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 |
| 3 | Muscle Spasms | Drowsiness. | I am to take this when I get up and again right before bed. The morning dose made me extremely sleepy so I don't think I'll take the morning dose unless I'm planning on being on the couch all day, of course at night, it's perfect because I get some needed sleep. | F | 34 | 2 days 4mg 2X day | 2/29/2016 | 3 | Muscle spasm neck and back injury | Dry mouth, irritated itchy throat, persistent horrible dry hacking cough, neck pain at the base of my skull and my vertebrae | At first I was so happy. I thought finally a medicine that helps my muscles relax enough for me to fall asleep and stay asleep. After taking it for a week or so I started coughing a little more before going to bed and eventually the cough turned into this horribly persistent itch dry hacking kind of cough that wouldnt subside for hours. Which only increased my daily pain levels and muscle spasms from the violent coughing. If I find a remedy for the cough Id rate this med a 5! | F | 35 | 1 months 4mg | 3/20/2017 | 3 | Back pain | Works wonders on back. Pain so much better. Knocks me out. Only bad thing is extremely vivid dreams every night.(sometimes bad). Wake up exhausted. | Might try to stop taking. Just due to the dreams. | F | 61 | 4 days 1.5 1X day | 9/30/2020 | 2 | Lower back pain | Slurred speech, dizzy, extreme sleepiness, mentally confused, tingling impulses down my arms to my hands, could not function had to get someone to drive me home | F | 57 | 2 weeks 8mg | 11/20/2015 | 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 | 2 | Migraine prevention | Insomnia, anxiety, prickly skin sensations | It didn't relax anything. I had insomnia and anxiety -me a headache . | F | 53 | 2 days 2mg 1X day | 9/14/2022 | 2 | Back surgery and cervical herniation | Sweating at night and my blood pressure is been going up nightmares, muscle pain!! | F | 68 | 6 months 2 MG 2X day | 1/11/2022 | 2 | Muscle spasms | Seemed to help with muscle spasms at night caused by spinal nerve injury in neck. After taking for nearly a year I had to stop because it caused tachycardia. | F | 50 | 1 years 1X day | 3/2/2022 | 2 | for insomnia due to back pain | kaljvlkan ej | lkajd klnbavklen | F | 29 | 1 years 4mg 2X day | 6/11/2010 | 2 | Muscle spasms | Hallucinations | It took an hour for the 4 mg capsule to kick in, however as soon as it did and I began to fall asleep, I started to hallucinate badly. I saw black and grey squares, and my environment was closing in on me. I slept for 4 hours with it. Never again. | F | 34 | 1 days 4 mg 1X day | 2/3/2010 | 2 | Muscle spasms/ tension headaches | I took one pill before bed. The next day, I experienced depression, fatigue and anxiety. I felt like my insides were vibrating!! It does seem to help with the muscle spasms, but not worth feeling like this! | F | 43 | 4 mg 3X day | 8/18/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Slipped disc | Extreme anxiety, jittery, insomnia. | F | 47 | 3 days 4 mg 3xday | 12/11/2013 | 1 | lower back pain | horrible hallucinations | F | 52 | 4 days | 11/11/2007 | 1 | spinal stenosis | Severe anaphylactic reaction within an hour of taking this drug at bedtime (10:30 p.m.). Woke up unable to breathe -- mouth and throat very dry and throat was swollen -- drank water and used my rescue inhalator (I have asthma). I was very drowsy and went back to sleep after a few minutes, but woke up again after about an hour with the same symptoms. Drank more water, used my rescue inhalator again and sat up in bed so I could breathe. During the next few hours I drank a lot of water and Gatorade to rehydrate my body. The onset of these symptoms was rapid and frightening -- the effects lasted until about 3 p.m. the following day. | I definitely would not recommend this drug to anyone -- the prescribing doctor gave no indication of any such possible effects -- after having read other patients' comments, I would say that this drug is dangerous and needs more research and testing. | F | 56 | 1 days | 3/9/2009 | 1 | Fibromyalgia/lower back pain | Urinary incontinence, muscle cramps, headache | F | 36 | 5 days 4mg | 9/19/2013 | 1 | IC Bladder disease | I started out with breaking the medication into 1/4 tried it and it made me very shaky nervous, and caused me to urinate alot..I was so dried up in my mouth and with the stomach sick feeling like i need to throw up...I then was itchy all over... I would not recommend taking this medication.. | F | 44 | 2 days 4mg 2X day | 7/15/2011 | 1 | Migraines | Jittery feeling, sleeplessness (insomnia), dizziness. | My FNP ordered Zanaflex along with Cymbalta to treat my frequent migraines and the Zanaflex was to help me sleep at night. Well, that did not happen. I fell asleep then awakened feeling jittery, dizzy & unable to fall back asleep about 2 hours after. I tried the it a second night thinking it was due to taking the Cymbalta too late in the day only to have the same thing happen again. I am certain it is just my system and this drug will work for other individuals. | F | 52 | 2 days 4-6 MG 1X day | 3/17/2010 |