Metoclopramide User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

• Tat...
• March 27, 2016

For Migraine "As an ER paramedic for 5 years, critical care medic/firefighter. I want to apologize for those who felt the negative effects of the Reglan, but given in the correct form, the combo is better than any narcotic pain reliever that everybody wants or seems to cure the problem when all it really does is mask the pain. 99% of you all who experienced anxiety or jitteriness, anger or whatnot was due to the Reglan being pushed way too fast and probably not properly diluted. Example: at my hospital, we carry Reglan in 10 mg/ml, so I waste 1 ml of my flush, draw it up, and now have a 1 on 1 ratio. Always! Start Benadryl first, flush/open the fluid treatment, backup. While this is happening, you're drawing up your Reglan, then SLOWLY give Reglan over 5 to 8 minutes."

• Liz...
• March 1, 2016

Metoclopramide for GERD "When my mom was 70 years old, she was prescribed Reglan by her family MD for GERD and 'slow emptying' of her stomach. She took it 3 times per day with meals and was on it for at least 10 years! At 83 years old, she has terrible dyskinesia now and cannot sleep at night because of her legs, arms, and body shaking all over the place. She has tried several other meds to help with the spasms without any luck! She wishes she had never taken Reglan and that her doctor had been more aware of these terrible, debilitating, lifelong side effects. This is a bad drug. Steer clear of it!"

• ano...
• October 11, 2020

Metoclopramide for Migraine "Went to the ER with a severe migraine headache, dizziness, and nausea. Was given a cocktail of Reglan and Benadryl and was told by the ER doctor it would help with both headache and dizziness. Didn’t help at all and made me feel extremely anxious. Then was given a different drug (don’t recall the name) combined with magnesium. Again, no relief at all. Then I asked to please remove the IV so I could go home, feeling the same or worse than before these drugs. I have only been to the ER three times in my life (I’m in my 60s), so I’m not too familiar with ER protocol. Would not allow this drug in my body again. Going to the neurologist tomorrow."

• Nat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 14, 2020

Metoclopramide for Nausea/Vomiting "I went to the emergency room for hyperemesis gravidarum and dehydration. My doctor first gave me Zofran through my IV, it didn’t work. I was still throwing up. So, he gave me a dissolvable tablet of Zofran. Still throwing up. So next, he puts Reglan through my IV and says he’ll be back to check on me. I literally started going insane. My husband was in the room trying to keep me calm because I started twisting and turning in the bed and yelling. I was having a panic attack. Now I’m here reading these comments, and it makes sense. Lol. It did help with my nausea, and I ended up filling a prescription for it, but I’ll only take it if it’s absolutely necessary."

• Anonymous
• January 3, 2012

Metoclopramide for Nausea/Vomiting "I have been taking this medicine off and on for about 2 years. When I first started, I hated it because it made me feel anxious, depressed, and emotional. I was on 10 mg a few times a day. It took the sickness away, but I couldn't handle the side effects, so I stopped, and the sickness came back. Finally, the doctor cut it down to 5 mg, and I felt so much better with that. The side effects were gone, and the sickness was controlled too. I'm doing very well with this medicine, but the long-term use still has me nervous because I don't want to develop tremors later. So far, so good, and I feel pretty good."

• Pic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 30, 2019

Metoclopramide for Migraine "This was the worst medication reaction I've ever had and had no idea that this was possible! I am having a bad reaction from starting an SSRI for the first time and ended up in the ER vomiting and spinning and having been in a panic attack for about 8 hours (I thought that was bad too, just wait). The RN gave me straight Reglan in my arm and 30 seconds later I'm screaming at the top of my lungs, 'my legs my legs my legs!!!!' And the most terrifying feeling of 'I'm going to die' ensued. I wanted to run as fast as I could away. From myself or nothing. Basically, I was a star in one of those movies where you see someone being operated on in an alien spaceship and the person is awake and terrified. There were 3 security guards and 4 nurses in the room all looking at me while I had this crazy psychotic reaction. I've never felt more embarrassed and terrified at the same time! DO NOT RECOMMEND"

