INDERAL LA Reviews (PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (118 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare INDERAL LA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR INDERAL LA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Migraine prevention | Sleep disturbance, vivid dreams, anxiety, panic attacks | During that time had only one migraine with the zig-zag lines, nausea etc. Couldn't stick the other side effects to stay on the Inderal any longer! | F | 32 | 5 weeks | 12/14/2006 | 4 | migraine headaches | Slight fatigue, dizziness when standing up quickly, weight gain (have always been thin and never had to watch my weight until on this med.) | Really helped my migraines and even tension headaches at 40mg/day. | F | 43 | 5 months | 11/29/2006 | 4 | arrythmias, chest pain, | None, just feel so much better most of the time | Couldn't walk accross the room without chest pain and developing arrythmias without it. Have tried decreasing it over the years with extreme reoccurance of symptoms | F | 56 | 25 days | 11/25/2006 | 5 | HBP/ Rapid Heart Rate/Thyroid Issue | Some drowsiness when I initially started taking this medication, but not as bad now that I have been on it almost a month. | This medicine helps my heart rate slow to a normal range and also calms the extreme pounding sensation I sometimes get in my chest. I take this along with Synthroid for hypothyroidism and Dyazide for HBP and flud retention. I have noticed no weight gain since starting Inderal. I have not read into long term use pros and cons. Am just happy my heart is staying calm. :) | F | 30 | 1 months | 11/16/2006 | 3 | rapid heart rate, migraines | Trouble falling asleep, and trouble staying asleep, loss of appetite | I haven't been taking inderal for long, but I have heard of the side effects it can cause, mostly unpleasant ones. The inderal hasn't taken full effect yet, but my migraines are not as strong. My heart rate was in the mid 80s, and has fallen to the mid 60s, but sometimes goes down to 55. | F | 19 | 3 days | 10/28/2006 | 4 | anxiety/panic associated with PTSD | Feeling slightly light-headed at outset of treatment. | Has greatly reduced "exaggerated startle response" associated with PTSD. Slows down the progress of anxiety and panic at the adrenalin level & therefore has greatly reduced the physiological element (flushing, nausea, tummy churning, racing heart, breathlessness) associated with anxiety & panic, enough so that I can face my fears. | F | 35 | 4 weeks | 10/18/2006 | 5 | high blood pressure | When I am running for about a quarter of a mile, my heart starts to feel super wierd, like it's going to throw up. But then... I walk for 50 feet or so and it's gone and I can run forever. Other than that, no side effects | High blood pressure runs in my family. Plus, I have anxiety, so this medicine is really helping me. My blood pressure is normal! | F | 19 | 4 days | 10/12/2006 | 3 | Tremors | I only take the pill at night,becaue it makes me very sleepy. | I still have the shakes. With me, the medicine works for the first couple of months and then it just stops working. I've been on two different types of beta blockers and I haven't found one that really works for me for a long period of time. | F | 21 | 3 years | 10/4/2006 | 2 | migraines | constant cough, tickle in throat, after taste of old blood, hard to breath when lying down. Had to sleep raised up on pillows. | It may work to prevent migraines, but I'll never know because I can't tolerate the side effects. Also, this medication is primarly for those with high bp and I have low bp which is probably why it made me feel so tired...and why it made my breathing so slow. | F | 56 | 2 weeks | 9/19/2006 | 3 | migraines | worst side effect is drowsiness while driving home at night. I almost felt like I was falling asleep. I would pull over and then by the time I finally arrived home I could sleep at least an hour before I was able to do anything. | Just wondering if anyone else has this problem. | F | 49 | 4 months | 8/8/2006 | 4 | Migraines | I am very apetheic, insomnia is a huge side effect. I am very apethetic to hyper sometimes-mostly don't care. I have had mild bout of depression on the medicine for 5 months. Started out on 60mg, then to 80mg (where I should have started) had a few break through migraines after 2.5 months on 80 mg. I went up to 120mg for 5 months, had only one break through migraine, taking my self off with left over meds due to no health insurance. | Depression weirdest thing experienced for me to date. Just don't care almost all the time. | M | 23 | 10 months | 8/2/2006 | 3 | Basilar migraines | I have definate weight gain, after having lost some 30 pounds in the past few years, I have gained it all back, most since being on this drug. Constant thirst, lower than normal blood pressure, so low the Red Cross wouldn't take my blood. I've always been a bad sleeper, but I am having more vivid dreams which wake me. Some strange sensations in my nerve endings, i.e. tingling