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 |
| 1 | Post surgery hip laberal repair | Difficulty focusing vision and concentration. Initially I thought something was wrong with my reading glasses because I had to concentrate so hard just to focus my vision while reading. "out-of-it". Extreme lack of energy. Alternating between being hot/sweaty and cold with chills. By day 7, all symptoms were so bad my wife almost called 911 (embarrassing since I'm a fire fighter/paramedic) until on a whim, we looked up side effects of this drug (only med I'm taking regularly). | M | 47 | 7 days 25mg tid | 4/5/2013 | 5 | Severe joint pain | The biggest side effect I have experienced is feeling light headed and somewhat dizzy 30-40 minutes after taking the pill. That seems to be decreasing in severity the longer I take it. No GI side effects have been noted yet so far and it is a life saver for me so far!!!! | I was prescribed this medicine after I found no relief to crippling joint pain over the last week. The cause of my condition is still unclear but this medicine has made it so I can function at work easily and have a relatively normal day again! The other store nonsteroidals did not touch this pain and I was taking dangerously high doses to try to get an effect that was never going to happen. This drug is a life saver for me right now!! | F | 36 | 3 days 50 3X day | 4/4/2013 | 5 | Hemicrania Continua | Prescribed as 25mg 3x day. I'm only taking it once a day, and it completely takes the pain away for nearly 24 hours; the first drug to address the pain after 3 years of daily pain. I take it around 10-11am with food. Causes tiredness for the next several hours. Seems to also cause some acid reflux that only impacts me when lying down. | F | 57 | 9 days 25mg 1X day | 3/17/2013 | 1 | tendonitis in wrist | I took 75 mg with a full meal and glass of water just like the doctor and pharmacist told me, but I still got a stomach ache that lasted all evening. My stomach ache eased up as I was getting ready for bed so I didn't think too much of it. Four hours later, I woke up with excruciating stomach pains like a bomb blew up in my stomach and I felt like I either had to vomit or pass a bowel movement,I couldn't tell which one. After an hour of sitting on the toilet and nothing happening I decided to lay back down and deal with the pain until it was time to wake up. When I woke up I immediately had explosive diarrhea. Besides all of the stomach problems I had with one indocin pill, it didn't even take away my wrist pain I get in the middle of the night. | F | 22 | 1 days 75 | 3/12/2013 | 5 | Gout | If I don't eat a normal meal before taking this drug I get very dizzy and sleepy. With food, it is a wonderful relief for my gout attacks. Starts working within hours if I catch it soon, a couple of days , if not, and it's gone. I don't need it very often, but I will never be without it. I probably could switch to 25mg and eliminate the side effects. | M | 62 | 3 days 50mg 3X day | 2/6/2013 | 2 | Muscle in Leg | Dizzy, chills, pale skin, fever, numbness in face and fingers, tiredness, burning in the stomach, ringing in the ears and slowed- breathing | I hurt the muscle in my left leg and this drug helped me to walk without a limp. The first morning of taking this drug, I felt very faint 30 minutes after taking it. I felt cold and faint. It took an hour to recover. I didn't take it again until that evening after supper. I felt ok, The next morning, I had terrible headaches, so I didn't take the medicine and switched to Advil. I took indomethacin after supper that night and felt okay, just tired. When I took the medicine on Thursday morning, I felt dizzy again and somewhat faint. I continued taking the second dose at 3pm and felt very hot, burning in my stomach and dizzy. Took my third dose that evening after supper and felt ok. Friday morning, same reaction, but the afternoon dose gave me such terrible side effects that I had to lie down. I called 811 and talked with a registered nurse, drank some fruit juice, and elevated my legs. I felt terrible for about 6 hours. I didn't take my third dose and will never touch this drug again!! The side effects are very scary. I read that indomethacin is a good SECOND choice! I think that if you are going to take this drug, take it after a FULL meal at night because the side effects are not as bad as than if you take it with a small snack. | F | 40 | 4 days 50mg 3X day | 2/2/2013 | 1 | hemicrania continua & cluster hdach | lightheadedness, palpitations, drowsiness, lethargy. blurred vision | Initially gave some relief to the hemicrania/cluster headache combo that I have with 1 25mg per day. That worked for a couple of weeks, but eventually had to start increasing dosage to 3X/day and then I started with side effects; which now already outnumber the reason for initially taking it. No stomach upset as I take Zegerid daily. I also had a nerve block injection to help relieve the daily pain. Neither the Indo nor the shot has worked. I still have the daily headaches. Could be the fact that headaches are still daily is also a side effect of the Indo so, as of today, I am going off the Indo since the side effects are mounting up. I will try a 2nd nerve block to see if it works without the Indo. | 68 | 45 days 25 mg 3X day | 12/10/2012 | 3 | Heel spur | The pain stopped the first day of taking the pill but the side effect was horrible and scary I was feeling dizzy,nasuea, stomach ache, shortness of breath and heart palpitating. | F | 58 | 3 days 50 1X day | 8/29/2012 | 3 | Heal Spur & Plantar Fasciitis | Last night I was fine, not side affect. This morning after I took the pill I became very dizzy and disoriented, similar feeling to having low blood sugar. After a few hours the disorientation has gotten better but I am still a little dizzy. I will Try just taking the pill at night only and making sure I eat before. | F | 49 | 1 days 50mg 2X day | 8/23/2012 | 5 | for migraine pain and sleeping | Before, I take this