SOMA Reviews (CARISOPRODOL)Average Rating: 3.6 (263 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SOMA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SOMA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Cervical Sponylosis, Lumbar sponyl | shakes, sleep, somewhat euphoric,hunger. If opiates were taken simultaneously respectively and RESPECTFULLY, the shaking subsides at least for me.. | I didn't like Soma at first but they are the only effective muscle relaxer. When I had my Total Knee Replacement Surgery, they had cut me off of Soma.. I was having pain not only in my knee, but just as much in my back. Had to take Norfllex because it was the only MSR effective but was trash.Tried them all. Valium would have worked better. Handled Soma much better. Hope I don't have to do knee surgery again unless Soma is available or I'll wear a leg brace. My back pain was as bad as replacement knee. 10 months of both agony. | M | 62 | 30 years 350 3X day | 9/20/2018 | 5 | Broken back-25 years ago | None | Soma is the only med. that I have found that helps me & believe me, I have taken just about every prescription med. out there. After 5 back surgeries, Soma is the only thing that helps | M | 55 | 25 years 350mg. 8X day | 4/1/2012 | 5 | spinal stenosis,muscle cramps | sleepy when taken on an empty stomach | This is the only muscle relaxer that works. I now vary from one to two pills a day taken in the early evening and at night. The first pill is the most effective. There is no addiction since I have quit for long periods when not in pain with no side effects. | M | 66 | 20 years 350MG 3X day | 5/4/2013 | 5 | Occassional spasms in neck and back | After about 20 minutes I get almost a drunken affect which lasts about 5 to 10 minutes then I just feel relaxed with no spasms or aching. These can be very addicting but if you just use them every now and then they stay effective and safer. Don't mix with alcohol. | If I have such back problems that I have to take them for a day or two, I feel extra jittery and icky the next day so I try not to take them unless I just have to. I go to my chiropractor as soon as possible then I am all better for months again. | F | 56 | 20 years | 3/26/2008 | 1 | chronic back pain | slurred speach, dizziness, uncoordination, short-term memory loss, soma coma | My husband of 10.5 yrs is addicted to soma.He acts like a drunk person when he takes them and then goes into a soma coma.He has no regard for his life, mine, or our childrens when taking soma.He lies about how much he takes and even hides the soma and says he is not taking it.If you've ever seen anyone on soma, drooling out the side of their mouth, can't speek, can't walk it's kinda hard to hide.He'll go off them for a few months so I'll think he's quit and then he gets them again and it starts all over.We will get a divorce if he starts taking them again, which he will because he can't resist them. Please do not let someone you love take this. | M | 32 | 19 years | 7/9/2006 | 5 | Cervical and Lumbar spinal disease | Light headed or sleepy if taking two at once. Not a "drunken" feeling as some have said. | Soma has saved me from multiple back surgeries. It relaxes the muscle spasms in my spine. I have taken it for 16 years with NO side effects. And, it is NOT addictive, although I probably don't have an addictive personality. Some days I take none, and others I take as many as 6 in a day for spasms. Again, I have never felt any need to take more, or any compulsion to abuse the drug. | M | 63 | 16 years 350mg 3X day | 9/6/2010 | 5 | Fibromyalgia,Lyme,shingles,EBV,CFS | relaxed & able to have free attention & energy to function without pain!! | The only drug that has ever relieved my muscle & nerve pain without mental confusion or inability to function!!! Plus, no side effects & no withdrawal symptoms . . . other than going back to the constant pain,muscles contractions, nerve pain, etc. that I had before ever taking Soma! | F | 71 | 16 years 4X day | 1/29/2016 | 5 | Muscle spasms/pain in back | This drug is a muscle relaxer so naturally it makes you sleepy. When pain is bad the sleep is welcome. When first taking it, do take it bedtime. | This is the best muscle relaxer I have ever taken and has the least side effects. I cannot believe the morons on this site who give it a negative rating because they have abused it & gotten ill. DON'T