Succinylcholine and Cramps: What Users Say

• pam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 3, 2017

For Anesthesia "I had a supposedly simple female procedure done in 2007 that was supposed to leave me with a little cramping for two days. The next morning, I was in so much pain all over my body. I called the gynecologist, who didn't understand why I would be in so much pain and basically left me to just handle it. I called the hospital to talk to an anesthesiologist; he got my chart, listened, and then put me on hold to look into it more. When he came back, he asked, 'Does it feel like you have been hit with a baseball bat all over your body?' YES!!! He told me it was a side effect of the medication succinylcholine. Six months later, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia! I don't know if it caused the fibromyalgia, but now I feel like I did for that week all the time."

• Fee...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 20, 2020

For Anesthesia "As with many others here, I had a similar experience. This was part of my anesthesia for a septoplasty that I ended up not getting. My jaw was clenched, so they couldn’t intubate me. I know this is a muscle 'relaxant,' but it did the opposite for me. I almost suspect that the med may have contributed to my jaw doing that, that’s just my suspicion, though, because the second I was awoken, I had bilateral wicked charley horse-type cramping in both my calves. I could barely walk out of the hospital, and the next two days were a living nightmare. I could barely move on my own or even sleep. Sneezing, don’t even ask. Literally felt like my abs were ripping open. I’m on day 4 now, and my muscles are still very sore. This cramping pain literally moved up my body through the muscle groups. Awful, awful stuff!"

• Myr...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 30, 2021

For Anesthesia "In May of 2020, I had emergency surgery to remove my right ovary due to ovarian torsion that was cutting off the blood supply. No one was able to explain why afterwards I felt WAY WORSE than after my c-sections, for like a week. Like I got hit by a truck! Fast forward, I had to have an endoscopy with a biopsy on Thursday. Starting Thursday evening, my muscles started to cramp and I'm feeling the same pain as I was from surgery! I called my doctor, and they had no answer to why I was in so much pain! So, I researched and discovered sux was the culprit. Verified it was used during my last 2 procedures. Never again! It's going in my allergies list!"