ROZEREM Reviews (RAMELTEON)Average Rating: 1.9 (254 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ROZEREM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ROZEREM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | To regulate my sleep. | No side effects. Vivid dreams (no nightmares) the first 2 weeks and sometimes groggy in the morning until I got used to the fact that I was simply able to get more sleep than I ever could before. | I LOVE THIS MEDICATION!! It has been a miracle worker for me. I noticed that most people who've posted here haven't given it long enough to make a difference. Plus, if they were taking something else and quit suddenly, they probably blamed their insomnia on Rozerem. Keep taking it. I haven't had a single night-terror since I've been on it for one year now, and I love getting 8, yes 8!!, hours of restful, dreamy sleep each night. No rebound insomnia if I miss a dose or stop taking it for awhile. I take it with one quarter Tylenol pm if traveling and that works great for me. | F | 48 | 12 months | 2/21/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | Headache, depression, drowsiness, night sweat | I have been taking Ambien CR for about a year and half, and after consulted with my doctor, she suggested me Rozerem. I have a history of depression and anxiety. I wanted to get off the meds for them and after almost 6 months of counseling and withdraw symptom, and I finally got off and felt better. Well after taking Rozerem for on night, I experienced the very familiar sensation of depression and anxiety next day and that scared the heck out of me! Not to mention after about an hour of sleep, I kept getting up every half an hour. Next day I was so tired and feeling depressed I slept about three hours in the middle of the day. I understand I may need to give more than one day of tryout, but I really can’t take this chance getting depressed again. I’m back on Ambien CR and I won’t go back to Rozerem. | F | 43 | 1 days | 2/18/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | I was taking this with unisom and herbal melatonin and I would wake up at 12:30 a.m., and worst of all 4:30 a.m. And to top it off in the middle of the night I fondle my partner and have full conversations I don't remember the next day. | WTF the cost sucks and the problem has gotten worse. | M | 31 | 2 weeks | 2/8/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Insomnia, severe depression and anxiety, hot and cold flashes, tremors. | Not only did this med not help me sleep, but I developed severe depression and anxiety after only taking it for two nights! If I wasn't afraid of screwing up my little boy for the rest of his life, I would have slit my wrists. Scared the hell out of me. I am writing this three days post Rozerem and still feel terrible. My NP has had to put me on Lexapro to get through this. I pray this feeling ends soon. You're taking a huge risk taking this med! | F | 38 | 2 days | 2/2/2008 | 2 | insomnia | My usual problem is falling asleep, not staying asleep, and I have fallen asleep about an hour after taking Rozerem. But I wake up dozens of times during the night and feel the next day like I got about two hours of sleep, plus nausea. So, I take it when I feel like otherwise I won't sleep at all, since two hours if better than zero, but really I couldn't say I recommend Rozerem at all. | M | 3 days | 1/25/2008 | 4 | sleep disorder, insomnia | med wears off halfway through the night, and i wake up. if i take it every night for more than a week, i start to feel groggy. | this has been a really good drug for me. i've had sleep problems my whole life, and have tried a lot of medications for it. this med will actually make me tired, and help me fall asleep - i take it in combination with ambien, which will help me sleep through the night but won't work if i'm not tired to begin with. the two together are my answer - 2-5 times a week. | F | 27 | 2 years | 1/22/2008 | 1 | trouble falling asleeep and staying | headache, ringing/buzzing in ears, "hyper", unable to return to sleep after initally 'dozing' for just under 30min...approx 45 minutes after taking rozerem. | awake all night, feeling sleepy at only at 6a.m.,then felt hungover/exhausted all day. swore i'd never take another. well, tried it again last night...9:30p.m....same thing happened, hence this rating at 1:45 a.m. guess i'll go see if my linen closet needs to have everything re-folded, as i can't concentrate enough to read or follow a movie story-line. | F | 61 | 1 days | 1/22/2008 | 3 | had trouble getting asleep | extreme drowsiness, heart racing, dizziness | worked ok if you can handle feeling like you are going to fall asleep well into the afternoon. | F | 24 | 14 days | 1/13/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | More insomnia, grogginess next day | About a half hour after taking this I started to feel a bit drowsy, so I went to bed... only to not fall asleep the entire night. The only good thing was that it made me feel like I was in a trance... so I wasn't worried that I wasn't asleep. The next day I felt very groggy and terrible. I know you're supposed to give it time, but I will NOT go through another night like that. | F | 25 | 1 days | 1/9/2008 | 4 | insomnia | slight headache first few days,went away | Rozerem in addition