BENTYL Reviews (DICYCLOMINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (178 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BENTYL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BENTYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Spastic Colon | Doctor prescribed 20 mg before meals, but I only took 10 mg one time and had a headache, drowsiness, brain fog, accentuated nerve pain from a herniated disc, dry mouth and eyes, very low heart rate. Reduced dose to 5 mg which lasts about 15 hrs. Also, changed to an IBS diet and take probiotics. No severe cramping pain since taking this drug even at such a low dose. | F | 55 | 4 days 5 MG 1X day | 9/15/2014 | 4 | IBS...abdominal pain and cramping | Dry mouth (not too bad), lightheaded and disconnected feeling, lack of coordination (slight), lack of energy | F | 48 | 4 days 20 | 7/19/2014 | 3 | Post Infectious IBS | None at first. Then dry eyes, mouth and throat at around 5 month mark. Then at the 7 th month mark started having trouble urinating as well as panic feeling and dizziness and lightheadedness. Have gotten down to 2 a day and now trying to get down to one a day. This medicine has helped the abdominal pain but the side effects have been annoying and are now getting scary. | F | 34 | 7 months 10mg3xday | 7/11/2014 | 4 | metformin side effects | I tend to have quite blurry vision and extreme drowiness for about an hr after taking my dose. I also feel like I am in a mental fog and have short memory lapses every so often during the rest of the day. But, with how severe my stomach issues on metformin are, I just make sure to schedule to take it with my metformin an hr before I get up as well as an hr before I go to sleep so i can deal with the side effects at home and sleep the drowsiness and blurred vision off. So if u only need to take it once or twice a day to help this is a pretty perfect drug to keep diarrhea and intestional pain away but if you need a medicine to take throughout the day to help, it'd probably be a good idea to look for another medicine known to have less cognitive side effects. | F | 22 | 2 months 4 20 mg x2 | 6/29/2014 | 5 | Chron's | None. Some euphoria but it was okay because it knocked me out as well a Benzo, Not a problem at all if I can lie down a bit to rest. That tiredness was at problem resolved after a couple weeks. | This med gave me my life back. Since I was 8 I would double up in pain crying. I had bleeding ulcers from the stress of severe emotional trauma as a child. Later DX with Chron's. I hope I'm able to have access to thid | F | 44 | 4 years 10mg 2X day | 6/15/2014 | 4 | ibs | Tiredness, lethargy .This medication has been a godsend. Believe me, dealing with the mild side effects is so much better than lying on the bathroom floor in agony. I find it interesting that so many people are willing to blame the drug for ANYTHING they may be feeling. Somebody even said that they felt "microwaved". I really do think you should try it before believing half of these wacky so called side effects. | F | 39 | 4 months 20 mg | 6/1/2014 | 1 | IBS | Severe nausea, severe dizziness, vertigo feeling, indigestion, heart burn, upset stomach, dry mouth, heart palpitations | F | 27 | 1 days 20mg | 12/30/2013 | 1 | IBS and Incontenance | Blurred vision, confusion, nausea | Went to the ER my doctor sent me because I was passing a lot of urine and had pain from my belly button to my vagina, the pressure was unbearable I was given morphine and the doctor gave me a prescription for Bentyl. After taking the Bentyl for six days I started having strange dreams and felt disoriented. on the sixth day I woke up with severe nausea. I am getting off this pill and going back to my Lybrax and Lorazapam which I'm fine with. | F | 68 | 6 days 20 MG 2X day | 10/20/2013 | 1 | stomach issues | Weird feelings in my chest even after 13 or more hours of just taking one pill. I'll never take it again the pain isn't enough to go to the hospital but if it doesn't go away I will be worse medicine I've ever had ! The Dr new that I had issues with prilosec otc messing with my chest idk why he would risk it ! | F | 20 | 1 days 20 | 9/7/2013 | 1 | IBS | Drowsiness & severe upper abdominal pain | I was prescribed Bentyl for IBS & after taking it for a couple of days I thought it was a miracle drug, my daily nausea caused by IBS was gone! A couple days later I noticed pain in my upper abdominal area that kept getting worse. I never had pain like this before taking Bentyl. 