ZANAFLEX Reviews (TIZANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (125 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZANAFLEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZANAFLEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Spasms in neck | Dry mouth that went away after a couple weeks | Was put on it for neck spasms. It has helped that as well as fibromyalgia and insomnia. | F | 54 | 1 months 4 mg | 9/7/2015 | 1 | Muscle Cramps | severe Headaches | I started taking this for leg pain/cramps related to Neuropathy. I started getting severe headaches a few hours after my first dose. It was so severe that it felt like a migraine along with nausea. As soon as I quit talking these and switched to Soma, the headaches subsided. | F | 34 | 3 weeks 4mg | 8/28/2015 | 5 | Chronic pain bursiti, fibromyalga | At times I may feel dizzy, nausea, dry mouth, loss of appetite,and hallucinations when I increases dose with doctor's advise. | It helps me go into a deep sleep. This helps me feel relieved from pain when I wake up. I don't toss & turn but feel refreshed. No it doesn't take my pain away but it helps ease my pain and prevents me from taking more pain meds then I use too. The only time I hallucinate is when my doctor tells me to increase my dose. I am instructed to take quarters to a half of a tablet so my body can adjust to the medication. The hallucinations eventually subside and I it helps me from getting muscle spasms through out my entire body. I would not take without a doctor's supervision. I am limited to taking anti-inflamatories, I am allergic to anything with aspirin, ibuprofen, anything that contains these ingredients.The only thing I can take is Tylenol. I also take anti-depression & bi-polar medication. Between my pain specialist and psychiatrist I keep them both up to date with everything that is prescribed to me. This is very important, this is a matter of life and death if you take medication that can have bad reactions to the chemicals in medication. | F | 52 | 6 months 4mg | 7/11/2015 | 2 | Migraine prophylaxis | Dry mouth, fuzzy thinking, slurred speech, insomnia, lethargy | I wasn't able to stay on this medication very long, so I don't know if it would have helped my chronic migraines. It zombified me and though I felt dead tired after taking it, I laid awake all night unable to sleep. I already have insomnia and this medication actually made it worse. | F | 38 | 7 days 4 mg 1X day | 7/5/2015 | 5 | Severe Spinal Arthritis | My Insurance Will Only Pay For Tizanadine. However, Though I Experience Dry Mouth and Pretty Tremendous Headaches, I Cannot Begin To Convey How This Medication Has Helped Me To Have Some Fashion Of My Life Back. I Am Now Able To Walk At A Better Than A Snails Pace While Walking With My German Shepherd Service Dog Much To Both Of Our Delights !!! Prior To This Medication, I Was Literally Unable To Walk For Longer Than 3 to 5 Minutes. I Can Now Walk, On Good Days, Up To 15 Minutes !!!! I Am VERY Grateful For This Medication Along With All Of The Other Medications I Take. This Was The Cherry On The Top ! Headache, Sleepiness, My Dry Mouth and Even a Bit Of Dizziness ... I'll Gladly Take All Of That To Be Able To Walk With My Dog. | F | 54 | 10 months 4 mg x 3 | 5/29/2015 | 5 | migraines | very bad migraines that didn't go away, this was the only med that helped, it took awhile though | a little dizziness and tiredness when u firt start it | F | 37 | 3 months 4 mg 1X day | 4/14/2015 | 1 | DDD/sciatica/backpain | I felt all of my pain slowly melt away and fell asleep for 3 hours (as i expected) When i woke up later in the evening i felt like i did when i was younger and thought it would be fun to "day drink" so a little hungover/groggy. BUT i will NEVER take it again due to the extreme anxiety that began to hit me a few hours after waking, i feel so nervous and dizzy and im trying to talk myself out of it, it's just that the feeling of anxiousness is so strong. I threw the bottle away, I would rather be in pain than feel impending doom | F | 29 | 1 days 2 mg 1X day | 1/27/2015 | 1 | fibromyalgia/chronic pain | I HATE this stuff! My Dr prescribed 4 mg but I can't stand the stuff, it knocks me out for an entire day if I take that dose. And either way, it does NOTHING for the pain or the spasms. I only take it so I can sleep, because I'm in terrible pain and my Dr refuses to believe me and give me actual pain meds! | Run away from this awful drug! It makes me feel like I want to die. :( | F | 36 | 2 weeks 1-2 mg | 1/1/2015 | 4 | Muscle contracture | Excessive sleepiness, so I just use this as my "fall asleep" pill. | This drug kicks in after 30 minutes and wears off after 4-5 hours. It puts me to sleep, so I use it to fall asleep. It does not help my muscles at all. As for helping my muscles, two other drugs I tried