• Sha...
• May 20, 2017

Metoclopramide for Nausea/Vomiting "I have sickle cell disease, so in addition to severe pain, I have bouts of nausea and vomiting. I was given Reglan in the ER; within 5 minutes, I felt extreme agitation, restlessness, dripping sweat, and shaking uncontrollably. I begged the nurse to tell the doctor I was having a reaction. She did, but with very little urgency, instead telling me to get back in the stretcher, but I couldn't due to sweating, shaking, and needing to pace. I was sent for a chest X-ray, but the tech sent me back, saying she was uncomfortable handling me in this state. I again pleaded with the nurse to call the doctor. He finally came, and I was given Benadryl to reverse the effects. I felt calmer, but it took a while for the shaking to stop. The nurse and doctor acted like I was crazy, smh."

• Aci...
• September 12, 2015

Metoclopramide for Nausea/Vomiting "I had to go to the ER since nothing was working with my nausea and acid reflux. I tried so many nausea meds since I've been pregnant (19 weeks). I have ulcers from this. They prescribed me this, and it helps. I take it when I wake up, keeps me awake, and I can finally eat. And I haven't had any side effects."

• C-L...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• January 3, 2015

Metoclopramide for Migraine "I have a history of cluster migraines and occasionally have to make a trip to the ER when they become severe. The Reglan and Toradol combination gives me 100% relief, but I learned the hard way, I need Benadryl intravenously or I'll suffer what some of you have reported (anxiousness, pacing, crawling skin, inability to fall asleep, feeling wired). Suffering from the migraine is horrible enough, you don't want the ugly side effects, ask for Benadryl, and this should also help you sleep."

• Lbl...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 29, 2017

Metoclopramide for Migraine "I had been treated in the ER for a migraine and received Toradol and some other anti-nausea meds, and I did wonderfully. Then, 2 mo. later, I went to the ER for a migraine, and they wanted to try something new: Toradol and Reglan. I thought to myself, the other treatment worked well, why change it? But the ER doc insisted. Toradol in IV was great, Reglan went in, and I felt it burn up my arm. I became agitated, and within 30 seconds, I said to my husband, I think I'm having a panic attack, and then I did! I am a medical professional, and here I was yelling for the nurses because I thought I was going to die. My poor husband! It was a wild experience of feeling like I was passing out, but I was lying down. It felt like I was losing blood flow to my brain. Horrible experience!"

• JCT...
• October 22, 2015

Metoclopramide for Migraine "I was given this medicine through an IV while visiting the ER for a migraine. Reglan gave me the worst feeling that I've ever had. I had a major panic attack within minutes. I had weird thoughts, and my body could not stop shaking, especially my legs. There was a pool of sweat under me. I felt trapped and thought I was going to die. I wanted to tear out the IV needle and leave. The panic only lasted 2 hours, but it felt like 2 days. I hope to never have that feeling again."

• Car...
• November 13, 2015

Metoclopramide for Migraine "Went to the ER, and they injected me with this. I immediately began coughing, fell back onto the bed, and began shaking uncontrollably and could not speak. The nurse panicked, and her eyes got teary. She then told me to fall asleep, and I refused because I was so scared! At 24 years old, I was not ready for this, I felt I was going to die. Took me an hour to stop the shaking, and my headache was still there. Never again! I am now traumatized from that experience and am afraid to ever get injected before knowing what exactly the drug is and its effects. Stay away from it, please."

