I have been taking Soma for over 7 years now. I have never felt a craving or had any withdrawal. I think this whole thread misses the beginning question!! WHY??? No one quotes a precedent or study. Since this is my first exposure to this website, I had higher hopes that there would be some sort of LOGICAL answer to this query.
I have severe spine damage (in a wheelchair) and Fibromyalgia. Soma is a godsend, It reduces my pain, helps me get true undisturbed sleep and in turn encourages me to participate in social events that I would otherwise not have the stamina for. I have absolutely NO side-effects. However, I have been told repeatedly by young DR.'s that this is not a good medicine. But no one can say why, except that it is addictive. I have never known anyone addicted to Soma and I can take it or not and have no addiction symptoms. QUERY… IS THERE ANY STUDIES TO BACK UP THESE NEGATIVE CLAIMS???
Yes. Start here, click the links, and come back with any questions when you can use your inside voice.
Using caps does not infer ‘shouting’ it is used for emphasis.
To the facts:
I read the Wikipedia article and some of the supporting documents. Wikipedia unfortunately is not fact. The quoted article is NOT an actual study of humans it is an inference from statistics based on prescriptions written and filled. This tells me little about the actual pros and cons of this treatment. For example there is no study showing damage to internal organs. One thing mentioned is a unsupported reference to driving and ER visits. But if it was compared to the ingestion of butter the same could be said. My query is a clear direction to actual clinical studies. If you know of any I would be happy to read them.
Thanks for your response.
Federal report on classifying Carisprodol as a schedule IV drug This took place 11 months ago.
Lots of juicy evidence and scientific links referenced there.
It’s not real safe and it’s not real effective.
My second wife was addicted to soma and codeine. The combination gives a heroin like effect. She was also diagnosed with idiopathic siezures. She eventually died from an overdose. Treatment centers will tell you the soma patients are the worst ones.
People who say this generally have no idea how to use Wikipedia. Follow the links, check up on the references, and use it the way it was intended: The start of an investigation, just like every other encyclopedia.
This is amazing to me. I had no idea. I have used Soma on occasion for back pain and found it to be pretty effective; I prefer it to Flexeril because I find Flexeril makes me really woozy, even after sleeping it off.
Maybe I’m a bad test case though, as I’ve used strong opiates for the pain as well and never had any trouble stopping cold turkey. Not that I think I’m invincible, but I think I’m fortunate in that regard.
I have taken Soma 4-5 times for very bad back spasms, with absolutely no effect. No wooziness, no pain relief, no relaxation whatsoever. This is over a 2 year time span.
Is it possible that an entire class of drugs simply does not affect me, or is it limited to Soma?
Aldois Hukley. Brave New World.
Close. Aldous Huxley.
Altoids Huckleberry?
I know a guy, Larry Soma, who is into anesthesiology.
Meh. I’ve used it quite a bit for back spasms. It work way better for me than Flexeril and have never experienced withdrawal symptoms even when stopping cold turkey.
As for WHY it is addictive at least for some, isn’t it a GABA agonist? So the physical addiction would be similar to alcohol and benzos, the brain compensates and when the drug is removed there is an excess of dopamine and norepinephrine which can cause seizures in the most extreme case.
Or am I off track here?
Rho JM, Donevan SD, Rogawski MA. Barbiturate like actions of the propanediol dicarbamates felbamate and meprobamate. J Pharm Exp Ther 1997;280(3):1383–91.
Most people that I have known to be addcicted to soma used it with another drug, xanax and soma, codiene and soma, are both popular combinations. Problem with soma is that it tends to make people fall down a lot if they attempt to walk.
the people who have bad withdrawal off of soma are the people who mix it with benzos like xanax, valium, klonopins, or oxycodone, codeine, etc.,
soma just taken by itself causes very mild withdrawals if any.
it certainly isn’t like withdrawing from benzos which can KILL you, or withdrawing from opiates like oxycodone that make you extremely physically sick and have post acute withdrawal syndrome.
i’ve withdrawn off opiates and benzos and opiate withdrawal makes you feel like shit. benzo withdrawal is even nastier. it can kill you and make you feel like you have completely lost your mind.
i’ve personally never had any withdrawal from soma, but i also don’t take oxycodone, benzos, or alcohol with it.
this is my personal experience. if you take soma, especially 2 or more a day, then leave all other drugs alone.
the people who get seizures, OD, or die from soma withdrawal were mixing the soma with opiates, benzos, or other drugs.
IMO soma is the safest drug with the easiest by far withdrawals over opiate based pain killers or benzos.
Do you have a reputable source for that information? I’ve always been taught that withdrawal from benzodiazapines may make you *wish *you were dead, but it very very rarely kills you. This abstract points out that, if the cause of death in this case is in fact benzo withdrawal (as is uncertain, but possible), then it would be only the *second *case of death due to benzodiazapine withdrawal in the English language medical literature.
Barbiturates, on the other hand, can kill you if you take just a little too much, and if you’ve taken them for more than a month, can kill you when you stop taking them. They’re exceedingly dangerous, which is why why benzodiazapenes were invented, they largely replaced barbiturates in medicine. And if you’d like my source for that information, it’s here: http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/barbiturate-abuse
Never heard of the word “muzzy.” Sounds like “muddled” plus “fuzzy,” which is good.
Yours? Geographic?