Exalgo for Pain User Reviews

• Jen...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 16, 2013

"I just began taking this medication about a week ago. Last month I was switched from Percocet 10/325 mg to Dilaudid 2 mg as the Percocet seemed to not be working for me anymore. Either that or my pain had progressed and gotten worse. (I have a few herniated discs in my lower back.) I felt like the Dilaudid helped but was very short-lived. So, I asked my doctor about switching to something extended release. I never heard of this medication, but honestly in just a week and I am on the lowest dose of 8 mg - I feel like a different person. I can function again more than I have been able to in almost 7 months of living with this chronic pain. I feel like I am alive again! Very happy with this! (except yes it is expensive!)"

• Kan...
• April 27, 2012

"Was using Fentanyl patches, but they caused me excessive sweating, so got switched to this. Despite having had a gastric bypass, which should have rendered this ineffective for me, my doctor has me take it twice a day instead of once, and it's the best pain medicine I've ever had. It started working within an hour, and I love it. I've even been on Percocet, which I hated and didn't do anything at all for me, and Butrans, which made me suicidal, and a bunch of others. This one's the tops!"

• Anonymous
• January 14, 2012

"I've been under pain management since 2007 and was on 30 mg of morphine sulfate ER 3x per day supplemented with 15 mg of Percocet 4x a day. After a couple of years of this regime, I changed my pain management doctor, and he suggested going to Exalgo. I began taking 2 x 12 mg Exalgo every morning. It took about a week or 10 days to begin acting. Exalgo is better than the morphine, but the 60 pills I need each month, after my insurance pays, are really expensive."

• Ank...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 11, 2013

"Very good med! Not an instant result, but starts working effectively the second day of continued therapy! Surprised at the result, as I have been on Opana ER, Demerol, and everything else. Very expensive, though!"

• mom...
• February 10, 2011

"I was prescribed Exalgo by my physician about 3 weeks ago. I've been a long-term pain management patient, and we decided to make a change. I had been taking Avinza. I am not certain that the mgs are equal, but the Exalgo doesn't come close to helping as much as the Avinza. I take as directed, each medicine is to be taken before bedtime, and since I have switched to Exalgo, there have been many sleepless nights. Maybe the dosage is not enough. This will be discussed with my physician."

• lyn...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 22, 2013

"It took about 3 days for me to start feeling better, but this works for me. My only issue is that I can feel it wearing off about 2 hours before my next dose (I take it twice daily). I suppose that is what the IR's are for. But overall, it works."

• Anonymous
• April 21, 2011

"I have had pain issues for many years, and after many failed surgeries, I still have severe pain. I have been on Percocet, but a new doctor wanted me to try Exalgo, so I did. After fighting with my insurance company to help me cover some of the cost, I tried it and got no relief at all! Then I had a hard time getting the doctor to switch me back to Percocet."