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 | No sensitivity type side effects... Frequent dreaming - Sometimes violent. Fell out of bed and injured my arm and two other times hurt myself from violently thrashing about - Normally I sleep with minimum movement which was even noted in my sleep study. | This drug doesn't work... At all! I tried this drug three separate times. The last time was for 90 days plus at twice the normal dose . I don't become sleepy and wake every couple hours through the night... when I finally fall asleep. Ambien works, but interferes with my memory after a couple of weeks. Lunesta works, but I get an all-day bad taste in my mouth after 3 or 4 days. Sonata just doesn't work. | M | 61 | 120 days | 5/1/2008 | 1 | to stay asleep at night | I had a hard time waking up in the morning and felt groggy and drugged all day at work. | Rozerem didn't help me fall asleep any faster than Tylenol PM, and it certainly didn't help me remain asleep throughout the night. I woke up several times (including 2 or 3 hours after taking it) and I had a hard time waking up in the morning. I was groggy all day the next day. Will not take this drug again! | F | 36 | 3 days | 5/1/2008 | 1 | To stay asleep & reset body clock | kept me up all night | My problem is usually not falling asleep, but staying asleep. I normally go to bed at 11 p.m. I began to develop a tendency to wake up at 3 or 4 a.m. and not be able to go to back to sleep. I tried Rozerem to see if I could try to reset my body clock. Big mistake! I am usually pretty tolerant of medications, but the bad effects of Rozerem were severe. I tried it twice, the first time for 2 days. The first day, it seemed to make me groggy and fall asleep right away. However, I was awake within 1.5 hours and was awakened almost exactly every hour the rest of the night. The next night, I again fell asleep and then woke up an hour later and was up the entire night. I also had horrible, violent nightmares, which I have never had. My rare nightmare would usually involve the old "I've got exams today, but I forgot to study (or I do not even know where my classes are)." The Rozerem nightmares were like something out of a slasher horror movie. I waited a few days and tried Rozerem | M | 43 | 3 days | 4/29/2008 | 1 | Anxiety Disorder; Insomnia | HORRIBLE AND VERY UNSETTLING NIGHTMARES; LIKE ANOTHER USER SAID, "THE NIGHTMARES WERE SO HORRIBLE THAT I AM AFRAID TO GO BACK TO SLEEP AFTER WAKING UP IN A NiGHT TERROR. CONSULT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CONSIDERING THIS MEDICINE, PLEASE" | EXPENSIVE... | M | 47 | 4 weeks | 4/26/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Kept me wide awake all night. Only used it once! | This, and other medication, is amazing. It's a 5 for some people and a 1 for others. I have had sleep problems for sixty years and seem to have to use Ambien almost every night. I heard of this Rozerem and it sounded much better with fewer side effects but it had the effect on me of a benzedrine. I was wide awake for 24 hours! Try it with caution. | M | 72 | 1 days | 4/18/2008 | 1 | to replace ambien | woke up after 2 hours ready to go to the emergency room; felt wide awake, but incredibly "car sick" then started having horrible tremors; couldn't go back to sleep, but also couldn't read; finally fell into a very restless sleep with horrible nightmares; feel absolutely horrible this morning -- drugged, car sick, shaky | would rather live with insomnia than "try" to take this for the week my doctor recommended | F | 50 | 1 days | 4/15/2008 | 1 | Insomnia- Why else? | I didn't get a second of sleep. I read all the comments on here regarding Rozerem and opted to give it a try anyway. The first night I was awake the entire night. The next day I had bad muscle cramping, stomach pains, and felt like I was half awake. Going against my better judgment, I tried it again a second night. Same exact thing. It is now 5 in the morning and I haven't rested one bit, thanks to this waste of money. Rozerem is the biggest crock of shit on the market. Save your money, and don't line those assholes' pockets. Seriously. Don't make the mistake I made. I didn't listen to these comments. It's a crock though. This drug should be removed immediately. | M | 27 | 2 days | 4/11/2008 | 1 | insomnia | My husband has been taking this drug for several weeks now and I am very frightened by what I am seeing. I am now up and wide awake at night researching this drug because my husband just vomited so violently that his mouth turned blue and the vessels in his eyes ruptured. He threw up continually for over 5 minutes. Since starting this drug he has put on weight and is sleeping LESS. The quality of sleep is terrible and now I can't sleep as well either. He starts to fall asleep for a few minutes, snores and wakes up. He is up dozens of times throughout the night. He has bizarre dreams and severe night sweats. He is a completely different person. His memory is slipping. His breathing has changed. He has taken other meds that may work for awhile than stop, but nothing has turned our lives upside down like this one has. I am very scared for him and will pursue this with the FDA. | F | 43 | | 4/7/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | None | This has been amazing for me whereas Lunesta made me feel like I was going insane. It doesn't knock me out, but it does help me get to sleep if I make myself go to bed within an hour of taking it. I also take 30 mg. of Elevil to help me stay asleep. | F | 37 | 1 years | 3/28/2008 | 4 | To reset my internal clock | None whatsoever. It did, however, take a couple of days before it took effect. | Rozerem is designed to act upon the suprachiasmic nucleus in the brain, to enhance melatonin release