to my Zanaflex(muscle relaxer) allows me too fall asleep in about 45minutes and helps me to fall back to sleep if I wake during night. Rozerem is not a psychotrpic as many sleep meds are and I cannot take psychotropics. I do not think Rozerem would cause me to fall asleep by itself(but it is ahrd to make me sleepy). I suggest melatonin(natural OTC sleep aid like your body makes anturally) first. PEOPLE BEWARE OF PM MEDS(TYLENOL PM,BAYER PM,EXCEDRIN PM,ETC) THE 'PM' INGREDIENT IN THESE OTC MEDS IS NOTHING MORE THAT ANTIHISTAMINES!!!! THIS CAN CAUSE RESTLESS LEG,DRY NOSE AND NOSE SORES. GENERIC OTC SLEEP MEDS AND OTC CONTAIN ANITHISTAMINES AS WELL...BE AN INFORMED PATIENT! | F | 35 | 6 weeks | 12/20/2007 | 2 | Insomnia | Woke up with a terrible headache. Wake every 2 hours. | I've been on this drug two nights now. My sleep is getting worse. I used to wake up twice a night at 1:30 and 4:30 a.m. Now I wake up every hour. No drowsiness or drugged feeling during the day but I'm exhausted from lack of sleep. Also, very weird dreams, although not nightmares. | F | 59 | 2 days | 12/11/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | My doctor precribed Rozerem because I didn't like the hungover feeling I was getting from Ambien. It took a good 4 weeks but finally kicked in and I started sleeping soundly--approximately 7 hours. I can get back to sleep if I wake up. I stopped taking it about a week ago to see how I would do and am still sleeping well. | I noticed that many of the posts on this drug only used it for 1 or a few days. That is not enough. You have to stay on it longer. I would not have continued, however, if I had become depressed or had crazy dreams. | F | 53 | 3 months | 12/5/2007 | 1 | Chronic insomnia | depression,could not get to sleep, and everything else mentioned on this site. Felt so bad from side effects I considered calling an ambulance!! | I will never take this medication again!!! Bad stuff! | M | 49 | 1 days | 12/2/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Slightly drowsy following day. Vivid Dreams. Very good sleep. | Without a sleep aid, I fall asleep quickly. My problem is, I wake up within a couple hours and can never get back to sleep. Rozerem, to my delight, works wonders. The slightly drowsy feeling the next day is nothing compared to my exhaustion from lack of sleep. The dreams are like watching a movie. Every night but one, they've all been very enjoyable. Only one night did I experience nightmares - again very vivid. | F | 34 | 5 months | 11/29/2007 | 1 | insomnia | No side effects noted, didn't do much of anything. | Only good for about three hours, clever advertisements, worthless medication for the price. | M | 51 | 3 weeks | 11/26/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Insomnia. | OK, I've tried everything...Ambien, Restoril, Lunesta, and now Rozerem. Nothing seems to help. In fact, Rozerem is the least effective. Let's see, I took the pill at 9:15 p.m. and it is now 1:01 a.m., and I'm WIDE awake. Honestly, after three months of taking this prescription, I will not have it renewed. Maybe I should use this time to write another book. | F | 46 | 3 months | 11/24/2007 | 4 | INSOMNIA | Only slight drowsiness until 10 am the following morning but not that I can't get out of bed feeling more like if I could I would go back to sleep. | I was prescribed this after my dr said giving out samples was illegal-another story. Anyhow I took ambien for 4 years works great but loses effectiveness, I tried lunest for 2 weeks that was awful couldn't sleep at all. This stuff for me has worked wonders takes me a bit about 45 minutes but then I am fast asleep. I do wake up 1x around 3 but quickly fall asleep again. I feel so SO much better now. Plus this is available in a generic so this is free for me compared to lunesta $45.00 a month. | F | 27 | 4 days | 11/12/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Extreme depression, lethargy, eyes drooped to the floor, wild mood swings and generally horrible feeling. And I only took Rozerem one night! | I've been on Lunesta for 2 months and my doctor wanted to wean me off by combining with Rozerem for one week. What a terrible mistake - at my expense. This is without a doubt the most dangerous prescription medication I have ever taken. If not for the fact that my 90 year old Mom depends on me for care, I would have said my final goodbyes to this wonderful world of ours today. | M | 54 | 1 days | 11/12/2007 | 5 | insomnia | None | I have been taking Rozerem for several months, originally nightly for two weeks then as needed. I love the fact that I do not feel drugged... I just fall asleep. If I need to get up in the night to go to the bathroom or tend a child I feel fine and go right back to sleep. There is no groggy feeling in the morning. I wake up on my own without an alarm clock after about 6.5 - 7 hours of sleep. | F | 50 | 7 months | 11/10/2007 | 1 | insomnia | Fatigue and general discomfort, made insomnia WORSE, I could not read or watch TV, just too stoned, but still unable to sleep. | I took this drug for 12 days to give it a chance, it does not work, in fact it makes it harder to bear a sleepless night. I tried taking two, TWICE as bad, and unable to sleep. How can something like this make it to be marketed? | F | 51 | 12 days | 11/6/2007 |