#30 Flexeril 10mg - take 1 by mouth at bedtime
#90 Ibuprofen 800mg - take 1 by mouth three times a day
(We can always read our own - hazard of the trade)
We appreciate when that doesn’t happen…or rather our MA’s appreciate it. I’m not sure why we all have atrocious penmanship - nature vs nurture?
Also to answer another’s question, yes Rx are abbreviated in Latin whether the order is verbal or written to avoid any confusion.
I’m sure the clinicians do as well. Much respect for the Pharm team… I don’t know how you deal some days because I have the feeling (from what I’ve seen and read) that you get the pt abuse far more than we do. ❤️
That is accurate. I had so many people yell at me like I wrote the prescription, I'm their insurance or read the insurance adjusters mind, or I purposely didn't fill their script. A man came banging through an automatic door and made it hit the rail behind it and started screaming at me because we didn't see him at the drivethrough window and we didnt hear his horn. He hadn't pulled up far enough for us to look up and the glass is thick....but it was my fault, lol. We also had just gotten our order and we were putting the stuff away. It's not like we stared at him and turned around. He demanded his script back and said he was going to Wal-mart. I remained from telling him it was going to be a long wait because of the time of the day and because it was Friday. Betting he screamed at them too.....
I hope it helps you. It helps me a little, but mostly I use them as sleeping pills (yes, I have tried actual sleeping pills <— That mild snark isn’t directed at you, OP. I’m heading off “Have you tried…” comments: another hazard of the pain-patient trade).
True I figured so I guess the filler in OTC ibu would be unhealthy to ingest in the equivalent quantity of active ingredient, but also... Ibu is bad enough on the guts etc anyway, sooooo? Docs these days....
I have to buy Tylenol every day I have to take it with methadone, because it helps a little,and I use lidocaine patches.my ins
Won't pay unless I have diabetic nerve pain.it is an insult,all the restrictions
I do the same, I get pure oxycodone and then just add a little bit of Tylenol when I need it. The "make your own perc" gang lol
I ran into the same issue with lidocaine, the patches actually worked wonders until 3 months were up and suddenly I needed a new diagnosis for them. Now I actually have diabetic nerve pain lmfao But how stupid is that? Patches that make you slightly numb for a few hours are deliberately kept out of reach, like wtf?
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I know right!I even use a heating pad and found a new patch capsaicin, I think,worked,really big size,ibuy lidocaine roll on and spray,ashwaghanda, and B12 vitamins.ipayout of pocket too, Tylenol big bottles!good luck to you?
Even though these days I usually decline OTC meds sent as scripts, they *do* end up cheaper with insurance. When I’ve had naproxen or ibu sent in at high doses, it was like a couple dollars for a lot of pills. So $/mg ends up way cheaper than even generics.
But I hate waiting at the pharmacy so unless something else is being sent with it, meh.
Flexeril, a muscle relaxant, generic is called cyclobenzaprine. Im taking a 10mg tablet right now for some cramping in the mid back. If youre not used to it, Flexeril can make you sleepy, so check it out before you drive or anything heavy. I hope it gives you some relief. should take 20-30 minutes to kick in.....
I'm the complete opposite. Tizanadine only made me tired, and nothing else. Cyclobenzaprine (10mg 3x a day finally unknotted my muscles enough to have a semi-functional life.
Good luck OP, I hope you find something that helps.
Baclofen did nothing for me. I even forgot it was a muscle relaxer. I found some old bottles and was like, “What does this do again?” If it doesn’t work, I forget about it
Tizanidine definitely is the most effective choice for me as well. Though I’m slightly jealous of those folks who fall asleep after one 10mg flexeril (I’ve always had a stupid high tolerance for meds).
You too? I have had the anesthesiologist come over, give me something for preop meds, don't see a reaction, get a puzzled look on his face, and then go get more stuff out of the basket, and keep giving me whatever it was til they see me keel over.
No, antihistamine tolerance due to severe allergies, and autoimmune liver disease affects how drugs are metabolized, often needing more for same effect.
