CLONIDINE HCL Reviews (CLONIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (60 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLONIDINE HCL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLONIDINE HCL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Performance and situational anxiety | Slight dry mouth and feeling cold. | Completely stops sweating and hand tremors. Also gives me a calm feeling of patience. I only use it occasionally, usually before a potentially stressful social type of event. It works fantastically. | M | 52 | 2 years 0.1 1X day | 12/28/2016 | 1 | H Yuri pertension | Headache, dry mouth, pressure went up and down,anxiety, heart palpitations, nausea and choking sensation. I ended up in the ER! Horrible medicine! Toxic! | F | 58 | 2 days | 12/22/2016 | 4 | Hot sweats in change | flu symptoms hot and cold splitting headaches very lathargic not intrested in anything | Dr told me not to take them anymore I was having cold sweats and she dropped my matrifen patches I was on 50my for last 4 years now put on 2 patches 25 and 12 never worn 2 before and told to stop taking clonidine feel so rough like flu symptoms but definitely not got flu | F | 59 | 4 years 150 | 6/14/2016 | 3 | Hot Flushes | Weight gain hot flushes | Becoming tolerant to it now | F | 52 | 10 months 150mcg | 1/8/2016 | 2 | Nite mares and anxiety | Dry mouth and sleepy take at night | F | 66 | 10 weeks 2.. | 9/30/2015 | 3 | Hypertension | Dry mouth, general weakness, hard to wake up, extremely vivid dreams, Takes long time to fall asleep, feeling wasted most of the day. Body Aches are starting to develop. | M | 75 | 3 weeks .05 mg 3X day | 8/13/2015 Patient History | 3 | Blood pressure | Got sick with a cold and sweat the patch off my blood pressure went up | F | 61 | 1 months 0.2 mg | 7/27/2015 | 1 | High blood pressure | Like all medications, this one had serious side effects,, dizziness, sickness, stomach problems, and dangerously low blood pressure,it artificially lowers "blood pressure". It also causes it to rise even higher!Blood pressure medications also weaken your heart! Want to learn the dangers of all medications and how to get off of them, and what to take naturally? Go to www.thepeopleschemist.com | M | 52 | 3 months 10 | 2/24/2015 | 1 | Hypertension | Dry Mouth, palpitations, cold feeling esp lower extremities, | Added to Diltiazem ER, when BP was not staying down and reaction to Beta Blockers. Hated combo from the start. Check drug interaction charts before you take anything. If they say may interact don't accept make Dr change it. This is a curse from hell you cannot stop or change without dr supervision due to possible stroke or heart attack. Should not be used today better choices. I would never have taken it if I knew this. | M | 61 | 2 years .2/mg 3X day | 11/14/2014 | 1 | Erythromyalgia | Once your on clonodine over a year or more your Blood Pressure will get so high without it you will have a heart attack or stroke. Side effects go away after a year, expect to lose teeth, have dry mouth you never thought possible but worst please understand, if you takecthis longvterm fir anything ...plan to have hypertension and High Blood Pressure when you have become accustomed and addicted tovit. Off course Dr.s say itvisnot addictive, however RN and those who do not lie, call it Blow Back. Meaning tryingvto stop it leads to physical withdrawal, eventually ending in stroke or death. Try not to take more than a month, horrible drug. Good only for short term, perhaps has a place in treating short term addictions, but do not take foecanything but hypertension unless you want hypertension, no joke. | Long term use leads to not being ableto stop or taper off without a heart attack or stroke at best. | M | 41 | 15 years 6 mg a day 1X day | 9/22/2014 | 4 | Autism | Sleepiness which wears off slightly as used | M | 4.5 | 3 weeks 0.1 MG | 9/10/2014 | 5 | Chest pains and Anxiety Attacks | I started taking clonidine because of my anxiety attacks. A typical dose for me is 1-2 pills a day, but only as needed. I usually take one every other day, regularly. And then I add extra pills depending on my anxiety. The first 2 weeks I was exhausted