Muscle Relaxants

Muscle Relaxants are drugs that relieve muscle spasm. You have centrally-acting muscle relaxants like Benzodiazepines and Methocarbamol as well as smooth muscle relaxants like dicyclomine. There are several other skeletal muscle relaxants: Baclofen, Carisoprodol, Chlorzoxazone, Cyclobenzaprine, Dantrolene, Metaxalone, Orphenadrine, Pancuronium and Tizanidine. Discuss the pros, cons and side effects of various muscle relaxants.

methocarbamol on drug screening test

Just wondering if methocarbamol shows up on a drug screening test. Also, is it considered illegal if not prescribed to you? My son has a drug screening test this week and has pulled a muscle so I gave him some of mine and now I'm a little concerned about his drug test.

by Cat over a year ago

weight gain when taking Lyrica

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I took Lyrica for 4 months and during that time gained 40 pounds. For the 10 years before the Lyrica I had not gained a single pound. I found out I was getting up at night and eating which I had never done in my life (I'm 64). After I refused to take the medicine any more I...

by Dinah 46 over a year ago

Chronic pain similar to Costochondritis

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Hi, I had a work out injury 2 years ago during the butterfly weight training and the doctor identified it as Costochondritis and gave a Neproxin (anti-inflamatory) for 30 days. Since then this chest pain comes back after various activities like swimming or skiing and stays there for several months....

by jaaguar201094033 over a year ago

need information about baclofen

I have been taking baclofen for muscle spasms for 5 months and no longer need it .ihave been tapered off it before and was put back on it because i hurt my back and starting over with the tapered dose but recently my tolerance went up and having prooblems sleeping, shallow breathing,restless leg...

by Guest over a year ago

Cyclobenaprine Toxicity from Topical Pain Compounded Cream

My son died after using a compounded prescription cream containing, among other things, cyclobenaprine. The level in his blood was near lethal levels after having the cream for about 24 hours. There is no other source of cyclobenaprine (flexeril) that we can trace in his prescriptions. I wonder if...

by Guest over a year ago

Sizodon 3 mg side effects

I have been taking Sizodon 3 mg which was latr reduced to 2 and finally 1 mg. I just wanted to know what are the side effects of this drug. Is it ok for me to have it lifelong. I am also taking cilentra 10mg for my depression. Please let me know the side effects of this drug as well

by Guest over a year ago

long term use of soma

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I've been taking soma for at least 3 years, and yes, not as prescribed, my fault, and now I feel awful when I don't have it. I hate this feeling, and I do believe I have done damage to my body because of the long term use. Any suggestions for me?? Please...

by rayne over a year ago

schizoprenia with energy loss,is there a cure??

i was diagonised with schizoprenia some two years back and eversince i had been taking medication . i have grown quite well and doing fine except for energy loss[deep fatigue] which recurrs almost everyday .i dont know whether this is the negative symptom of the disease which characterised energy...

by tony over a year ago

Skelaxin with my morphine

I have been taking 50mg of morphine twice a day for a really messed up back. And I took a skelaxin I still had laying around and BAM....it made the morphine work so much better. I do not look for any highs when I do drugs, I just want the pain to go away. I told the Dr. what I had done and he was...

by Janet K Aitken210136 over a year ago

My Experience about massage tools

My husband is often terribly sore once he comes home from an extended day at work. He spends his days putting in H-VAC and it's grueling on his body. His shoulders and back area unit continuously symptom, therefore i take advantage of the Springer everywhere his back, pressing and kneading his sore...

by Abbiy329432 over a year ago