTED TO WING MYSELF OFF OF IT AND DONT WANT TO DECREASE NO MORE JUST YET. BAD ENOUGH THE SIDE AFFECTS ARE DEPRESSION AND ANIXETY, I HAVE THAT ALREADY. IM AFRAID I MIGHT LOOSE MY MIND W | F | 41 | 1 days | 7/19/2007 | 1 | GI problems | Sheer terror.I felt totally pyscotic and full of anxiety.I paced the floor for 5 hours, took a shower, cleaned my house and could not sit down with a surge of extreme crawling out of my skin feeling. My husband finally took me to the ER and they gave me ativan(by shot) because i told them if they didn't do something quickly i was going to lose it.The doctor said this drug was notoriously known to cause this out of body experieneces, extreme aggitation, and skin crawling. I had to return to the ER today and they told me to increase the clonazepam ( antianxiety med)and continue to take it until the side effects subsibe | M | 41 | 1 days | 7/15/2007 |