work better: Cyclobenzaprine (which is slow to kick in and too slow to wear off leaving me unable to wake up) and Skelaxin (which I can stay awake while taking). | M | 37 | 2 years 2 mg 1X day | 9/30/2014 | 1 | Idiopathic Nerve Pain and Spasms | I must take larger doses of medication than average people ever since it was discovered at age 5 that I don't respond to most drugs intended to sedate. Hallucinated TERRIBLY on this drug! Very scary hallucinations, too!! Headless people that copy your own body movements and beckon to you, crocodiles in your bed, faceless children, scary music that you can't drown out because it isn't real, shapes and colors that only get more vivid when you close your eyes, voices that talk to you, etc! It's a rare side effect - only 5 people out of 170 case study participants, which is approx 3% - but I'm one of the unlucky ones. I'd HIGHLY recommend against taking this medication at ANY dose just in case it happens to you. It's not worth it! | F | 41 | 4 months 20-32 mg | 9/6/2014 | 3 | Back Spasms | Restless legs, slight dry mouth, extreme thirst, VISUAL AND AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS!!! | I have had hallucinations of my dogs (I know they aren't real because I can always see thru them, lol), things moving underneath blankets or laundry on the floor, and cute spotted kitties playing on the rug. So far, nothing scary - pretty cute, actually - but nervous that I will hallucinate something scary, like a person standing at the foot of my bed at night. I will stop taking it if that happens!! Although I did think I saw my daughter standing in the doorway of my bathroom one night but when I turned on the light, nobody was there. I also hallucinate voices and music on this med. So far, I've just laughed at most of it. The only annoying hallucinations have been the auditory ones. The restless legs also suck! I am okay with the thirst but chugging a liter of water before bed makes me get up to urinate several times a night. All in all, it's an okay medication but not one I'd recommend for everyone. | F | 44 | 3 months 4 mg 4X day | 8/3/2014 | 5 | Back muscle spasms/cluster headache | Sleepiness, blurry vision | F | 36 | 1 days 4mg | 8/1/2014 | 2 | Neck and back spasms | Next day grogginess is really Bad after taking this medication. It really only makes me sleepy and groggy, and does nothing for my pain. I can not stand the next day hangover feeling.. So, I hardly take it at all at this point, maybe once a month if I'm having problems relaxing.. Because within an hour after taking it I'm pretty much asleep, but it does wear off quickly if you don't lay down right after taking it. | F | 33 | 2 months 2mg | 7/11/2014 | 2 | Neck Spasms | Since I work for a living this medication is a no go. I tried to take it this morning and kept falling asleep, and forget about driving. This medication for me does not work as good as Motrin. | I would rather take 3 200mg of motrin. This medication also seemed to mess with my Lexapro that I take daily. | F | 39 | 3 days 4 mg 3X day | 6/27/2014 | 1 | Cervical Dystonia | Zanaflex (Tizanidine) - I had 1 mg. (1/4th of a 4 mg. tablet). It caused a worsening of Cervical Dystonia and caused blurred vision. It also caused drowsiness and an inability to think clearly. | This is an anticholinergenic. Zanaflex is not supposed to have any antihistamine in it, whereas Cogentin does. [Note: The half-life of Zanaflex is 2.54 hours]. The anticholinergenics that I have tried have either worsened the Cervical Dystonia or have not done anything to help it. | M | 52 | 1 days 1 MG. 1X day | 5/8/2014 | 3 | Muscle spasms, neck pain | Hallucinations -- sounds like a steam valve being let off in the room. Weird dream/wake sensation. Have fallen on three occasions after taking. I am now only taking this when I am sure that I am not getting up again until morning. | This drug seems to work very quickly and wear off. While I am initially very sleepy, if I don't go to sleep during that phase, I can't go to sleep afterwards. I am probably going to cut down the dosage to avoid falling in the future and see if I tolerate the other effects better as well. | F | 62 | 5 days 10 mg 1X day | 1/12/2014 | 3 | Muscle spasms in back | It knocks me out quickly which is nice so I take it at night only. The one weird thing I notice is that my food tastes like there is nutrasweet on it. Its a bitter aftertaste. My spasms are still there although not as bad. I will follow up with massage. No other side effects. | F | 40 | 8 days 8 mg 1X day | 12/11/2013 | 1 | Slipped disc | Extreme anxiety, jittery, insomnia. | F | 47 | 3 days 4 mg 3xday | 12/11/2013 | 1 | Fibromyalgia/lower back pain | Urinary incontinence, muscle cramps, headache | F | 36 | 5 days 4mg | 9/19/2013 | 3 | back pain | Very very sedated. | F | 42 | 10 days 8mg | 8/28/2013 |