ABUSE IT AND GIVE IT A POOR RATING YOU JERKS. You are the kind of people who cause drugs to be taken off the market because you use them for fun and ruin it for the people who really need them for pain relief. | F | 56 | 15 years | 7/18/2009 | 5 | systemic lupus, fibromyalgia | Soma has worked great for me and I take it exactly as prescibed. I am in the process of weaning myself off of this as I am having too much dizziness and anxiety.This could be caused by the soma, I am not sure but I am trying to get off of it by tapering my dose from 3 a day to 2 then 1 then none.It also can cause blurred vision. | I think when people abuse drugs it affects everyone that is around you. This drug is great when taken as prescribed. BE RESPONSIBLE!!!!If the Dr. tells you how to take it then do it. If you abuse then you have to suffer the consequences. | F | 54 | 15 years 350 3X day | 2/14/2010 | 1 | muscle pain | clumsiness, memory problems | I take 2 every 3-4 hours, plus hydrocodone every 6 hours. It gets less and less effective the longer you take it. Warning: Eating fatty meats such as lamb or pork (esp. bacon) multiplies the effects of Soma. | F | 63 | 15 years | 3/5/2008 | 1 | Herniated discs, spondylolesthesis | Absolutely the worst effects trying to get off gradually. My back and legs are cramping and my mind is mush, can't remember anything. My doctor says they are hugely addictive. I always took as prescribed and felt fine, but has been hell coming off | Soma should only be given to to three weeks for treatment. The longer you have taken, the harder to get off. Wish someone had waned me. My doc thank Doc is tapering me off gradually, but I still feel wretched. Get off slowly as soon as you can. My nerves are on edge and I'm useless at home, walking dogs and keeping up house is impossible. So glad I'm retired and don't have children to care for. Please take heed from me, it is no party feeling like this. Stay away from Soma. You all are feeling so good because narcotics along with soma turn into meprobamates in your brain (similar to heroin). That is why you feel so great on them. My doc believes the FDA is cracking down on prescribing the drug and they can shut down soma manufacturing and none of you will have it to take. Again, get off ASAP, sooner the better, do it very slowly!!!! | F | 63 | 15 years 350 4X day | 11/8/2015 | 5 | TMJ | None! They work great! | I have been taking Soma for many years and they definitely help. Unlike other reviewers, I've had no addiction issues with Soma. I periodically stop taking it for periods of time and use an alternate muscle relaxer, then resume use later. Have never had to increase my dose of 1 tablet per night. | F | 60 | 14 years 30 | 1/7/2020 | 5 | back | none | F | 47 | 14 years | 3/16/2004 | 4 | chronic back pain | dizziness, drowsiness, slurred speech, impaired motor skills, you name it | CAN BE VERY VERY ADDICTING. PLEASE TAKE AS DESCRIBED. FIRST AN EXTRA ONE IS OK YOU TELL YOURSELF. THEN ITS 2 EXTRA..THEN 3 EXTRA AND SO ON. I COULD WRITE ON FOREVER ABOUT THIS BUT WONT. ******* ITS A GREAT MEDICATION AND WILL ALLEIVIATE YOUR PAIN, SPASMS AND STIFFNESS BUT YOU MUST TAKE IT AS DESCRIBED ******** | M | 40 | 14 years | 2/24/2007 | 5 | Motorcycle Accident 24 fractures | Tired in the morning | I have posted before about my motorcycle accident. Had 24 fractures and head injury. A year or so later the doc gave me Soma. That was the first good nights sleep I had since my accident. If only people wouldn't take it like skittles,, makes it hard on people that need it for real pain. Keep it down, it will still work, you just don't get that nice Soma hug. I was Rx'd 4 a day, never took more than 3. Over the last 6 months I have cut back to 350 an hour before dinner. Then I take a one at night. It still works after all these years. I bump it with melatonin supplement sometimes. I try not to a lot. It greatly enhances a night with less pain,,, gets you through the night. I only take Lortab (2) during the day. It seems like I wake up in a few hours if I take Lortab at night. Don't give in to that 3 or 4 or 40 at a time. Is that a road you want to go down? It's a Barbituate and very addicting, I know..You will have to pay the piper if you get cut off. So would I at 2 a day. Do yourself a favor and take it only when you need it because your hurting so bad. It will ease your suffering.