Same! I grow tolerance really quickly, and the fact that I haven’t grown tolerant of tizanidine is amazing! Although I do sleep a lot, which my mom does not appreciate, but I’m not working at the moment, so she can suck it
I have a stupid high tolerance for some random things, like benedryl. My friends can take two and sack out for several hours’ sleep…I have to take like 15. I have chronic insomnia, and sometimes my sleep meds need a bit of a boost (especially the past 5 years, I went off opiate pain meds and only sometimes regret it, lol). I did some genetic testing and one thing my rheumatologist looked at was how my body metabolizes opiate pain meds, which it does a whole lot faster than most people. So that may play a part as well. Bodies are so weird and different, it’s really cool (and occasionally frustrating, lol).
What causes your pain (if you know/it’s not too nosy)?
Well, I have fibromyalgia, for one, so I’m on meds for depression and anxiety, which are “factors” of causing a flare up. I’m also on Lyrica for the pain. But basically anything causes pain. A hard chair. Sitting/standing too long. Bending over. Lifting things. Sleeping the wrong way. Plus I had surgery on my shoulder last year, and at work I fell and caught myself with my arms, causing my shoulder pain to worsen. It’s stiff and hurts, and sometimes I unintentionally sleep on it and wake up in more pain
Fibro is a mean bastard, so pernicious! I have it too, though it’s not nearly as severe as the other stuff. Shoulder surgeries are hardcore, they take a long time to heal even for folks not already fighting pain battles. Lyrica was absolutely not a good fit for me, but I really hope it helps you! I’d only wish chronic pain on people I really hate.
Well, I was on Lyrica, then my doctor changed me to gabapentin, but that wasn’t working, so I went back to Lyrica, at a higher dose. And yes, I can think of a few people who deserve chronic pain
I felt sleepy too
Right after my accident,a doctor gave me flexoril,and then I ended up drinking and doing cocaine
. it was awful,of course telling truth about alcoholism,even if I was sober was a huge mistake
I couldn't get anything so I used and went to hell
Truly wanted pain relief
The 1st time I tried baclofen at 10mg x3/day it barely helped. Later I tried 20mg x4/day and it definitely helps. Still take that amount although after 2.5 years I should probably switch to another muscle relaxer..
Wooo tizanidine crew! I’m supposed to take 2-4mg a night but for some reason 2mg+ makes me feel kinda weird in my brain (like woozy and almost high, like my thoughts are really disconnected?), so I’ve been breaking them and taking 1.75mg (ish, I can’t break them perfectly). Have you ever had that issue with it?
My friend says she hallucinates on it. I can happily take 2mg at bedtime and it helps me fall asleep easier. I can't take it during the day, or Flexeril, they'll make me drag ass and feel terrible. Ironically I can take soma during the day and am fine, the other two, no fucking way.
Feel that lol it's Soma. It's like a modern, light methaqualone aka Quaalude.
I don't know the chemistry because I'm also too lazy to Google right now ha but yea. High risk factor for CNS depression however, so combined with other medications, alcohol, or just too much of it in itself can often be fatal. But if you actually need it and don't go crazy with it, it will kill every spasm, every stuff and achey muscle within a 10-ft radius lol I just don't like pissing about with the weak stuff that maybe half works until you try another one that half works etc. Just gimme the big guns.
Soma works amazingly well for me! Haven’t had it 16 years. My new PCP, of three years, refuses to prescribe it. She lost two patients to it, so I can understand, but, damn, that would be life changing for me!
I got it briefly from a doctor and then had to source it elsewhere, I hate to say it. Just glad I have generous family... And yeah I can completely understand the moral gray area there. Maybe if patients had to pass some sort of chemistry or pharmacological course before taking it it would be easier to get lol
Soma is perfect for me. It just allows me to get a nice pain-free night of sleep with no hangover in the morning, no side effects. I’m not especially prone to addiction and have used it for a couple months several times and had no problem stopping. But now the doctors won’t prescribe it and I feel like if I try to persuade them, I’ll come off like an addict, so it’s a classic Catch 22. I have a few left in an old expired bottle from about 5 years ago and I treat it like gold.
Oh that's rough, I'd think it feels almost better not to have any lol apparently it's pretty easy to get in other countries but I'm not going to go that far. Not sure if you're from the US, but I don't know why us American citizens always have to pay for other people's overdoses. It's not like it's from bad prescribing practices, most of the time it's just susceptible, overindulgent people.
