INDOMETHACIN Reviews (INDOMETHACIN)Average Rating: 3.0 (318 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare INDOMETHACIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR INDOMETHACIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | back pain | better then alot of other drugs i have used | F | 45 | 4 weeks | 6/27/2009 | 4 | Hip Injury/Arthritis | Inconsistent but SEVERE dizziness/"out of it" sensation, diarrhea, anxiety as a direct result of aforementioned side effects. (50 mg 2x/day) | The benefits still outweigh the risks. Cannot take narcotics prior to hip surgery, but this ended up actually taking away more of the pain thank Tylenol #3. Difficult to function at work if taken with too few calories (should say "take with a substantial meal") and still refuse to drive after taking it due to the inconsistency of the side effects. No tolerance is built up, so it sneaks up on me sometimes! | F | 29 | 2 months | 5/29/2009 | 1 | SHOULDER PAIN | dizziness, nausea/vomiting, it's been 10 hours since my 1st/last dose and I've got a headache, neck and shoulders are sore. I just hope it goes away soon | F | 41 | 1 days | 5/20/2009 | 1 | Shoulder pain | Extremely severe headache and unusual neck pain | I experience headaches on a regular basis and migraines but the headaches I had while on this medication were the worst ones I have ever had. Even though my shoulder pain was gone the side effects were not worth the trade off. | F | 48 | 4 days | 5/20/2009 | 4 | gout | Difficultly falling asleep and staying asleep; low-grade headache and weird, vivid dreams all night long with a few tactile hallucinations on waking up (e.g., sense of something crawling on me). | Had a bad gout attack (swollen right foot, constant pain) while traveling on business, so went to a podiatrist, who put me on 50 mg 3x day. Started relieving pain almost immediately (no longer needed cane by end of first day). So far am _more_ clear-headed taking the drug; constant pain was making it hard to think or do work. This is a short-term course (~3 weeks with tapering dosages), to be followed by allopurinol for long-term management (my first time for both drugs); I will report back again after I've finished the course. | M | 56 | 3 days | 5/17/2009 | 5 | Ankylosing Spondylitis | I am 59 years old and have been taking Indomethacin for the past 25 years. Indomethacin with the combination of two Darvocet N-100's control all of my pain and make me feel fairly close to normal. My spine had completely fused from age 20 to age 40. At age 40 I had bi-lateral hip replacement surgery and Indomethacin is the only NSAID that has worked for me personally. | I have never had any side effects until recently. Two weeks ago my doctor ran a 24 hour urine test to check for creatine clearance in my urine. I got the test results back last week. It appears that the 25 years of taking Indomethacin has reduced my kidney function to 60 per cent. I feel that is a fair trade off of being pain free most of the time. My doctor wanted to do a trial of having me go off of Indomethacin to see how I would do without it. He told me to stop taking it last Friday. Saturday I noticed stiffness and pain in my lower back my upper legs and my hips. By Sunday I was in so much pain I was unable to walk. When Monday morning came I phoned the doctor and went in to see him. When he saw I was unable to walk he immediately put me back on Indomethacin. I took one 75 mg capsule Monday night and started feeling better within 3 hours. I awoke Tuesday morning with a bit of stiffness and pain and I took another 75 mg capsule. It is 3:35 PM and I have had no trouble walking and no pain and I just spent two hours on a riding lawn mower. Without Indomethacin I would be in sad shape and could not do the daily functions of life without having great pain. Indomethacin is a wonder drug to me even though it may be harming my kidneys. | M | 59 | 25 years | 4/28/2009 | 1 | inflamed joint | anxiety, headache, tiredness, severe dizziness, unable to concentrate, heart racing, panic attacks, feeling surreal, going to the emergency room with a panic attack | I took the medication twice a day (50mg) for 6 days. The horrible side effects started after about 2 days. I stopped taking the medication about 3.5 weeks ago and the side effects are finally fading. This had a horrible effect on me and I want to let everybody with a similar experience know that it is the drug, you're not going insane. Stop taking it if you're feeling this way and just sit back and wait. It will go away again but it might take a while. When this was happening to me I would have paid a lot of money for this advice. | F | 29 | 6 days | 4/6/2009 | 5 | Gout | Light Headed but usually goes away in an hour. If I do not take with food severe upset stomach | I take 50mg 3x day when needed. I often only need a day or two's worth to alleviate my pain. | M | 43 | 1 years | 4/3/2009 | 2 | Gout | Fairly severe headaches early in the morning, and then dissociation (a form of panic attack), racing heart beats, and psychosis which sent me