Brisdelle and Headaches: What Users Say

• Tlc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 17, 2018

For Hot Flashes "I have been on this for 2 months. It has worked very well for my hot flashes and night sweats. I have noticed dry mouth and some headaches and some joint pain in my fingers, but that pain goes away during the day. It's worth it though, so I can sleep at night without being hot and cold all night and day long. I just drink more water."

• LLO...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 15, 2018

For Hot Flashes "My doctor prescribed this to help me with hot flashes and night sweats. After taking this for just three days, I was in bed with one of the worst headaches I've ever had. Seven hours, six ibuprofen, three aspirin, and three ice packs later, I still had it. On day four, I woke up feeling somewhat human, only to have it return with a vengeance within a few hours. By the end of the day, at a friend's home, I was on her bathroom floor and convinced I was dying. Not only was the headache almost unbearable, but I also had a stabbing pain in my left eye. My husband managed to get me home, but not before I threw up in the car. I had chills and pain all night long. After investigating the side effects, we've decided this is not the medication for me. The hot flashes and night sweats are bad, but they're not nearly as horrible as the pain I've been in."

• Ree...
• April 25, 2018

For Hot Flashes "Brisdelle definitely helped and calmed down the night sweats, therefore, I gave a five rating. If I had to rate the side effects, it would be a zero due to the severity. I experienced all the symptoms mentioned in other comments, which include vertigo symptoms with the room spinning a couple of nights, fatigue, swooshing sound in head, sensitivity to light, headaches, etc. I have been off this medicine for three weeks and am still feeling fatigue, nauseous, light-headedness, head tremors/zaps, and, most of all, feeling weird. I believe I would rather deal with the hot flashes instead of going through all this drama. I gave it a try, and it's not for me."

• LMW...
• November 13, 2015

For Hot Flashes "It definitely works. Hot flashes stopped within days, and it calmed me so much. I slept so well at night, but then headaches, sinus congestion, chest congestion, almost feeling like having the flu, made me stop, and it took me weeks to get over the brain fog feeling."

• Lor...
• November 20, 2015

For Hot Flashes "Three weeks into taking Brisdelle, I stopped. After a week, I was experiencing horrific muscle pain in my legs, which kept me awake for three nights until I was prescribed a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The anti-inflammatory calmed the muscle pain down, but then I started experiencing horrific head pain and headaches; I've never had a headache in my life! I am off this drug for two days now and can't wait to feel like myself again. I'm still experiencing insomnia, headache, head pain, vertigo."

• Lor...
• November 20, 2015

For Hot Flashes "Three weeks into taking Brisdelle, I stopped. After a week, I was experiencing horrific muscle pain in my legs, which kept me awake for three nights until I was prescribed a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The anti-inflammatory calmed the muscle pain down, but then I started experiencing horrific head pain and headaches; I've never had a headache in my life! I am off this drug for two days now and can't wait to feel like myself again. I'm still experiencing insomnia, headache, head pain, vertigo."

• SAR...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 18, 2016

For Hot Flashes "Brisdelle - SUCKS - Why prescribe a medication to help you with the hot flashes, YET make you feel miserable (side effect) HEADACHES, nausea, trembling eye, Ewwwww. Really... I'd rather go through the hot flashes. BAD BAD medicine. Also, I was puking up."

• so ...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 24, 2016

For Postmenopausal Symptoms "I have been on Brisdelle for 3 years now. At first, it was the wonder drug, hot flashes gone, and I didn't want to kill anybody. But now I think it's not working as well. But I decided to look up the side effects recently and found out I have a lot of it: the blurred vision (fog), frequent bowel movements, headaches, and joint pain. Well, my doctor is taking me off of it."

• Bro...
• April 9, 2014

For Hot Flashes "I got awful leg cramps and headaches. Did not help with hot flashes either."

• TX ...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 1, 2022

For Hot Flashes "I took it for 3 days and couldn't get out and about due to dizziness and headache. I feel like a junkie coming off a bad fix. Money wasted!"