Robaxin and Dizziness: What Users Say

• thi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 2, 2013

For Muscle Spasm "I have recently had back surgery. I am 17, used to be a track athlete, and happen to have a lot of right leg spasms. So far I took the Robaxin once. I am prescribed 2 x 750mg every 6 hours but that dosage I learned shortly was way too much. Ended up so dizzy, I threw up. So if anyone is wondering, don't take 2 if pain is minor and in one area."

• Zbb...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 15, 2020

For Muscle Spasm "Aggravated a herniated disc, which resulted in sciatic pain down the back of one leg, and for some reason a muscle in my right side. The side pain was with excruciating spasms, my back would seize up from one side across to the other side. Flexeril did nothing. Couldn’t take it, so went to ER, and the doctor gave me a Toradol shot and 750 mg Robaxin. I slept from 11:30 pm till 8:30 am, hadn't slept that long in probably 10 years. Woke up, pain was much less, but spasms started up a little, so I took another at 12 pm. Started feeling a little dizzy and drowsy soon after, so I slept for about 5 hours, and at 8 pm was still drowsy. The pain was there, which I could deal with using 800 mg Motrin, but the spasms were gone. After reading about the 30 or so side effects, and spasms gone, I'm good. I won’t take any more."

• Adi...
• February 8, 2012

For Muscle Spasm "I was given this medication for degenerative disc disease and muscle spasms. I only take it at night because it has heavy sedative effects. I.e., I take it at 7:00 pm, go to bed, and if I wake up at 10:30 to use the bathroom, I feel like I'm drunk, stumbling, and uncoordinated. It makes you sleep through, unfortunately, it didn't do much to help the pain. I still wake up with pain in my back."

• Jin...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 24, 2021

For Muscle Spasm "I took Robaxin with 600 mg Ibuprofen for pain. There's an aspect of muscle tension or contractures with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (NTOS), so muscle relaxers have been used to try and manage pain. The idea behind the 600 mg Ibuprofen and Robaxin was to have a muscle relaxer with an anti-inflammatory working at the same time, I guess to get as close to an analgesic as possible. Day one, I could hardly sleep at all and felt like my anti-anxiety medication had been negated, very wired and anxious, feeling somewhat mentally off, like on the verge of mania. After a week of taking this, on the seventh day, I felt very strange. I started feeling dizzy, but not a spinning dizzy, more like a head rush type dizzy. I started getting hot and cold flashes and felt like my face was going white; I felt very faint. I started to feel every beat of my heart; it felt slow and hard. Then I started seeing little green spots and red tracers; ultimately, I just felt sick. I felt like I was either going to have a heart attack or pass out, maybe both."

• Cri...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 18, 2020

For Muscle Spasm "My 70-year-old mother had a crick in her neck. I took her to our doctor, he gave her 500 mg of Methocarbamol. She took one and lay down. Four hours later, she woke up, was going to the restroom, got dizzy, fell down, and has been suffering from hallucinations and delusions for 3 days now."

• bub...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 28, 2016

For Muscle Spasm "Do not take this drug. It made me ill after neck surgery. Read nih.gov about the terrible side effects around since 1957. I have my gallbladder surgery in March. I turned yellow, I had balance problems. Go to NIH.GOV to read about it. I couldn't remember what day it was. Memory loss is a big problem. The memory problem goes on after it, over 6 months for me. I couldn't sleep. It kept me awake at night, belching. Just awful."

• sid...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 2, 2016

For Muscle Spasm "Felt like a fart, but it was a shart. Saw double, can't sleep, loss of appetite, dizzy, chest pains, my chest felt heavy. It did make my head forget about the pain, but it was still there. Bilateral spinal muscles were in spasm. T12, L1, and L2 problem. Never took this drug ever and won't ever again. Nauseated, diarrhea, bile colored. I took half the pill. It is nothing like Motrin. Flexeril is a safer medication, less likely to shart your pants. But took what was prescribed, never heard of this drug before."