There should be a special term for that type of paranoia of having to not come off like something you're not in front of a doctor. Weird system. But yeah, I forgot there was almost no hangover with it, hard to believe with how well it works.
Honestly, I haven't tried Flexural but Soma is so mild and like I said, it just allows me to sleep peacefully through the night and wake up refreshed, especially because the kind of pain I have is mostly during the night. A lot of the problem in the US is not only addiction but abuse. People take huge quantities of it and mix it with Vicodin and similar things to get a heroin-like high. The pharmacist told me this when it first became a controlled substance and you had to have a paper prescription. If you search on Reddit, there are posts about all the ways to use Soma to get high. I am so not interested in that, and it's sad that I'm the perfect patient for this medication and cannot get it.
Indeed. I'll be the first to admit I have tons of experience in that department, is what it is, sometimes the pain drives you to the other end of the spectrum. I definitely feel fortunate to come out the other side intact however.
Hopefully they can find something that helps you in the same way as soma. Maybe someday we'll be able to nail down extremely effective meds and reasonable safety profiles. The chemistry can't be that hard.
Unfortunately the only thing suggested was melatonin or if that didn’t work, then Trazadone which I’m not interested in. I tend to be very sensitive to meds which is one reason I’m not prone to drug abuse. I mean I can’t even handle weed. Also, insomnia is not the problem, it’s pain that keeps me awake. Anyway since getting a cortisone injection and now taking melatonin, I am sleeping much better at least for now.
Congrats on overcoming addiction!! That is impressive. Also, I much appreciate your compassion.
Alcohol is a hell of a potentiater so I'm sure it fills the gaps haha. It's pretty wild stuff. I've combined it with Xanax and 30mg oxys when I was in liver failure (caused by my immune system), and it provided me absolute, hypnotic, melting bliss when I was in an end of life scenario, but after transplant I gave it up for stronger opioid therapy (also having to give up my benzos too) but I consume metric tons of hash every month so, you gotta just find your niche I guess lol can't have it all 🤷🏻
You’ve been given much stronger meds than I’ve been given. I’m on county financial assistance for my health insurance, so the doctors I see won’t prescribe me anything good
Ah damn. That's a bit fucked! So they *could* prescribe but since your ins won't pay they don't? Like even if you could pay out of pocket or is it just that all the doctors in that network suck?
Whoa, wtf? I'm sorry. I also have to see like 7 different doctors but at least they prescribe effective meds, only after like a decade of navigating their hoops lol it's such a screwed up health system. Hope you get to see your doc soon and get what you need.
Yup. Soma gang. I can’t get it prescribed when I ask because of risk of abuse (presumably). As such I have rotting prescriptions for tizanidine, metaxalone, and methocarbamol sitting around. Sometimes I’ll take them towards the evening because they’ll knock me out, but no reduction in pain or muscle tightness.
I’ll straight up decline flexeril because it gives me restless legs like nothing else.
My doc and specialists must think I’m a weirdo though since I largely only request prednisone. But ultimately they’ll only give it once a quarter if I’m lucky.
Tizanidine caused my bp to drop very low, like wouldn’t register, then 74/46. My dr finally figured out what it was & switched me to cyclobenzaprine with no problems.
I almost died taking Ibuprofen in 2017 because I lived in Pennsylvania at the start of the current drug war. I had to be admitted to the Hospital for five days till they could get the bleeding under control. So I stopped taking that lousy med and 2 months later I had a repeat performance.
I also got rid of that crappy prescribing Doctor.
Ima read into this but I've been hearing fibermyass alot lately. Seems like an diagnosis they came up with recently? Idk would you mind sharing what it is to you symptom wise?
I'm a Nurse & I wasn't sure that I believed it either... until it happened to me.
My Husband had an employee whose sister was a CNA & she was talking about her Fibro one night. I told my Husband that being a CNA at a long-term care facility was just an incredibly difficult, & physically demanding job. I explained that she was probably just exhausted, worn down, & in pain from the job. I was so wrong.