and effect and reset the body's internal clock to help you fall asleep at the appropriate time. IT IS NOT A HYPNOTIC LIKE AMBIEN, LUNESTA, OR SONATA (even though it is classified as one by the FDA)AND IS NOT DESIGNED TO "KNOCK YOU OUT" WHENEVER YOU TAKE IT. As soon as the medical community starts to read the medication release notes and recognize the drug for what it is, there will be fewer complaints. | M | 58 | 5 days | 3/28/2008 | 4 | Staying Asleep | I would usually fall asleep, but then wake up every two hours and have trouble going back to sleep. Rozerem was a miracle after trying Ambien, Lunesta, etc., even Melatonin. I was becoming anxious and depressed. I slept really well for the first time in two years! The only problem is that I wanted to sleep all the next day as well! Fortunately it was Saturday. Perhaps this was because my body needed sleep so badly. Will try half a tablet and see if its better. None of the negative reactions mentioned by others. | M | 57 | 2 days | 3/23/2008 | 1 | Sleeping issues | I took the 8mg pill, and went to bed like normal (LATE). I woke up more frequently during the night, and felt drugged in the morning. Tried half the pill next night. Same problems. | I only tried it cause they said it doesn't have those side effects. All I wanted was to get to bed at a decent hour, sleep well, and not feel hungover in the morning. Didn't help me at all. | F | 29 | 4 days | 3/22/2008 | 4 | cant sleep | I just had a slight tummy ache | this seems to be working i don't feel sluggish when i wake up in the morning like I did with seriaquil. | F | 30 | 2 weeks | 3/17/2008 | 1 | insomnia | I came online to check out the side effects of Rozerem and found this website and found 80 other people who were having the same side effects I was! I not only hardly feel asleep, but was also wide awake most of the night staring at a dark ceiling, the next day I felt awful, was fatiqued and just felt miserable, and that was after taking it only 1 night. I just thought it was from lack of sleep, but I've had sleepless nights before and never felt that bad the next day, now I realize it was the Rozerem. Like everyone else, my doc said to give it some time to work, but after 4 days, and after reading everyone else's bad experiences, I'm through with Rozerem. I'll go back to Ambiem, Lunesta, or Tylonal PM...I'd rather take nothing than ever take Rozerem again. | F | 58 | 4 days | 3/17/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | None | Horrible. The drug is worthless and did nothing. I have taken the drug for the last 3 nights because Lunesta was losing its affect and my doctor said that he could rotate different sleep meds every year or so to prevent them from losing their affect. Each night I took this med I would lay in bed for an hour and half, than take a tylenol pm and lay in bed for another 2 hours and would finally get out of bed and watch tv. each night i have fallen asleep around 5am. I would strongly recommend not taking this med. you might as well just not take anything and save the money. this drug to me is like melatonin in the fact that it does nothing and obviously if a person does not need sedation to fall asleep then their insomnia is not that severe and they should probably not take anything. hopefully rozerem fails as a drug bc it is a bs med and all that it has going for it is weird commercials. | M | 25 | 3 days | 3/11/2008 | 1 | insomnia | horrible vivid nightmares, tossed and turned all night | I have taken this for 2 nights. Nightmares, no sleep, hungover the next day, ringing in my ears, fatigue....yuck, 140.00 down the drain. I would never take this drug again. | M | 46 | 2 days | 3/9/2008 | 1 | Inzomnia | Headache, worsen insomnia, muscle pain, suicidal thoughts, speech problems. | The pill didn't put me to sleep for 2 hours, after that I slept for 20 min. and woke up. The rest of the night I spent looking at ceiling. Almost immediately after taking the pill I started experiencing a terrible headache. The next day I spent in bed - drowsy, sleepy, hallucinating. Horrible experience!!! I took Sonata before- it worked perfectly for me. | F | 50 | 1 days | 3/4/2008 | 1 | insomnia | up every hour; weird dreams; groggy | This is the second time I took the drug and it was worse than the first. Took it at 9:30 but couldn't fall asleep till @ll:00. When I did, I had the weirdest dreams. Woke up every hour, and finally couldn't fall back to sleep after 3:30. Dreams went on all night. Felt groggy most of the next day. Wouldn't recommend it. | F | 59 | 2 days | 2/26/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | HORRIBLE nightmares when i did sleep, felt extremely tired the next day, made my problems worse | when i could sleep, the nightmares were so terrible that when i awoke, i was afraid to go back to sleep. within 1.5 hours of taking the medicine, i would fall asleep; but within 2 hours, i was wide awake again. i do not advise taking this medication... | M | 27 | 10 days | 2/25/2008 | 1 | Insomnia, sleep disorder | Fall asleep for about 30 minutes, and wake up, unable to fall asleep. Night terrors, ovarian cysts, exacerbation of mental illness. | My doctor prescribed me Rozerem because it was the "only" script sleep aid that didn't react with my other medications. Well, the medications I take are for bi-polar, manic depression, severe anxiety, and panic disorder. After some research online, I read that it shouldn't be prescribed to the mentally ill, and it can affect hormones. Since I was prescribed it, I've had ovarian cysts, and EXTREMELY decreased sex drive, which my husband isn't very happy about =P, and extreme mood swings, even on my medications. For the price, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. | F | 18 | 3 months | 2/22/2008 |