Why do patients use Zanaflex? iGuard.org is currently tracking more than 3,020 patients that use Zanaflex (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)). Use the table below to learn why iGuard users take this product; click on any underlined condition to get information on other medications used for treatment.
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I was prescribed one to two tablets at bed time, It helps me to alleviate my back and neck pain, due to my herniated disks, althought I have experienced some side effects that are not very pleasant like dizzines and resently I wake up with terrible headaches in the mornings.
50 year old female
50 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-21 00:09:14
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I have been taking this medicine for the last 9 months now for my fibromyalgia and muscle spasms along with hydrocodone. I split them up whereas I have to take them 3 times a day. The only problem that I have found with the tizanidine it that I have hallucinations at night and wake up my spouse to double check that it is a hallucination. My doctor prescribed another muscle relaxer for me to take at night and I found out that they do not mix -- the muscle relaxer causes me to itch from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. So I would rather have a hallucination than to itch, but the tizanidine works wonders so far....
43 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-19 16:55:19
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I have heard of more people having "itch" with the hydrocodone which I have found can be eleviated by taking something like benedryl with it. I take Zanaflex and have mildly lucid dreams and no itch but I sleep very well with them.
50 year old female
Posted: 2008-12-17 10:31:19
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I am a 54 year old woman, I have Multiple Sclerosis, I used to have a chair that would bring me up stairs to my bedroom, always had a wheel chair in my car trunk. After going on this med. for four days, I could walk, I could climb stairs it was like a miracle drug for me. Got rid of the stairs chair and the wheel chair. I used to have to do PT walking heel toe to try and make my foot bend, I would walk like my feet were made of wood, now my feet bend as I walk. I also take Diazapam 2mg, Baclofen 10mg, Tizanidine 4mg and Citalopram HBR 20mg, I take one each at bedtime, 2 of the Tizanidine, I sleep great and feel fine in the morning. I used to take all of this 4 times a day but that did make me tired at times so now I only take it at bedtime, have been taking them for many, many years.
54 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-10 05:17:48
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I am a 49 year old woman who has had three back surgeries and I take 4 mg of Zanaflex a night along with 75mg of Lyrica and I don't have any pain during the night. I have been on Zanaflex for about 8 years and I just recently was put on Lyrica. I have no problems with either drug. They help me sleep at night and I don't have the grogginess like I was expecting. They are great medicines.
47 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-21 18:45:19
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This works wonders for my muscles.. I have lupus-fibro0MS-and RA so have quite a few meds I take. After awhile on this med you will become accustom to it and can take it when ever you are prescribed without all the drowsiness. When I first started you could use a timer- 20 mins and fast asleep. Now no problem. I have to take two at bedtime and I still can stay wake. hang int here its worth it!
42 year old female
Posted: 2008-09-30 12:23:02
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