Funny thing about Soma is that it's a nerve blocker. It blocks the pain signal from getting to your brain. It still hurts but you don't know it. I have had a toothache. Been to the dentist twice. I notice when I take a Soma the toothache goes away. It comes back in a few hours but not as bad. It's a good drug. | M | 60 | 12 years 350 2X day | 12/6/2013 | 4 | fibromyalgia | drowsyness (desired effect) | Origionally started taking this for endometriosis and menstrual cramps when I couldn't afford health care (mexico no prescription-you do what you have to you know) Since then I've stopped and restarted taking it a number of times. Currently I have severe muscle pain and cramping from fibromyalgia and it helps me sleep at night and relieve pain and cramping enough that I don't wake up as much. Over time I've had to raise the dosage quite a lot, currently taking 700mg at bedtime and try not to as you do have to keep raising the dose if you take it all the time. | F | 33 | 12 years | 5/2/2004 | 5 | Right Lateral Thoracotomy w/ T6 Fus | Metallic taste in my mouth after 20-30min. NO BUZZING | What people rarely know about this medication is that a schedule II anxiety medication is a metabolite of Soma. If you were to have a blood pharmacology done, you would find that Meprabomate reveals itself at as much as 7 times the amount of the actual Soma. Also, if you have been taking it as long as I have, you may also find that your body isn't metabolizing it as it used to. I take this as prescribed and do not have a problem with it. But in researching it I find that many people abuse it. I guess you might say it's like what you hear about those who do hardcore drugs and get that overwhelming euphoria the first time. Then they continue looking for that same result but cannot find it again. So they do more and more and more. Eventually they wind up either jailed, or it's always their first priority to obtain and take. If you are prescribed this medication (and it better be for a darn good reason [pain, spasm] do exactly what the doctor says. Don't take it to look for some forget the world feeling, because the world will be right there on the other side. | M | 53 | 11 years 350mg 6X day | 12/21/2011 | 5 | Pain and Help Sleep | I think it has taken my desire to do things away. | Broke 24 bones in motorcycle accident, collapsed lung, closed head injury, fractured pelvis and scapula. I had never heard of Soma. My GP thought Flexeril was making me depressed and wanted me to try Soma. He was writing 4x a day with 11 refills for years. I never took 4 a day, at one point I was taking 3 a day. Have cut back to 1/2 of a pill early evening and one around 10-11 pm with no problem. This last 1-1/2 is going to be rough to get off. My back was broken and neck injuries make it so I have to sleep on my stomach. Soma takes pain away like nothing else I have tried. I take 2 Lortab during the day but it hardly touches the pain. I don't drive on Soma, don't feel it is safe because it does make you loopy on one pill. Now after 11 years I feel like I need to stop taking it. I didn't know that a good portion of it metabolizes into metrobromate, a barbituate that makes it hard to stop. I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard spot. I want to get off it but I keep taking it due to my dislike for pain and enjoying 8-9 hours of sleep. After I take the night one I stay up for hours because it is the first time of the day I am pain free. It is definitely a double edged sword. I don't know if it makes you sick to stop completely, I have never tried. The pain keeps me coming back every night, even though I am completely unmotivated. I feel like Soma is robbing me of a life. I am content to watch tv all day, every day. Maybe from the wreck, or my age but in my heart I know it' | M | 60 | 11 years 350 2X day | 3/17/2013 | 4 | Arachnoiditis | None | helps with muscle tightness | F | 42 | 11 years | 1/19/2005 | 5 | muscle spasms due to car accident | Only side effect that Soma caused was some drowisness if taken on empyt stomach,but after eating or drinking cup of coffee symptoms would decrease | F | 57 | 10 years 350 '^ | 5/13/2013 |
SOMA (CARISOPRODOL): Carisoprodol is used short-term to treat muscle pain and discomfort. It is usually used along with rest, physical therapy, and other treatments. It works by helping to relax the muscles. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)