• Hfe...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 21, 2019

Metoclopramide for Lactation Augmentation "I was given Reglan off-label to promote the progesterone hormone to increase my breast milk supply after my son was born. After taking it steadily and gradually upping the dose after a couple of weeks, I started having severe side effects. I went in to work one morning and couldn’t remember how to do my job, I would fall asleep at traffic lights, had difficulty concentrating and focusing my eyes, and finally started having severe panic attacks, depression, and tardive dyskinesia. I ended up in the ER and had to get under psychiatric care. 14 years later, I still have to be on anxiety meds, and if I try to get off, the symptoms return. Be very careful taking this medicine."

• Mar...
• November 14, 2015

Metoclopramide for Migraine "I went to the ER last month because I was having bad migraines. They gave me Reglan and Benadryl in the IV right away. I was paranoid, jittery, and tried pulling the IV out of my arm. It was the worst feeling ever, and I was so ready to go home. The good thing is that it did take my migraine away for about a month. I just started having another migraine yesterday, and I went to the ER on 11-13-15, and they gave me Benadryl and Reglan in the form of a pill - no IV, and I didn't get that feeling this time. Just went to sleep really fast. I think it was the medicine going straight into my bloodstream a little too fast that gave me the bad side effects."

• Ado...
• October 12, 2016

Metoclopramide for Migraine "I just wanted to say, as someone who suffered immensely because of this drug, the reviews here regarding other people's experiences have been a great comfort to me as I now know I am not alone, nor am I crazy for having felt it. The sheer, true panic this drug caused me is completely indescribable. Before taking Reglan, I had no problem with doctors, hospitals, or even needles. I went to the hospital a couple of months ago for a very severe migraine, and they gave me Reglan for nausea. Within moments of having taken it, I experienced the most insane panic attack of my life. I don't even know if you can describe it as simply a 'panic attack' because it was so much more and so much worse than that. I nearly ripped the IV out of my arm."

• Anp...
• March 1, 2016

Metoclopramide for Migraine "I have severe migraines. I would say on a monthly basis, and usually they give me morphine through the IV in the ER room. But one time, the doctor decided to give me this Reglan, which changed my life into the worst! I do not know how this medicine can treat something! I felt a burning sensation first in my stomach, and then I started to think that I'm going to die because I wanted to pull out the IV, and I was restless, shaking, panicking, anxious, and I wanted to pull out the IV line. The nurses looked at me like I was possessed by a demon! After one year, I still feel anxious and weird. I know this med changed my life into the worst!"

• Vic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 21, 2019

Metoclopramide for Nausea/Vomiting "I was given Reglan for a severe migraine episode and was never so scared in my life. I immediately began to almost hallucinate, and I couldn’t move, nor could I speak to explain what was going on. I had to have a CT scan, and they had to literally move me as my whole body felt numb. I finally was able to let them know what was happening, and they gave me a shot of Benadryl. This drug is a menace and should be taken off the market. I thought I was dying. It was a frightening, horrible experience. I made sure to put that in my allergies in my medical file, and I will NEVER again use that ever again. I still tremble when I think of that experience. I was actually traumatized by this."

• Gga...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 27, 2020

Metoclopramide for Gastroparesis "This stuff saved my life! I was unable to keep food down for months due to messing my body up from an eating disorder, and this turned me right around. I am so thrilled I found this medication. I'm not sure I could've recovered without it."

• Ric...
• February 9, 2013

For Gastroparesis "I have MS and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and gastroparesis, and have been taking metoclopramide 5 mg, 2 a day for a year. Then they raised it to 5 mg, 4 times a day. Soon after, they went up to 10 mg, 4 times a day. When I went to the 4 a day, I started having problems. It started with a low-grade fever and major confusion, and then came the breathing troubles, plus some anxiety that got pretty bad. I could not catch my breath, mainly at night. It got so bad I was even starting to panic. It may have caused other side effects, but with MS, they were hard to tell. I just stopped taking them, and after the second night, my breathing was a little better. I am hoping that goes away."