to the emergency room twice, and the second time I had to be hospitalized for two days in a psychiatric ward | This is a big price to pay to fight the inflamation caused by gout. I am off work for more than two weeks now, and I am now recovering from the trauma this whole ordeal has caused me | M | 47 | 5 days | 3/31/2009 | 5 | ankylosing spondylitis | Bit dizzy. | This drug has been a life-saver for me. I could (just) cope with AS by taking over the counter pain killers until I had a work accident and tore a disc in my lower back. After that the pain was terrible everyday! I only take suppositories and only one at night (as it makes me a bit dizzy about 1 hour after taking it). I take about 1 per week. I've would never consider anything else. | F | 47 | 15 years | 3/26/2009 | 3 | Anylosing Spondylitis | Dizzy, lightheaded, difficult to concentrate, extremely tired, starting 1 hour after taking 75 mg dose of S(low) R(elease) version. Side effects last for about 3 hours. | Use it in combination with Enbrel to control Spondylitis inflammation. Works much better than any of the other NSIAD drugs I tried. Switched from 2 doses to just one after dinner. | M | 45 | 2 years | 3/25/2009 | 1 | inflamation in finger joint | dizziness, anxiety, feeling removed from myself, unreal feeling, can't concentrate, slurred vision, shakiness, seem to forget things | 50mg, i got the side affects after about 3 doses. I got extremely dizzy probably enhanced by taking musinex at the same time because of a cough. i first thought it was the musinex but after I stoped taking that the symptoms stayed even though they were a little bit milder. After about 3 more days of taking indomethacin I realized it was this drug that caused my side effects and I stopped taking the drug. It's 4 days later now and the side effects have not gone away. I'm really hoping this will go away soon, because although I'm functional I feel very uncomfortable and don't feel like myself. | F | 29 | 5 days | 3/18/2009 | 4 | Hemicrania Continua 2002 and now | I had no side effects 7 years ago when it was used for 6 weeks. Recently the continuous headaches returned. Indocin has helped reduce the pain but severe vertigo and faintness start about 45 minutes after taking a 25 mg dose and persist for 2 hours. Since it seems to help the headache. I will persevere taking 25 mg three times daily with food until the HA's stop in the hope that this will pass. | I am delighted to have found this website because the medication enclosure and most of the literature on this med make it sound like side effects are infrequent and mild. | M | 75 | 3 weeks | 3/9/2009 | 1 | psuedo gout | Lightheadedness, dizziness, sensations of being on a roller coaster including stomach flutters, head and ear pressure, intermittent hot and flushed feeling of head. Always feel like I'm moving. | The symptoms hit me after about the third dose. I stopped taking the drug after the symptoms hit. Symptoms haven't stopped so I haven't been able to work for 2 months now. Not inner ear related according to extensive testing. Somehow, it seems this has caused a nerve issue. So far my doctors are stumped. | M | 48 | 2 days | 3/7/2009 | 5 | gout | None noted | I thought this a miracle drug for my gout. I also use 50mg PRN for severe lower back and muscle pain when OTC drugs no longer help. Will not take regularly, due to fear of eventual GI bleed. | F | 55 | 6 months | 2/13/2009 | 5 | For Gout | The only side effect I have is a slight feeling of anxiousness and heightened senses. A great trade-off for the pain! | The gout was in my left toe,knee,fingers and throbbing. I am to take 1 50 mg 3x a day. I take 2 to start and boom in 20 min. no pain. I haven't had an attack for 3 years by keeping my body ph neutral away from acid and no allopurinol needed. As soon as the ph went acid boom...gout and to the rescue indomethacin. Use once or twice a year! | M | 55 | 10 years | 2/5/2009 | 4 | Gout | CRAZY NIGHTMARES! | M | 27 | 15 days | 1/13/2009 | 4 | Reoccuring gout | Dizziness, slight diaherra, slightly anxious feeling | Have been taking for a couple of years during gout attacks. Seems very effective in warding off attacks if taken in time (just when feeling a gout attack starting). My doctor has recently discovered (xray of my feet) that I have started to show changes to the bone structure in my feet due to reoccuring gout, and has prescibed Allopurinal. He mentioned that I may experience a few new attacks while satring this medicine for the first few months. I don't see any other comments about the indomethacin and allopurinol drugs. Does anyone take allopurinol with the indomethacin to ward off any new gout attacks? | M | 54 | 2 years | 1/8/2009 | 3 | Migraine Headaches | slight heartburn | I usually get a migraine every 3-4 days. I got one today, but that was after 10 days, and I actually forgot to take my pill before I went to bed. | F | 38 | 10 days | 1/1/2009 | 4 | tendonitis in the knee | exacerbated existing dizziness | no complaints.dosage of 25mg, three times a day | M | 77 | 5 days | 12/28/2008 |