Reviewer: MamaSim, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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PEOPLE! PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS DRUG BEFORE YOU INGEST IT. WE ARE ON OPIATE MEDICATIONS, WHICH ARE AGONISTS. WHEN YOU TAKE ANYTHING THAT IS A ANTAGONIST, IT WILL IMMEDIATELY THROW YOU INTO PRECIPITATED WITHDRAWALS WHICH ARE EVEN 10X WORSE THAN NORMAL WITHDRAWAL. WHY IN THE HELL WOULD THEY MAKE THIS? PLEASE, DON'T TAKE THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIE. THIS IS SOME CRUEL JOKE OF A MED. ... Show Full Comment

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PEOPLE! PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS DRUG BEFORE YOU INGEST IT. WE ARE ON OPIATE MEDICATIONS, WHICH ARE AGONISTS. WHEN YOU TAKE ANYTHING THAT IS A ANTAGONIST, IT WILL IMMEDIATELY THROW YOU INTO PRECIPITATED WITHDRAWALS WHICH ARE EVEN 10X WORSE THAN NORMAL WITHDRAWAL. WHY IN THE HELL WOULD THEY MAKE THIS? PLEASE, DON'T TAKE THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIE. THIS IS SOME CRUEL JOKE OF A MED. THERE ARE OTHER NEW MEDS OUT THERE FOR THIS CONDITION THAT ARE NOT ANTAGONIST DRUGS.
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Reviewer: CLPetty35, 35-44 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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My first dose worked in 5 minutes but I didn't stop going or vomiting for 3 days. Couldn't eat or drink. Sweats and chills..feeling like I had the flu coming on . my back hurting like heck. Felt like I had no meds in my system. The worst stomach cramping ever and I have U.C. also. Who would make something that makes you feel like crap not able to move for days? I'd rather go back to fu ... Show Full Comment

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My first dose worked in 5 minutes but I didn't stop going or vomiting for 3 days. Couldn't eat or drink. Sweats and chills..feeling like I had the flu coming on . my back hurting like heck. Felt like I had no meds in my system. The worst stomach cramping ever and I have U.C. also. Who would make something that makes you feel like crap not able to move for days? I'd rather go back to full myralax clean outs..I have wear depends at this time I'm 35.. Either its a depend or feces and vomit on the floor.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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TO THE 4/12/16 COMMENT PERSON: THANK YOU!!! I do have the name of the person who wrote the long comment about this med, he/she wrote it on 4/12/16. After reading his/her comments & reactions, I would like to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for being sensitive enough to let us all know. THAAANK YOU! When we suffer with Chronic Severe Pain, we do not need to suffer further!!! I usually take TARGIN f ... Show Full Comment

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TO THE 4/12/16 COMMENT PERSON: THANK YOU!!! I do have the name of the person who wrote the long comment about this med, he/she wrote it on 4/12/16. After reading his/her comments & reactions, I would like to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for being sensitive enough to let us all know. THAAANK YOU! When we suffer with Chronic Severe Pain, we do not need to suffer further!!! I usually take TARGIN for constipation and that is only when completely constipated to the point when it feels really uncomfortable. Otherwise, it is just part of my life with pain. I find that if I eat the necessary nutrition that does help and/or prevents constipation, it is enough. Don't get me wrong, my pain meds dosage is the kind that has never being seeing before, therefore, the constipation used to be like giving birth each day, that's it, that's how painful constipation would get. So if there's one person who knows, it is ME, totally ME! It is "hard" and extremely "slow". Although, I do have 4 sample boxes of this med, I am so so so grateful for this person to warm me about the effects it had on him/her. I realize how embarrassing it is talking about this kind of stuff; however, it is extremely considerate of him/her regardless!! When people are stuck living with pain, it is not just the pain, it is the appointments, dosage of meds, doctor’s and pharmacy long-lasting relationships, side-effects of the meds;constip.dehydration,loosing all teeth,etc that usually takes a good 3-5 years to stabilize,other' judgmental attitude,incl.family, etc.. Obviously, this person knew enough about pain to warn everyone else like him/her to not suffer through this insanity! So, again, THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH! I will definitely not even try this and stick with "Targin" or better, food with high fiber. Soft ice scream, white cheddar popcorn with dark chocolate together also works really really well for severe constipation! ;-)) Sylvie
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Reviewer: DREAMFOXX, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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ON 4/12/16, I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY GOING TO DIE. I HAD TAKEN MY 1ST DOSE OF MOVANTIK 25MG. I HAD BEEN HESITANT ABOUT TAKING THIS MED FOR AN ENTIRE 10 DAYS. I TOOK OUT 1 PILL AND IT SAT ON MY NIGHTSTAND IN A PILL CUP, AND I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT IT. THEN FINALLY, NOT HEEDING TO MY INTUITIONS... I TOOK IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS HOLDING ON TO THE TOILET AND CALLING ON JESUS AND HIS ANGELS, MY MOMA, ... Show Full Comment

