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Below are Flexeril (Cyclobenzaprine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 12 ratings/reviews, Flexeril has an overall score of 7.83. The effectiveness score is 8.17 and the side effect score is 6.17. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Flexeril review by 23 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | muscle spasms (upper back/neck) |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10 mg taken 1-2 times per day as needed for the period of 3 years |
| Other conditions: | | allergies |
| Other drugs taken: | | Allegra-D | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Quick and lasting relief of back and neck pain and muscle spasms. The effects are felt after about 1 hour, and full effects are felt after 1 1/2 hours, and about 80% of the pain and tension are relieved for about 4-6 hours. If stretching of the muscles is done while on the medicine, the pain and tension are greatly reduced for longer than the 4-6 hours. If the medicine is taken before bed, morning pain and tension are reduced about 50%. |
| Side effects: | | Drowsiness (moreso when already tired). If the medicine is taken after 8-10 hours of sleep the drowsiness is manageable. If the medicine is taken after not much sleep, the drowsiness interferes with functioning. |
| Comments: | | The medicine is taken once per day at night, about 2 hours before bed. Once the medicine fully kicks in (after about 1 1/2 hours), special stretches are done. Stretching along with the medicine provides about 90% relief from pain and tension, and the relief lasts longer than medicine alone. The medicine is also taken as when pain and tension are worse than average. |
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| | Flexeril review by 39 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Muscle spasms |
| Dosage & duration: | | relaxes muscles (dosage frequency: once to twice a day) for the period of 5 years |
| Other conditions: | | Fibromyalgia |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I am able to get good restful sleep and that is so important in my pain management. |
| Side effects: | | Sever tiredness, not able to leave the house after taking the medicine. |
| Comments: | | Pain management, I take one to two pills a day as needed. |
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| | Flexeril review by 39 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Restless Sleep |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken 1 at bedtime for the period of As needed for a Month |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Much more relaxed evenings and better sleep. Was able to sleep through the night. Woke in mornings without back aches and pains. Flexeril was effective as a muscle relaxant. |
| Side effects: | | Very sedated feeling the next morning. Found it very dificult to approach the next day with any vigor. Additionally there was a feeling of nervousness or anxiety associated with taking this medication. |
| Comments: | | One dose nightly as needed for sleep. No other medications or supplements were used. |
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| | Flexeril review by 22 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Chronic musculoskeletal pain (neck/back) |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken x1/day for the period of 6 months |
| Other conditions: | | Degenerative disc disease |
| Other drugs taken: | | Tramadol, Lexapro | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Some pain relief, only significant benefit was during severe breakthrough pain and/or muscle spasms. Excellent sleep aid. |
| Side effects: | | Marked drowsiness. Mild intoxicated/sedated type feeling. |
| Comments: | | Provided pain relief but only during times of severe pain or spasm. Made me very drowsy; if I had to take it during the day I would break the tablet in half and take 5mg instead. This still provided a significant amount of relief with less drowsiness.
Worked great as a sleep aid; not only did it knock me out but it also promotes proper sleep stage patterns that SSRI antidepressants disrupt. Has a noticeable hangover effect in the morning however. |
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| | Flexeril review by 62 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | sever muscle spasms lower back |
| Dosage & duration: | | .5mg taken once before bedtime for the period of on and off for over a year |
| Other conditions: | | Fibromyalgia, Facet Joints |
| Other drugs taken: | | Zantac , Armour Thyroid, Ativan | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | It greatly reduced the pain in the lower back and upper thigh muscles.It reduced the amount of spasms I was having in my lower back. I could not function as well if I did not take it. |
| Side effects: | | Increased heart rate. Headaches, feeling very out of it. affected my memory.I also had VERY bad nightmares. Upset my stomach after taking it for a month. |
| Comments: | | I was to take it at bedtime to help my sleep due to the pain and spasms in my lower back and upper thigh muscles. I could only take.5mg or it made me too sleepy during the day. |
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| | Flexeril review by 59 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | headaches |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10 mg taken once per day, at bedtime for the period of one day |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | prometrium, estrogen patch (Climara) | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I had morning-to-night headaches for two weeks prior to taking the medication. My doctor ascertained that these were most likely tension headaches. The morning after taking the first dose, I had no headache, and I remained headache-free for 2 days. Now, on the third day, the headache is returning, so I plan to take another dose tonight. |
| Side effects: | | All day on the day after taking the medication, I had symptoms that resembled low blood sugar. I was very jittery after a small amount of caffeine (less than I normally drink). All day I had this unpleasant effect. But it was not as bad as having a headache all day. |