in my extremeties (feels like electrical shocks). Recently I noticed my hair coming out in the comb, which for me with short hair is unusual, not sure if it is the drug or not. Overall I am about ready to come off this drug... but this is my third one, I have been on Depakote and Topomax and I'm tired of all this switching around. | Overall I believe it has helped with my headaces, I take 60 mgs 1X per day. I recently have been feeling like it's working less and less, I don't really want the Doc to increase it... it could that all the side effects are causing me headaches. | F | 44 | 9 months | 8/2/2006 | 4 | migraine, high BP (intermittent) | wired at night, insomnia, wake up several times during the night, fatigue ( have to stop midway when going up stairs, used to cycle an hour per day, but now too fatigued.) | have not had a head banging migraine for 5 months, a few mild ones though | F | 38 | 5 days | 7/20/2006 | 4 | Migraines | Substantial weight gain, tired, lethargic, short of breath when exercising | The weight gain is my greatest concern as I've been on the Weight Watchers diet for 5 years and have still gained 20 pounds. I still average 10-15 migraines per month, but they are not nearly as painful and I'm able to get them under control with Zomig. I've tried many other medications, but this is the only one that allows me to function without side effects worse than my original problem. | F | 41 | 5.5 years | 7/12/2006 | 4 | increased heart rate thyroid | rapid weight gain - awaken nightly - excessive hair loss seems to have slowed up though | They have me on 240mg per day I have alot of puffiness around my eyes and feel kinda like a blow fish the doctor tells me it's not the medicine | F | 47 | 1.6 months | 7/12/2006 | 3 | migraines | psoriasis on the elbows, so bad they cracked open and bled. Very scary dreams, wierd vivid dreams, nightmares, weight gain.extreme fatigue and blahs, tiredness. | I took a high dose, 160 mg and it reduced the migraines. after stopping, the wierd dreams stopped completely and the psoriasis went away, had more pep and felt better. I took 400 mg of celebrex a day for arthritis and migraines went away. had many migraines a month before celebrex. | F | 57 | 10 years | 7/9/2006 | 4 | chronic migraine/daily headache | -- Low blood pressure...my blood pressure has always been on the low side to normal range. I felt dizzy a lot; i didn't pass out, but I often felt like I could. -- Hair loss/Thinning hair! I was shedding all over the place. -- I've been off the medicine for a year now; I've stopped losing hair like I had been; I don't feel like I'm going to pass out anymore; BUT, my migraine symptoms came back slowly about 4 months after I stopped taking the medicine. | My "migraines" did go away; however when the headaches started coming back, I went to see a third neurologist...he diganosed me w/ "occipital neuralgia" and he put me on Neurontin. | F | 33 | 2 years | 7/1/2006 | 4 | Arrhythmias, headache | Fatigue (in the beginning), insomnia (early morning awakening), cold in the extremities (especially toes), vivid dreams, loss of libido, weight gain (towards the end—but it was quite welcome); | After three years of compulsive exercise behaviors, I developed arrhythmias that turned my life upside down. Not only did they come with violent headaches, they were so bad that I could not sleep on my left side. They would especially be worse in the early morning hours. My cardiologist prescribed Inderal LA which I took for a year (80mg, once in the evenings). The most bothersome side effect was cold in the extremities: my toes would be totally frozen in the winter! Towards the end, I put on about 10 pounds in 3-4 months—a side effect which was rather welcome but I did not like the sexual side effects or the insomnia that came with Inderal LA. Moreover, I changed insurance and Inderal LA became too expensive for me so I had to switch to the generic propranolol which gave me more side effects (mainly gastrointestinal—which I did not need). So after a couple of months, my doctor weaned me off with Toprol. I continued to struggle with arrhythmias till recently when my | F | 41 | 1 years | 6/25/2006 | 3 | Migraines | weight gain, apathy, drowsiness | Inderal reduced my migraines from about 12 per month to 4 but the weight gain was a problem. I also became a zombie. I didn't realize how much my zest for life had lessened until I weaned myself off of it. I was on 120 mg per day. Unfortunately my headaches are back and I'm looking for an alternative. | F | 45 | 7 years | 5/17/2006 | 4 | Migraine | Numbness/tingling/discoloration in fingers, intensified dreams, weight gain | Inderal LA 80 took away the headaches and kept me much calmer. Now that I am being weaned off, I realize I would rather suffer the numbness in my fingers rather than to have the anxiety and moodiness I am experiencing. (I forgot what my "old self" was actually like!) It's too early to tell if the headaches will return | F | 42 | 18 months | 4/18/2006 |