INDOMETHACIN Reviews (INDOMETHACIN)Average Rating: 3.0 (317 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare INDOMETHACIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR INDOMETHACIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Bone bruise in foot | For the first two days I felt like this was a miracle pill. The foot pain I was dealing with from a bone bruise was so horrible I could barely walk. A few hours after taking this pill I could walk and the pain was nearly gone. I took the pill for the next few days and felt incredible. On the fourth day I was supposed to take the pills I woke up sweating, vomited twice in 20 minutes and had a horrible throbbing migraine. Over the course of the day i had shortness of breath felt dizzy while walking, had a tingling sensation all over my body that was worse in my extremities and spent almost my whole day lying in bed. It is now the second day of not taking this drug and I woke up with the same headache and shortness of breath. I have not vomited but am slighly less nauscious than yesterday. | This website was very helpful and made me less worried about the fact that I feel like a bag of mush. I dont think that the few days of pain was worth these now days of sickness that will last for how long, i'm not sure. It seemed great at first but the side effects caught up with me an I am wasting a beautiful sunny weekend laying in bed feeling horrible instead of limping around on crutches. In my opinion it was not worth it. I would not recommend this drug to anyone unless their pain is so severe they are not concerned with feeling like they have the flu. | F | 27 | 3 days 50 mg 3X day | 3/20/2010 | 2 | Nighttime knee pain | drowsiness, tiredness, neck and shoulder pain | This is only my first day on it, but I think I'd rather deal with the nighttime knee pain than feel like this during all my waking hours. Too bad, I was looking forward to some relief. I will try it again another day to see if I react differently, but I won't get my hopes up too high. :)It was prescribed to me for 21 days. | F | 27 | 1 days | 9/7/2007 | 1 | gout | very light headed,dizziness,very tired,trouble staying alert-awake,really distracts me from work which taking three times a day is a huge problem. | I have still had outbreaks of gout even while taking | M | 27 | 8 weeks | 7/24/2007 | 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 | 1 | Headaches | Dizziness, anxiety, panic attacks, hot flashes, brain fog. It felt like life wasn't real | Do your research folks. I've should have. I was prescribed indomethacin for severe headaches and it only made me feel like I was going insane. Everyones bodies react differently and if you get these side effect, stop taking it asap. Took about 3 days for the side effect to wear off. | M | 27 | 3 days 25 | 6/27/2017 | 3 | Hemicrania continua | I have been on indo for over Year. When I first started taking it I was having I called "drunk like" state. I knew I wouldn't be able to do anything. Because I have a chronic pain disorder. I was take it 300mg/ day but found I started to lose my memory. Currently struggling to eat at this dose level now at 200mg/day. I will have to be on this drug the rest of my life. So it's one dose at a time for me. | F | 28 | 1 years 50mg x4 | 7/3/2013 | 3 | Gout | I have experience mild stomach ulceration and vomiting from prolonged used. | This drug was amazing at first but has become less and less effective over time. I'm only 28 but have pretty bad gout. The drug appears to be losing its effectiveness and im not sure what other anti-inflamatorys can be taken | M | 28 | 2 years | 5/23/2007 | 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 | 5 | Gout | Just having to go to the bathroom a little bit more than usual. | I inherited gout, and I usually get it in one of my feet. When it's bad, I can barely walk. If I take the medicine when I feel an attack coming on, it's usually enough to stop the attack before it gets to severe. Even if it gets severe, the medicine is often enough to stop an attack, even within a few hours, at the most one day. I just take the medicine just as needed, not on a daily basis. | M | 29 | 50 times | 9/30/2004 | 4 | Coital Cephalgia | Dizziness, Confusion, Nausea | This medication worked fairly well, but I had to be sure to eat enough food with it to prevent the nausea. Sometimes there are no side effects, other times, the dizziness is quite severe and almost not worth it. It does do a great job of relieving the migraines. | M | 29 | 5 days | 6/26/2007 | 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 | 2 | Gout (Foot Inflammation) | After the first dose with a moderately sized meal, quite nauseous and and drowsy within an hour; had to lay down and ended up sleeping for about 2 hours; woke up with mild lightheaded feeling. 