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 |
| 1 | insomnia | nausea, stomach cramping, zonked for 24 hours | I felt heavily sedated and nauseous just about 30 minutes after taking. It knocked me completely out. Woke up with horrible stomach cramps twice & used the bathroom. Slept 12 hours straight, then spent another 12 hours trying to walk without a wobble, trying to focus, trying to shake off horrible drowsiness, grogginess, and doped-up feeling -- all without success. I lost 24 hours basically. I was afraid to drive. I did sleep, but the cost was too great. Not going to take any more of this stuff. It's way too heavy duty and strong for me. | F | 62 | 1 days | 8/22/2008 | 1 | started sleep walking on ambien | On this medication,I could not wake completely up while having sleep apnea, slow shallow breathing which I would then stop breathing and body would jerk and twitch before I would take another breath, this went on for some time before I could wake completely up. Extremely bad experience. I had bad headache and eye ache when I did wake up. After an hour of being awake had to lay back down and slept most of the day since I was not really functional. Feel out of sorts, groggy, and arms and legs feel heavy. Mild stomach upset. | This medication took a few hours before I felt sleepy.Finally went to sleep 2 hours after taking medication (11pm) and finally could wake up at (7:30-8:00am) but had to lay down and slept again until 1:30pm. I tried Lunesta before this and felt too groggy and out of sorts for a few hours in the mornings. I will not take this medication again since the side effects were so drastic. Will be contacting my doctor first thing Monday morning. | F | 49 | 1 days | 8/22/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | None so far | Grant it I've only been on it for one night, but the first night was the first time I had slept all the way through the night in weeks. This is a great drug. I have no sluggish feeling during the day. It does have different effects for different people, I would say try it. | M | 20 | 1 days | 8/17/2008 | 5 | Insomnia from PTSD | None | I can't believe how well this worked for me. I read the reviews on this site before taking it and was pretty freaked out by others' experiences. After a long period of serious insomnia, the Rozerem worked within the first 30 mins of my first dose. I have felt absolutely no side effects (and I am someone who often experiences side effects) and have been completely satisfied with this drug. It might be of note that I take this along with Lexapro, which I also completely endorse. To be fair, the Lexapro probably reduced my anxiety and depression levels enough to allow for the Rozerem to work, but my sleep cycle was so disturbed by my PTSD, that even as I began to get that under control, I still could not sleep at all at night- until the Rozerem. I've had a couple nights over the last few days where I didn't need the Rozerem at all, so just skipped it and had no problems with that, either. In fact, I'd just complete the samples my provider gave me, but I think I'm going to ask for a | F | 31 | 10 days | 8/13/2008 | 3 | frequent waking, ineffective sleep | The next day I felt mildly over-relaxed; sort of like the feeling I get after coming out of a sauna. | I've only used it 1 day, so my comments may not have much weight. I did sleep better. I like the way I gently drifted to sleep, as opposed to finally conking out after tossing and turning. I would have slept until my alarm went off, if my wife's nightmares didn't wake me. I could also remember my dreams, which were not at all scary or weird. I hope the effects were actually due to the drug, rather than coincidence. If so, I'd up my rating. | M | 52 | 1 days | 8/13/2008 | 1 | insomnia | nightmares | i was just looking up rozerem to see what other people were saying. i have been on it for 3 weeks to try to get me off of ambien. it hasn't helped at all. i also had really bad nausea during work. also had bad nightmares. i have also become extremely extremely irritable during the day. i am definitely going to go off this now! | F | 27 | 30 days | 8/10/2008 | 1 | insomnia from axiety | horrible headache the first morning. then terrible nightmares. | the second night, my nightmares were so detailed and it was like i couldnt wake up from them. then, when i finally did wake up, i was so paranoid and axious that i couldnt go back to sleep. | F | 16 | 2 days | 7/25/2008 | 1 | Not getting deep enough sleep | Insomnia; nausea; morning grogginess | Probably got into deeper sleep, but it made me sick a half hour after taking it, woke up during the night with nausea as well, and then well into the next day. Skipped a day to make sure it was the pill and not something else that was making me sick. Not a good trade-off. Gotta function during the day. I like Midnite (get it at Walgreen's; herbal over-the-counter) better. | F | 41 | 3 days | 7/22/2008 | 1 | Innsomnia from PTSD | This is the scariest drug I have ever seen in my life, I had some kind of bizarre psychotic episode between states of mania, acting like an animal, wanting to bang my face into the mirror, catatonic states, please never take this it's terrible | I had only slept 3 hours in 4 days before taking the 8 mg hoping to drift off to peace land. After feeling a burning sensation in the back of my head (cerebellum area of brain) and laying in bed for 1.5 hrs. I got up and literally went insane, pupils were very scary, tremors, I thought I might have a seizure or heart attack,then the insanity began. My husband was terrified and I was so scared to go to the hospital because I knew that would land me in the pysch ward with heavy drugs. Thank god the spell broke after another hour, but now I am still up with innsomnia at least I'm not crazy though. By the way I have never had any kind of episode like this in my life. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THOSE THE DRUGS THAT TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY "MISTAKENLY" FORGOT TO TELL THE FDA ABOUT THE REAL RESULTS OF THEIR STUDY | F | 30 | 1 days | 7/18/2008 | 2 | insomnia | Pain in hand joints after taking pill for 7 days. Continued taking and pain got worse. Stop taking one day and pain was gone. Tried it againa and pain came back. | It took about 3 weeks before it seem to work but my hand pain was so bad that I could not hold a pen. It's been 3 days since the last pill and some joint pain left but much better. Anyone else have this reaction? | F | 42 | 3 weeks | 7/10/2008 | 1 | insomnia | none | didnt work at all:( used it for a week....nothing. then another, still nothing! everyones different, but it doesnt seem to phase chronic insomnia | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 7/2/2008 | 3 | Insomina | Stoned feeling. Lethargy. Does NOT put you to sleep. | Its good stuff...except for the fact that it doesnt put you to sleep for 8 hours. I fell asleep by 11, and woke up at 12:30...WIDE awake...then 15 min later I go into this nice, deep, relaxation...but I cant sleep. I just stayed up looking up random sh*t on the internet. I probably read a dozen articles on Wikipedia and finally fell asleep 2 hours later. This is my first sleep med other than over the counter crap which really never works. Im too scared to try Ambien...I've heard way too many horror stories. | M | 25 | 1 days | 6/30/2008 | 2 | chronic insomnia | Hangover like headache, you cannot take this if you need to work the next day. | The only positive thing I can say about it is the next day I can take normal catnaps which are near impossible otherwise. | M | 44 | 2 days | 6/27/2008 | 5 | chronic insomnia | sleeplessnes for first week | I am a Rozerem patient and also work in a sleep clinic. I am educated in all the sleep aids on the market and I can tell you that although the BZRAs (Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata) all make you feel sleepy and knock you out for 8 hours, they are not safe (ie sleep-walking, respiratory depression, addiction, contraindications with other meds, etc.) Rozerem might take a while to work, especially for those that have been on BZRAs previously (these meds also have a rebound effect when stopped) but will "mimic" normal sleep. We're not supposed to feel drugged when falling asleep, just drift off to sleep. Like a lot of patients, I was a little disappointed in the first week because I didn't sleep at all! But after that I started falling asleep faster and faster, and now sleep for about 7 hours a night. Stick with it! Sweet dreams :) | F | 33 | 7 months | 6/11/2008 | 2 | To get to sleep | Couldn't fall asleep. Then waking up frequently through the night. Felt refreshed somewhat in the morning, but very very droggy at work the whole day. Couldn't stay awake in the afternoon. | I got a little more sleep during the night than usual. But disappointed that it didn't keep me asleep. I hated the day after...in the afternoon I needed to go to bed so bad, but had to tough it out at work. I won't consider continuing this medicine | F | 42 | 1 days | 6/6/2008 | 3 | Insomnia, frequent waking | Hypersomnia (excessive sleep) | This medication works differently but there are some ways to manipulate it. To fall asleep the fastest and feel tired the longest it can be taken after a "fatty" meal. The fats increase the sedative effects. Only problem is that when used like this it results in a fatigue that can last well into the next day so its best done when you don't need to do anything the next day. Insomnia and frequent waking returned about five days into the regimen even whan taken as directed (away from fatty meals). Resulted in some irritability and sedative efects never came back after first week. I also take an antidepressant to try to help my sleep so there may have been some unofficial interactions though the official website and MDs say it doesn't react with anything. | M | 39 | 18 months | 5/30/2008 | 3 | insomnia, anxiety | nightmares, restlessness, unable to stay awake the next day | I had such bad dreams that I chewed through the inside of my lip until it bled and injured my arm thrashing about. I felt drugged until dinnertime the next day. Tried it again the next night, same thing. Now I take 1/2 pill at night with Ativan for sleep with much better results. Not groggy, but wake up several times during the night. Better than not sleeping at all, but still not great. Better than ambien night terrors. | F | 50 | 180 days | 5/23/2008 | 2 | Anxiety induced insomnia | exasperated insomnia, strange tingling/burning sensation in sinuses | 8mg (the standard dose) had lost effectiveness after some time of use, I was just upped to 16mg and about one half hour after taking the 2 pills I was awake and wired. possibly 12mg, one and a half pills, could work, but from doing nothing to making my insomnia worse, doesn't seem likely | M | 19 | 6 months | 5/21/2008 | 5 | insomnia induced by shift-work | The most notable side effect was next-day vertigo, but that was my fault, being that I was so desperate to sleep, I doubled the dose to 16mg. (stupid me.) At the recommended dose I experienced very few or no side effects. | It is extremely important to note that Rozerem is different than any other sleep medicine; (as mentioned in another comment, Rozerem is not a "knock-out" drug!) it is designed to re-set your circadian rhythm to a normal "night=sleep" "day=awake" routine. Think "super-melatonin". It is vital to understand that this re-setting of the "body-clock" is a gradual process, sometimes requiring weeks of consistent, daily therapy. It should be taken at EXACTLY the same time every night, without fail; pick a realistic bedtime and stick to it! For Rozerem to be successful as an insomnia therapy it must be used with a high degree of patience. Note: If you have recently taken Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, et al., Rozerem will not work right away, since withdrawal (rebound insomnia) from stopping these other sleep meds can persist for 7-14 days. Give your body a few weeks to adjust. | M | 28 | 1 years | 5/11/2008 | 1 | insomnia! Duh! | 1st night i was to awake to fall asleep,and too sleepy to stay awake!,bad nightmares..kinda like being in a deep transe,not asleep,aware of what was going on, but couldnt quite get all the way asleep.2nd night up and down all night,no rest.3rd night, i went to ER to get a shot in the ass to put me out of my misery!4th night,threw all pills in toilette!! this rozerem is a crock! may have well eat chocolate and drank a dew and just stayed up! | product sucks,doesn't help,only makes it worse | M | 37 | 4 days | 5/4/2008 |