drug for Gout pain and now it work only for headache and it also help me have a good night sleep. | M | 58 | 1 months 1X day | 6/7/2012 | 5 | reactive arthritis | slight stomach ache, slight lightheadedness | I had extremely painful reactive arthritis in my ankle/foot for 2 weeks. I needed way over the prescribed dosage of both ibruprofen and naproxen to function and still with pain. Once I was correctly diagnosed, I asked my doctor for this prescription and literally 1 indomethacin pill cured me. I took it, went to bed and woke up with some soreness but no pain. After 2 weeks of barely sleeping due to pain, this cleared it up in one shot. Thankfully, I have not had to take another pill again. | M | 32 | 1 days 50 MG 1X day | 5/15/2012 | 5 | extreme arthritic pain for over 5 y | i have had no ill side effects.after suffering with unbearable pain for over 5 years,crying when i woke up and unable to sleep at night.finally i sleep all night,i have no signs or symptoms of inflammation.i am able to walk,care for my family and i feel like a new person.thank god for this medication | F | 44 | 20 days 50 mg 2X day | 5/4/2012 | 5 | pseudo gout,osteoarthritis | ringing ears, drowsiness | Been taking on and off for about a month. No bad side effects. Works extremely well for me for pain that feels like every joint in my body hurts. Also taking morphine sulfate ER for back pain, but even that was not working that well for the pseudo gout. Nothing I have tried so far has worked as well as the indomethacin. | M | 57 | 1 months 50mg 3X day | 5/1/2012 | 1 | Inflmation | First night I went to bed I woke up sweating. Second night I woke up had horrible nightmare couldn't go back to sleep. Had anxiety and numbness in my feet and hands. And everything looked blurry. Will never take this poll again | F | 27 | 2 days 25mg | 5/1/2012 | 5 | Shoulder tendinitis | If I don't eat it will mess my stomach up. It can make me dizzy. But it is worth the results. I could not be as active if I did not have Indocin. | M | 39 | 3 years 75sr | 4/1/2012 | 3 | Gout | Aside from the bizzare surreal "high" about 30 minutes after taking this drug WITH FOOD, I had some of the most vivid scary dreams. It was always the same dream that started out fine then ended really scary. I was being enveloped in a blackness I couldn't get away from. Usually, if I'm having a bad dream, I can just make myself wake up. I really had to force myself and almost jumped out of bed trying to get away from this dream. | The swelling went down considerably the second day and my foot feels much better but I will no longer be taking this medication after my lunch dose. I want to have a feeling that I will wake up in the morning - and not at 4 a.m. huffing profanities for the struggle endured trying to pull myself from the blackness. | M | 40 | 2 days 25mg 3X day | 1/29/2012 | 4 | for reactive arthritis | helps me sleep, my stomach gets upset if i don't take it with enough food, i've started prednisolone 30 mg, so i guess indomethacin is a sort of a cover up for the insomnia that i get from prednisolone....both medicines work great but its too late now since i've developed a deformity in my right knee due to arthritis...also i cannot bend down to pick something up, but otherwise it really helps me relax and feel normal | all of this started in 2004, the drug is great, its just that i haven't been diagnosed right by my doctor, i wasn't diagnosed in time | M | 19 | 2 months 25 mg 2X day | 1/13/2012 | 1 | Pain managment for pre-term labor | Panic/anxiety attack, dizzy, light headed, difficulty walking, difficulty breathing, difficulty staying conscious, the urge to vomit, tingling/numbness in limbs, clammy hands, sweating, slurred speech, hyperventilation, palpitations, tachycardia, convulsions. | The whole episode lasted about 45 min, with a peek of about 20 min in... Started out as feeling dizzy, light headed, then the urge to vomit, but found it difficult to walk to the bathroom without the feeling the need for assistance to not collapse on the floor. Sat on the bathroom floor with my husband for 5-8 min, explaining what I felt while trying to sidetrack myself to not vomit (never did vomit). It became increasingly difficult to communicate and breathe (felt chest pressure & as if I could only take half a breath) My hands, whole body and face were becoming increasingly tingly, numb & clammy. We called my obstetrician, who assured my husband that I'll be fine (although I disagreed in my mind). Before I came to the point where I could no longer talk, I told him we might need to call 911 if I give him the sign to do so. After that it was extremely difficult to stay conscious, and understand what my husband was saying, I think I replied in slur or barely at all. I gave him the sign to call for help. As paramedics came in to the house I don't recall much else, other than I didn't understand what they were saying. Eventually I lost consciousness, and went in to convulsions. While in the ambulance on oxygen I came to, and felt very weak, tired. In the ER I was told it was a panic attack. | F | 28 | 1 times 50 1X day | 12/19/2011 | 4 | Gout | I've taken this medicine on and off for a few months now and it always has produced rapid results in curing my gout. Most times, one to two pills will be sufficient. Unfortunately, I took the most recent dosage without food and I became extremely disoriented and dizzy. Like others have commented, I had difficulty walking and concentrating; I considered calling 911 but have chosen instead to see if the condition improves. I only mention this to underscore the severity of the disorientation. | M | 32 | 1 days 30 MG 1X day | 12/17/2011 | 1 | pain relief post surgery | Suddenly began having heart palpatations and shortness of breath. Never had anything like this before and the only medical problems i had was thyroid removed for goiters. I am young and this was very scary. I was home alone and thought i was dying. I called 911 | F | 33 | 2 days 50 mg | 12/17/2011 |