2nd dose was in the evening before bed, so I think I likely slept through any side effects. Worked great for the gout pain in the morning of the next day (took pain from about a 7/10 to a 2/10) and so I didn't take any more doses on the 2nd day; though had a mild intermittent tingling feeling in limbs throughout the day. 3rd day morning, pain had gone back up to about a 4/10, so took another dose with breakfast cereal (light meal) and went into work. About 1.5 hours later, became quite dizzy, drowsy, diarrhea, anxious; decided to leave work and drive home when I probably shouldn't have. Upon getting home, fell asleep on the couch for about an hour to sleep off the feelings; woke up feeling groggy. | Rating as a 2/5 because it did great at alleviating the gout pain / inflammation however the side effects were too debilitating. | M | 29 | 3 days 50 MG 2X day | 6/5/2015 | 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 | 1 | ankylosing spondilitis | Dizziness, confusion, tiredness, headaches, light-headedness, frightening dreams & nightmares | I took indomethacin for chronic hip pain, for a period of about three months. During that time, I was unable to perform to my normal standard at work, due to the dizziness and confusion the drug caused. Indomethacin did stop my hip pain, but I couldn't stand the side effects, so I have since switched to Voltaren. This drug works just as well on the pain, without the annoying mental effects. | F | 29 | 3 months | 3/2/2007 | 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 | 5 | Undiff Spondyloarthropathy | For the first 1 and 1/2 to 2 weeks I experienced fatigue (which is why you take it at night), mild stomach upset, and some blurred vision for a few hours after taking it (usually took it around 7pm after dinner.) These side effects subsided around the 2 week mark. I have to take Mylanta first or else I get stomach pain (from what I have read you want to protect your stomach and GI tract as much as possible when taking indomethacin.) | I suffered from this rheumatological condition for around 2 years before finding his medication. My symptoms went from very transient sacroiliac joint pain, costocondritis, and profound fatigue, to constant sacroiliac pain and intense night pain in lumbar and, later, my thoracic spine accompanied by a kind of constant lower basline of fatigue (if you can call it that.) At least 2 days per week I would get bouts of intense fatigue probably from the inflammation in my body. Which is why I was a bit worried about the fatigue that indocin caused for the first few doses but now that has gone, and, more importantly, I haven't had any fatigue due to my illness since I began the medication. It is certainly a strong med and it seems like the kind of thing that should only be rx'd if needed but, damn, is it effective! 800mg of Ibuprofen or 750mg of Naproxen would only take away about 10% of my pain. I even took muscle relaxers and tried a few pain killers and nothing worked like this stuff! I take indomethacin daily, one 75mg SR(slow release)dose after dinner at around 7pm. It relieves 94% of my pain. I can walk, sit, and lay down without being in pain or anticipating how painful it will be to move. And, oh yeah, I can sleep again. I get a full night's worth of restful sleep. As long as I take mylanta 10 minutes before, the only side effect that I have now is fantastic, amazing relief!!! The best part is that it is an NSAID and helps thwart inflammation rather than simply | M | 30 | 2 months 75mg SR 1X day | 12/18/2010 | 4 | Gout | No serious side effects. The first pill made me feel slightly light headed for about an hour. I think the key with this drug is to take it with a full meal..not a snack in my opinion. | Noticed mild pain relief after first pill. After first full day (3 pills) redness/stiffness/swelling was noticeably better. Pain reduced significantly (thank god). After 4 days the gout attack was ended. | M | 30 | 50mg 3X day | 4/19/2011 | 4 | Rotator cuff tendinitis | Not even 2 hours after taking the med I started having very bad stomach pains (gas like) , ended up having to run to the bathroom multiple time in a 30 minute period. | The pain I had which was horrible is completely gone | F | 30 | 1 days 50 mg | 5/3/2017 | 4 | Migraine prevention | Upset stomach and constant nausea. | Worked really well to curb my headaches, but I couldn't tolerate the side effects. I didnt have any of the mind-altering effects others had, but had severe gastrointestinal issues until I stopped taking it. | M | 30 | 4 weeks 100mg 2X day | 7/5/2020 | 2 | Moderate Back Pain | I had a moderate backache and saw this pill in my bag and it said "for pain" in the packaging. I previously took this when I had a gout attack thats why I have it. It was my mistake to take this drug (2 pills of 25mg) without a proper meal (but I did eat a small kitkat and coffee with it). I only ate lunch like an hour after I took it. 10mins after my meal I felt so effing dizzy, nauseaous and disoriented and I was in the mall on my way back to work. I really thought I was going to pass out. I never felt such an extreme side effect from any drug. I was literally praying in my mind. I thought I was going to have a heart attach or what. When I got back to the office I immediately googled this drug about the side-effects as I suspected it was because of the drug and I stumbled upon this website. I actually felt relieved that my symptoms were because of the drug as what other people mentioned. I am 5'9 30yrs old but extremely overweight (around 270lbs) so I thought it was | M | 30 | 1 times 50mg 1X day | 1/6/2011 |