• Nik...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 31, 2016

Metoclopramide for Lactation Augmentation "The purpose of my writing this review is to warn nursing mothers against using this drug. The drug worked - it increased my milk supply - but at a very high cost. Prior to taking Reglan, I had never had issues with depression or insomnia and very little issues with anxiety. Throughout the latter part of my taking this drug, anxiety increased steadily. Then I stopped sleeping. I became extremely anxious and severely depressed. After over two weeks going on a total of no more than 15 hours of sleep, I was admitted to the hospital. While in the hospital, I stopped taking Reglan. After five days off the drug, I was fine. Please do not take this drug. The other reviews are accurate as well. It is not worth it."

• TRC...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 15, 2019

Metoclopramide for Nausea/Vomiting "I was admitted to the hospital for severe dehydration and vomiting during the first trimester of my pregnancy. Not long after having Reglan administered, I began flipping out and struggling with severe anxiety. I was on the phone with my mother, screaming and kicking as if something or someone were attacking me or coming after me. It almost felt uncontrollable. I remember the feeling of the outburst kind of building up, then suddenly I was just completely terrified and having this episode. The nurses came running back in, and a doctor was called to decide what to do. They put something else in my IV, and I remember someone being told to give me extra fluids to flush it out. I felt better within a few minutes, but I was still a bit apprehensive and kept asking the nurses to let me go for a walk."

• Dav...
• December 21, 2015

Metoclopramide for Migraine "Horrible side effects. I was suddenly filled with aggression and rage after taking it. I was so irritated that I had to tell the doctor to give me something to calm me down before I ripped out my IV. Not something you want to deal with during a migraine."

• Gar...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 21, 2025

Metoclopramide for Gastroparesis "After many tests, I was diagnosed with gastroparesis brought on by diabetes. I started taking Reglan, and over a short period of time, my symptoms slowly started to disappear. I was taking it before every meal. Over time, I’ve settled into a routine of one with my morning meds and one with my night meds. Most of the time, I feel like I don’t have gastroparesis, until I really overdo it (eating), and my body reminds me I still have it. I’ve been taking Reglan for about 7 years now, at least two pills a day and, once in a rare while, more than two a day. I’ve worried about the facial muscle tics, but I’ve never shown any signs of it. Another thing, and I’m not sure if it is related, but I cannot gain weight. I’m a little heavy at 6’ 2” and 265 pounds. But I’ve been that weight for years, even though I eat enough food for at least two people daily. I DO NOT GAIN WEIGHT. I can eat an abnormally large amount of food, and an hour later, I'm ready to dig in again."

• Pre...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 12, 2015

Metoclopramide for Migraine "I'm so glad I read these postings. I was admitted to the ER after a five-day migraine. I was given this medicine through an IV. It took about 45 hours to feel relief. It took my pain level from a 10 to a 4. However, the first 20 minutes I felt very restless suddenly, and I wanted to be out of the hospital. I was uncomfortable, and I wanted to rip the IV out of my arm. I was paranoid waiting for my boyfriend to come back from the restroom. I couldn't explain the feeling, but after reading the other posts, I see it was a similar experience and side effect to the other posters."

• Jad...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 9, 2021

Metoclopramide for Nausea/Vomiting "I was recently in the ER for vomiting and dehydration after a tonsillectomy. I had a bad reaction to the opioid I was given, and the Zofran I was on wasn't doing anything. My doctor decided to give me Reglan. This drug made the worst night of my life a touch more awful. Within minutes of it going in my IV, I had this overwhelming feeling that I needed to get out of the hospital. It was not logical - I was really sick. I just couldn't control my thoughts. I started screaming 'I have to get out of here! Let me out! Get me out of here' over and over like a maniac. Then the hot flashes came. I was shaking like a leaf and feeling like I was crawling in my skin. I started stripping my clothes off. If I could have taken my skin off too, I would've. By far the strangest reaction I've ever had to a drug. This stuff is awful. Luckily, the nurses came running in with Benadryl. That calmed me down pretty quickly. I've never had anything like this happen to me before. It was mortifying and horrific."