and couldn't stay awake. I was taking 2 pills, 2 times a day. I called my doctor and asked about that. They adjusted my dose and I started feeling more awake. This medicine is a lifesaver for me. I love it! It helps with my anxiety attacks quite well... with the added perk that it also helps with my angioedema (heat related). It makes me feel cool. As in temperature-wise, not "Oh I am awesome!". I am not sure why, but I love it because I can handle more temperature range so I can live a mostly normal life and go out more. It does make me tired but usually that is if I took it for a bad anxiety attack, which is exhausting in itself. I am much more alert when taking it now as my body has adjusted to it much better. The only nega | Clonidine isn't a medication you should stop cold turkey as your blood pressure can spike. If you need to stop taking it, you need to cut back and let your body adjust to the smaller dose. When I took it for a week straight, 1 pill a day, I started doing 1 pill one day, 1/2 pill the next day, 1 pill the next day... and so on for about a week, then I skipped the 1/2 pill so I was taking it every other day. I did this under doctor's supervision. If you stop it cold turkey, you could have a stroke from your BP shooting up too high. Just warning you! I noticed a few people wrote that they had that issue when they stopped taking it. My doctor warned me about that when he prescribed it, so I knew about it. I am warning every one else because it doesn't look like all other doctors give out that warning. If you aren't sure how you will react, and you have a job or small children you need to be conscious for, take 1 pill about 1-2 hours before bedtime. That way, if you get exhausted, you can sleep it off. I hope this helps every one. | F | 38 | 8 months 0.1 1X day | 4/3/2014 | 5 | used it as opiate detox | I SUFFERED NONE OF THE USUAL SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH HEROIN WITHDRAWAL. HAVING DONE IT TWICE BEFORE AND BOTH TIMES IT WAS HELL. THIS TIME I COULDNT BELIEVE HOW EASY IT WAS,ALTHOUGH YOU DONT HAVE ANY ENERGY AND HAVE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY WHEN GOING TO TOILET ETC. WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS I FELT ALMOST BACK TO MYSELF AND FEEL GREAT THAT IM TOTALLY FREE. I FEEL REBORN AND WOULD ADVISE ANYBODY WHO SUFFERS WITH OPIATE ADDICTION AND IS STRUGGLING TO GET CLEAN TO USE THIS MIRACLE DRUG.YOU WILL NEED SOMEBODY THERE JUST TO KEEP YOU HYDRATED AND HELP YOU GET IN AND OUT OF BED THE FIRST 5-7 DAYS.BEEN CLEAN FOR 5 MONTHS NOW AND HAVNT FELT THIS GOOD IN 11YEARS. GO FOR IT! | 41 | 5 days 6 -9 pill | 8/2/2013 | 4 | morta tics tourettes calm down | I have tics from tourrettes and my gp Gave me clonidine i take 6 25mg tables twice a day so 12 tablets a day my own choice it dosnt work other wise anyways its a ok drug it calms thumbs down | F | 20 | 3 months 6 +2 25mg | 6/13/2013 | 5 | High bp/hot flashes | Dry mouth, bad breath, very sleepy, constipation. I tried getting off this drug b/c could not stand being in a sleepy fog and not having any energy, but my bp spiked to 200/98. No other drug is able to control it like clonidine. | F | 49 | 2 years .02 2x | 4/30/2013 | 4 | high blood pres | dry mouth | F | 49 | o.1mg 2X day | 3/31/2013 | 5 | Not sleeping and not having energy | Drowsy | F | 56 | 2 months 0.3 | 2/23/2013 | 2 | My daughter takes it for A.D.D. | It's making my 10 year old daughters hair fall out rapidly. | F | 10 | 3 months 0.2 mg. | 12/11/2012 | 5 | HBP 229/181 | Lowers my bp to a normal range but,it knocks me out within one hour of dosage. BIG problem in the morning when I have to go to work, great for a good night sleep. | M | 57 | 9 months .2mg 2x | 11/27/2012 | 1 | insomnia,nightmares | restlessness,body aches,extreme dry mouth,stomach pains,dizziness,can not sleep at night more than couple of hours...... | I do not like it..It was prescribed to me by my psychiatrist,for nightmares and to help me sleep through the night.I do not sleep at night..I sleep maybe 3hrs,then I am up every hour. In the morning my body aches, it is not the right medication for me..Do not like it at all!!! | F | 26 | 1 days 0.1 3X day | 11/9/2012 |