2 weeks into the course of meds the pain was so bad I was contemplating going to the ER bc I thought I may have a stomach ulcer or gallstones. I went back to the doctor & was reassured this medication would not cause this side effect & was told to continue taking it. I REFUSED....all my lab tests came back normal & since stopping Bentyl I haven't had the agonizing stomach pain since. My IBS nausea was more bearable than the pain that Bentyl caused, I would never touch this drug again!!! | F | 24 | 2 weeks 10 MG 3X day | 8/21/2013 | 4 | Diagnosed IBS | Constipation, drowsiness, feeling "high" (calming, sedative-like effect similar in sensation to a weak benzodiazepine), decrease in memory & difficulty maintaining mental focus, blurred vision (1 in 10 instances) | For years I've had on-and-off, fairly severe bouts of rapid-onset IBS. I would begin to sweat and my hands would develop a tremor and after 10-30 minutes, an extremely painful stabbing sensation would begin in my lower abdomen. A bowel movement (diarrhea with onset of symptoms) would reduce the pain but not eliminate it. Lasted several hours and recurred several times monthly and the pain was so significant that I had to leave work some days. Since my PC Physician put me on Bentyl, I've had virtually zero symptoms as long as I continue to take the medication as a preventative treatment because it's not powerful enough to stop symptoms that have already manifested. Extremely happy to not be in crippling pain anymore but taking this medication makes me feel 'high' and it's affected my memory and concentration. I weighed the pros and cons and it's worth the side effects for me. | M | 28 | 3 months 20 MG 4X day | 8/7/2013 | 1 | suspected IBS | Waves of severe nausea (almost vomited), diarrhea, gas, bloating, HORRIBLE cramps, burping, appetite loss, inability to eat anything without pain | I took one dose of this on Wednesday and was up all night feeling like someone was drilling into my bellybutton. It's Sunday now and I still haven't eaten much except jello and popsicles. anytime I eat something else the cramps start again. Never touching this drug again. | F | 19 | 1 days 20 mg 1X day | 7/21/2013 | 3 | IBS | After taking Bentyl for about 3 months I started having "episodes" of decreased mental acuity 2-4 times a day lasting between 15 min to 2 hours. It was an out of body experience in which I couldn't concentrate, had crazy mood swings, felt like I was going to pass out, and I became almost euphoric. As soon as my MD realized it was due to the Bentyl I was weaned off of it and the episodes stopped. | F | 22 | 5 months 20mg 4X day | 4/22/2013 | 3 | Gallbladder attacks | I like that this pill takes away stomach pain but I don't like feeling "high". I felt very dizzy and drugged. | F | 29 | 2 days | 3/24/2013 | 5 | for endemetrosis | None it works great | F | 48 | 3 months 20 | 2/17/2013 | 5 | ibs | Little tired but when I had less spasm and lightned sharpness a lot. Took a little bit to get used to it but works better than hoaycyamine for same thing no more pain is the result my job revolves around concentration at all times so this pill works for me may want to consider how much pain in abdominal cramps you can take this does work for me...dh | M | 42 | 2 months 10mg | 1/2/2013 | 5 | IBS/vertigo/chronic diarrhea | None! This changed my quality of life! I was violently ill several times over the course of 3years & docs didn't know why. I got so sick shortly after eating food that I had vomiting, severe cramping, diarrhea, spinning vertigo, nausea. Couldn't even walk during these attacks and ended up in ER a few times. I was finally given this med after being prescribed many drugs as trials. This worked & ice not been sick once since I started this 4 months ago! A real lifesaver! | F | 44 | 4 months 10mg | 10/9/2012 | 1 | BLADDER INFECTION AND GASTRITIS | Bloated, heartburn, vomiting | F | 22 | 4 days 20 mg | 10/8/2012 | 4 | IBS, Gluten intolerance | Dry mouth, a little drowsy | I've been taking this medicine a long time, before I took it I was having dirah about 10 times per day. I was in constant pain, couldn't work, had severe stomach cramps. And the moment I took it, I didn't have any more direah, no more stomach cramps either. It is my miracle pill!!!! | F | 27 | 3 years 3X day | 8/29/2012 | 5 | diarrhea 3-5 times a day 8 months | i never experienced any side effects | i am still taking bentyl and in the past month, i had diarrhea once and i fear that without it i will go back to the same problem so until my doctor says i should quit the medication, i will continue to use it. | F | 72 | 3 months 10mg 2X day | 8/20/2012 |