Exalgo User Reviews & Ratings (Page 2)
Exalgo has an average rating of 7.8 out of 10 from a total of 33 reviews on Drugs.com. 64% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 6% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Exalgo
- LORID...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 1, 2016
For Chronic Pain "I started taking Exalgo about 3 weeks ago after 20+ years of trying every other opiate and non-opiate pain med with little to no relief, especially once I became immune to them. I've been on disability since 2010 and been seeing a PM doc since about 2009 and in March he talked to me about trying an IR. I researched my insurance and when I saw him in April we decided on Exalgo 24mg per day with 15mg roxi backer. They seem to be working ok, but doc told me to take both 12mg caps in the am together which I did for about a week until I read here that others were taking them at 12 HR intervals so I tried that and it seems as tho they are causing me to not sleep. I have been waking up about 4/4:30am every day since. Anyone else having issues?"
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 1, 2017
For Chronic Pain "I was on 30mgs Opana ER dailu and it was discontinued. My doc moved me to 8mg Exalgo/day. It's not working well, doesn't last 24 hours and every 2-4 hours I start getting chills and runny nose. I think I just might be on too low of a dose. Too bad I can't get in to my doc sooner."
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- Ankyl...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- April 11, 2013
For Pain "Very good med! Not an instant result but starts working effectively second day of continued therapy! Surprised at result as have been on Opana ER, Demerol & everything else. Very expensive though!"
- tweezer
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- September 5, 2012
For Chronic Pain "Helped pain a lot."
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- catten
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 27, 2014
For Chronic Pain "Too strong"
- Who...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- September 1, 2015
For Chronic Pain "Very good and fast working"
- Mojo
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- May 14, 2017
For Chronic Pain "Ineffective. Hydrocodone works better for me."
- TMV
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- September 26, 2019
For Chronic Pain "Was on exalgo for chronic pain. Got zero pain relief from 32 mg daily dose. After taking it for a year, I went off it cold turkey with ZERO withdrawal symptoms and ZERO change in severe chronic pain."
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For Chronic Pain "I was on Exalgo for several years. It gave better pain relief than Morphine but still constipating . During that time I kept having episodes of waking in the middle of the night with a fast heart rate and cold sweats which no one could explain . Then I developed severe abdominal pain and stopped eating with a thirty pound weight loss . While doing a bowel prep. for a colonoscopy I passed five Exalgo " Ghost" tablets in my BMs . ( Ghost tablets are the left over shell of controlled release pills ) . I realized that they were accumulating in my bowels because of my severe constipation. When I changed pain meds the Night Sweats and Tachycardia stopped ."