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ON 4/12/16, I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY GOING TO DIE. I HAD TAKEN MY 1ST DOSE OF MOVANTIK 25MG. I HAD BEEN HESITANT ABOUT TAKING THIS MED FOR AN ENTIRE 10 DAYS. I TOOK OUT 1 PILL AND IT SAT ON MY NIGHTSTAND IN A PILL CUP, AND I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT IT. THEN FINALLY, NOT HEEDING TO MY INTUITIONS... I TOOK IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS HOLDING ON TO THE TOILET AND CALLING ON JESUS AND HIS ANGELS, MY MOMA, AND DADDY (WHO ARE IN HEAVEN),TO COME AND SAVE ME FROM AN EXPERIENCE THAT ONLY SATAN WOULD APPROVE OF. VOMTING, DIAH, SWEATS, CHILLS, YAWNING, WEAKNESS...THIS WAS THE START OF WITHDRAWAL SYSTEMS, THAT WOULD GET WORSE AS TIME WENT BY. I WAS ON THE TOILET BUT COULD BARELY SIT UP FOR THE PAIN FROM HELL. I ASKED MY FAMILY TO CALL AN AMBULANCE BUT THEY TOLD ME I DID NOT NEED ONE. I AM 61 YRS OLD, AND ON PAIN MEDS FOR A REASON. BUT THEY CONVINCED ME IT WOULD GET BETTER. I COULD NOT SEE IT AT THE TIME, BUT I WAS A REAL SOLDIER AND SUFFERED THRU IT. I WAS SCREAMING FROM THE PAIN. I PASSED OUT AND SLEPT 5 HOURS STRAIGHT. MY DAUGHTER DREW ME A BATH SEVERAL TIMES. THE WATER KEPT GETTING COLD B'CAUSE I WAS TO WEAK TO GET UP AND GET IN IT. ANYWAY, AFTER 24HRS OF HELL, I TOOK MY REG DOSE OF PAIN MEDS. THEY DID NOT WANT ME TO. BUT I DID. HAD IT BEEN THEM IN PAIN LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. I NEEDED RELIEF, AND I GOT SOME. THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMED TO HELP, BECAUSE THAT ONE PILL HAD DREW ALL THE PAIN MEDS OUT MY GUT. SO,THAT ENTIRE EPISODE LASTED 24HRS. IT IS NOW 4/19., 4 DAYS LATER. MY STOMACH IS STILL SORE AS HELL, AND MY LOWER BACK FEELS WORSE THAN EVER. PLEASE, DO NOT TAKE THIS MED. I AM STICKING WITH MOM, SMOOTH MOVE, AND BISACODYL. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT A CANCER PT. WOULD GO THRU IF THEY TOOK MOVANTIK? THEY ARE ON 10X WHAT I TAKE. THEY ARE ALREADY IN SERIOUS PAIN..THEN TO BE CONSTIPATED AND GIVEN THIS MEDICATION! ANYWAY, STICK WITH ORGANIC OR REGULAR LAXATIVES. HELL, THEY SHOULD PAY ME FOR PAIN & SUFFERING!
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I'm a PM patient suffering from several spinal injuries, I received from two auto accident that left me disabled. I'm currently taking two strong narcotics,sleeping pills and migraine medicine for the rest of my life. Because of these medicines, I too suffer with severe OIC so my PM doctor prescribed Movantik 25mg! The next morning I took 1 pill on a empty stomach as told, within 30mins t ... Show Full Comment

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I'm a PM patient suffering from several spinal injuries, I received from two auto accident that left me disabled. I'm currently taking two strong narcotics,sleeping pills and migraine medicine for the rest of my life. Because of these medicines, I too suffer with severe OIC so my PM doctor prescribed Movantik 25mg! The next morning I took 1 pill on a empty stomach as told, within 30mins to 1hr the cramps started with a light bm. As the time passed the crampings became more and more severe and it was joined with hot/cold chills and nausea! Still a small bm... As I made it to the toilet for the fourth time, all hell broke loose!! I was in so much pain it was radiating everywhere...that's when my nausea turned into me vomiting (which after four times it became dry heaves,because my stomach was empty) I'm still sitting on the toilet naked at this point because of the hot/cold chills which are causing me to shake uncontrollably! My heart is racing and I have a big bm... then everything goes black!! Next thing I remember, I'm on my knees with my head in the tub! I try to get up but I couldn't... I passed out again this time in my vomit on my bathroom floor! Come to find out later... My dog heard when I hit the floor after passing out and started barking, running back and forth alerting my sleeping daughter that something was wrong! Long story short, she found me unconscious and called 911 for help! I felt and thought I was going to die! Turns out I had an severe allergic reaction to the movantik. Yessssss, it emptied my bowels but it caused me so much more! I re-injured my neck and shoulders worse and I'm still having cramps in my stomach... All from taking one pill that is still in my system and has to make its way out completely before the side effects stop!! I pray no one else has to experience the pain and suffering I had to endure from this medication.
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