| Comments: | | Take 1 tablet at bedtime, if needed, for headache. |
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| | Flexeril review by 51 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | muscle stiffness |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10 mg every 12 hrs. taken i took it everyday for 2 years. for the period of i've been taking it for 2 1/2 years. |
| Other conditions: | | as of 2008 severe rheumatoid arthritis in the joints/muscles. in 2001 it was lupus. they diagnosed. |
| Other drugs taken: | | vicodin 750mg. buspar 5mg. 7.5mg. zantac 150mg. motrin 800mg.elavil 10mg. 25mg. 50mg. flexeril 10mg. | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | the benefits aren't that great but i do get some kind of relief. i am in pain everyday all day. |
| Side effects: | | i really could not tell from the many aches and pain i have everyday. |
| Comments: | | there really are no treatments but medications. i also go to the foot doctor, to have callouses removed every two weeks caused from arthritis. three drs. have told me i'm walking on the bones in my feet instead of the soles and to forget about working. |
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| | Flexeril review by 21 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | headaches |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1x day (dosage frequency: 3 days) for the period of 3 days ago |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Had a lot of headaches all day every day. Doctor said it was tension headaches made by a muscle spasm in my neck. She prescribe this medicine and the headaches are hardly there. |
| Side effects: | | In the mornings I didn't want to get up from school at all. This medicine is strong. I got up at 6 am and reach class at 8 and it was still knocking me out in class. Was soo embarrase. Mind you I took the medicine at 10 30pm the night before. |
| Comments: | | The treatment is going well. |
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| | Flexeril review by 23 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Migaine/Tension Headches |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken three times a day as needed for the period of 1week |
| Other conditions: | | Mental Illness, High Blood Pressure |
| Other drugs taken: | | Lamictal, Ativan, Lexapro, Trazodone, Risperdal, Seroquel, Coreg, Verapamil, Albuterol, Motrin 800 | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Well, I started on Flexeril about five days to a week ago. I felt a calm feeling and also it kind of helped my anxiety. It helped my headches a lot. |
| Side effects: | | I did have one side effects that was annoying: restless legs. It made me a little drowsy. |
| Comments: | | I have been taking different narcotic painkillers for years, and I just reached a point that there were too many side effects so I decided to talk to my doctor. He took me off the painkillers and tried a few muscle relaxers such as: Robaxin and Norflex-they did not work at all. I started on Motrin 800 and Flexeril, Flexeril is helping me a lot and I would definately recommend it to others |
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| | Flexeril review by 23 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Migraine/Tension Headaches/Sleep |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken three times a day as needed for the period of currently taking it, have been on it for |
| Other conditions: | | Mental Illness, Headaches, High Blood Pressure |
| Other drugs taken: | | Ativan, Risperdal, Lexapro, Trazodone, Lamictal, Seroquel, Coreg, Verapamil, Albuterol | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Well, It made me relaxed during the day, and sometimes be able to be calm. It helped my headaches a lot. I would rate it as a 9 or 10. I would recommend this drug definately! |
| Side effects: | | Dry mouth and sometimes restless legs. |
| Comments: | | I was to take 10mg three times a day for headaches as needed. My doctor said if it works, I can stay on it. I recently decided to get off narcotics and this is a good medicine to take. |
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| | Flexeril review by 32 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | back pain |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 pill taken 1 every 8 hours for the period of 1 day |
| Other conditions: | | Fever, muscle ache |
| Other drugs taken: | | Advil | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Seemed to numb me up and help for sleeping without discomfort while sleeping. Still woke up a couple times with some achey-ness. |
| Side effects: | | Woke up EXTREMELY SORE! MAJOR BODY ACHE - almost worse than before taking the 1st pill. In serious pain, trying to pump advil to get soreness gone, not sure if I had a bad experience with this or not |
| Comments: | | Doctor prescribed 1 Pill every 8 hours. I've taken only 1 so far, as I woke up this morning with extreme discomfort as described above. |
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| | Flexeril review by 46 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | back pain |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 pill taken every 6-8 hrs for the period of about a week |
| Other conditions: | | nothing else |
| Other drugs taken: | | nothing else | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I had very bad lower back pain with spasms and considerable swelling on my left side, to the extend that when standing, I was leaning to my right. Flexeril took care of most of the pain and much of the swelling. |
| Side effects: | | I felt much less alert -- not tired or sleepy, exactly, but sort of like inebriated, but without the buzz. |
| Comments: | | Once the swelling and discomfort were at a manageable level, I saw a chiropractor. Although his ultrasound treatments weren't particularly effective, I greatly value the information he gave me relating to how I should sit, lie, stand, helpful exercises, etc. |
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