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Posted by bart on March 14, 2006, at 15:17:44
anyone familiar with Soma and whether or not it's a good treatment for muscle pain and/or fatigue associated with taking Phentermine?
Is it good for anxiety?
Posted by bart on March 16, 2006, at 14:17:48
man, I can't believe I didn't get any responses about the post I made a few days ago on Soma. Maybe I just use it's other name: carisoprodol.
come on peeps, feed me sumthin'!!!!! Everytime I post I hardly every get any responses. It's really important for me and some others on this forum to get some feedback
Posted by bassman on March 16, 2006, at 14:28:31
In reply to Soma effects?, posted by bart on March 14, 2006, at 15:17:44
I used it for back pain and renamed it "coma"-I don't think it did any good, but then, I was asleep.
Posted by Squiggles on March 16, 2006, at 14:39:11
In reply to Oh Come on! somebody knows Soma!!, posted by bart on March 16, 2006, at 14:17:48
> man, I can't believe I didn't get any responses about the post I made a few days ago on Soma. Maybe I just use it's other name: carisoprodol.
>
> come on peeps, feed me sumthin'!!!!! Everytime I post I hardly every get any responses. It's really important for me and some others on this forum to get some feedback
I've only heard of it in Huxley's work.
And i'm feeling too crumby to look it up.
But it is a name that should have been
reserved for the perfect AD drug.Squiggles
Posted by gardenergirl on March 16, 2006, at 16:01:33
In reply to Soma » bart, posted by Squiggles on March 16, 2006, at 14:39:11
Sorry, I know nothing about it.
gg
Posted by Tom Twilight on March 16, 2006, at 16:51:09
In reply to Re: Soma, posted by gardenergirl on March 16, 2006, at 16:01:33
In the words of Millhouse "Sorry Bart"
Don't know why I didn't respond to your question the first time.
Anyways a lot of people seem to like Soma
Personally it feels like a kind of Dirty Downer to me.
Good for sleep, but makes me feel a bit depressed.The only reason I take it is that its so hard to get Benzo's in the UK
Posted by Squiggles on March 16, 2006, at 17:02:40
In reply to Re: Soma, posted by Tom Twilight on March 16, 2006, at 16:51:09
Is Soma a benzo? Benzos are addictive
but the problem with them is mostly
withdrawal and tolerance build-up.
They may be misused, but I don't know
of any substitute for taking someone down
from anxiety, except alcohol and perhaps
any other sedatives.I think there are extreme views on them
and that is more a political matter than
a medical one.Personally, I would say the *withdrawal* causes
more suffering than the addiction if
the dose is not raised. But if it raised
indefinitely, death may occur.The question i would ask if i were a medical
person, would be "why does this person have
perpetual anxiety?" and what is the best
way to treat it. Because benzos for the occasional anxiety (with the exception of K)
are a very good thing. But perpetual anxiety
is another medical problem possibly not related
to psychiatry but endocrinology (affecting the
brain of course).Squiggles
Posted by rjlockhart on March 16, 2006, at 18:32:51
In reply to Re: Soma, posted by Squiggles on March 16, 2006, at 17:02:40
Im sorry you made me laugh. Hahaha
Yes bart, soma, somo, sumu, what ever you want to call it ROFL is a muscle relaxer that eventually is metabolized into Meprobamate an old tranquilzer back in the 50's (Miltown) and you get an antianxiety effect from it in a couple hours. Wierd.
Thats all i know about it.
Matt
Posted by Squiggles on March 16, 2006, at 19:21:52
In reply to Re: ROFL -- Tom Twilight, posted by rjlockhart on March 16, 2006, at 18:32:51
> Im sorry you made me laugh. Hahaha
>
> Yes bart, soma, somo, sumu, what ever you want to call it ROFL is a muscle relaxer that eventually is metabolized into Meprobamate an old tranquilzer back in the 50's (Miltown) and you get an antianxiety effect from it in a couple hours. Wierd.
>
> Thats all i know about it.
>
> Matt
I know that Charles Medwar has some really
nasty things to say about it in his book
"Power and Dependence" - dirty indeed;Squiggles
Posted by Phillipa on March 16, 2006, at 21:20:43
In reply to Re: ROFL -- Tom Twilight, posted by rjlockhart on March 16, 2006, at 18:32:51
Matt I think you're right about Soma will google it now. Fondly Mom 2
Posted by rjlockhart on March 16, 2006, at 22:17:45
In reply to Re: ROFL -- Tom Twilight » rjlockhart, posted by Phillipa on March 16, 2006, at 21:20:43
good. look under its generic form. You'll find artlicles that it turns into meprobamate.
Cool?
Matt
Posted by James K on March 16, 2006, at 23:17:17
In reply to Soma effects?, posted by bart on March 14, 2006, at 15:17:44
> anyone familiar with Soma and whether or not it's a good treatment for muscle pain and/or fatigue associated with taking Phentermine?
> Is it good for anxiety?---It's way to strong to be a daily type drug. I think from my experience with it, it is best used just for a specific muscle injury for a limited time period.
Lots of professional athletes have become addicted or died from escalating dosage. As for anxiety, it is as good, and probably as harmful, as several beers.
James K
Posted by yxibow on March 17, 2006, at 16:48:42
In reply to Re: ROFL -- Tom Twilight » rjlockhart, posted by Phillipa on March 16, 2006, at 21:20:43
Soma, Carisoprodol, is a muscle relaxant that in the body metabolizes to meprobamate, Miltown, an old line anxiety agent. Miltown is distantly structurally or related to barbiturates although it is not one directly.
Its the only agent that ever corrected some of my really tough muscle tension but I can't use it because of my benzodiazepine load. So I use Robaxin, which happens to be a somewhat newer distant cousin of Soma.
Tidings
-- J
Posted by Cairo on March 17, 2006, at 19:35:10
In reply to Soma - Carisoprodol » Phillipa, posted by yxibow on March 17, 2006, at 16:48:42
Soma and Robaxin never did anything for me as muscle relaxants as I could not tolerate side effects so I could never take much of a daytime dose. No antianxiety effects noticed with them.
So far Lyrica is helping with my very difficult to treat tight muscles and has a nice, antianxiety effect. I've got to watch the dose, however, due to unsteadiness which has me wobbling all over the place. Had to lower it to 75mg during the day, 150mg at night. Good sleep adjunct with Klonopin.
Cairo
Posted by Jakeman on March 17, 2006, at 20:32:10
In reply to Oh Come on! somebody knows Soma!!, posted by bart on March 16, 2006, at 14:17:48
Bart, I took it for a while to help with back pain. I think it's similar to flexeril (sp?)
I found that it helped somewhat, but it was a pretty weak drug and not a true muscle relaxant.warm regards Jake
Posted by yxibow on March 18, 2006, at 2:04:21
In reply to Re: Oh Come on! somebody knows Soma!!, posted by Jakeman on March 17, 2006, at 20:32:10
> Bart, I took it for a while to help with back pain. I think it's similar to flexeril (sp?)
> I found that it helped somewhat, but it was a pretty weak drug and not a true muscle relaxant.
>
> warm regards JakeIts only similar in category.. Flexeril is a yucky side-effect filled medicine related to tricyclic antidepressants, at least in my trials. But as they say your miles may vary. Soma itself can be very powerful especially at high doses considering its metabolite. If only I could have it instead of its actual related cousin Robaxin... but I digress again. There are about 4 or 5 muscle relaxing drugs, almost none of them are particularly related except the two I mentioned above, as far as I know.
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