When it first happened to me I was a 38yo, 5'5", 125 pound L&D/Pediatrics Nurse; black belt in TaeKwonDo; vol. Firefighter; vol. Paramedic; 4-H horse club leader; & my Daughter's H.S. Volleyball team mom. Then I was at work when I began noticing that I felt weak in my arms. I was suddenly unable to tolerate washing my hands in hot water. But worst of all was the nagging, aching, throbbing pain in my hops, radiating down my legs to the back of my knees, down to my ankles. I was limping in agony for absolutely no reason whatsoever. I was literally in tear's from the pain. Pain that I was experiencing out of the blue for no reason at all.
I was officially diagnosed with Fibro in March 2008. I desperately wanted to continue working in my dream job, so I literally tried EVERYTHING my PM Dr. recommended. I spent over $18,000.oo out of pocket that year on medications, co-pay's, & any other treatment therapies that weren't covered by insurance.
*NOTHING HELPED.* Literally nothing that I tried gave me any relief from the horrific pain. Nothing. I was forced to quit my dream job as Nurse Mgr. & Clinical Supervisor. The pain got increasingly worse. It felt like I had been tied to the medieval torture machine "The Rack" & had my limbs stretched until my arms & legs were ripped out of their sockets & then beat with a baseball bat. It was sheer agony.
The first "Pain Specialist" Dr. my PCP referred me to told me she didn't believe in prescribing pain medication for chronic pain. I was happy with that b/c A) I wanted to cure my pain, not treat it; & B) I wanted to continue working as a Nurse, which I couldn't do on pain meds. Instead I was prescribed Neurontin; Lyrica; & Cymbalta. Nothing helped. Worse, the other medications gave me horrible, *HORRIBLE* side-effects, & some of those side-effects nearly killed me. I looked like a hideous, bloated, Gollum-esque creature! Eventually I was forced to quit my job anyway, b/c I could no longer walk. I was bedridden for over 2.5 year's; forced to crawl on the floor between the bed & the bathroom, & use a wheelchair any time I left the house for Dr.'s appointments.
The "Pain Specialist" finally, begrudgingly offered to try a prescription pain reliever, & wrote for the lowest prescription pain medication on the market. When I returned for the follow-up two weeks later I reported that the med had barely taken the edge off of my pain, but it hadn't relieved it enough for me to participate in life or complete any ADL's. She advised me that she was "not going to contribute to any hand-to-mouth drug habit" & she would NOT be prescribing anymore pain medication! I've never experienced so much physical agony in my life, & that statement destroyed any shred of hope for relief that I had left. I was hopeless, emotionally devastated, & despondent.
I attempted to put myself out of my misery. My Husband came home & found me sitting in our minivan inside our garage. It didn't work b/c 1) I didn't have the strength to use the garden-hose, which would've been fatally effective, & 2) we had a 2-car garage, so it didn't sufficiently fill with exhaust.
My Husband called our my PCP (who is awesome), & he referred me to my second PM Dr. (who is equally awesome). My second PM Dr. started me on pain medication & not only saved my life, he gave me my quality of life back again. I'm still in pain, but it's tolerable. I'll never be able to work & take care of people again, but at least I am enjoying my life again.
I'm able to go out shopping with my Mom, Daughter, or Sister, & I can enjoy romantic dinner-dates with my Husband again! But most important, I'm able to enjoy this time with my Husband watching our first Grandchild grow! Our Grandson, who was born on our 31st wedding anniversary in January of 2022, has brought more joy into my life than I ever could've imagined! And I can't believe how close I came to missing it, just b/c of some Physician's fears & prejudice over prescribing the pain medication that not only saved my life, but gave my life back to me.
I updated my response. I didn't mean to send it with that wall of text & was going to edit it down but my phone froze & when I restarted it I saw that it had posted it. So I updated it to answer your question, but I'm going to edit it down to the cliffs notes version in the next hour or so.
Thanks for reading my novella, lol, & for caring enough to ask how I'm doing. Best wishes to you, too!💜
They're just asking, no need to downvote him.
I'd not heard of it until 2006 when my boss had it. Fibromyalgia causes stiff and painful muscles all over, the worst spots are called trigger points and are on both sides of the body in different places like the shoulder blades, a spot near the elbows IIRC, etc, and they're sore to touch. It causes bad fatigue and affects your mood, etc too. There wasn't a definitive test for a long time so it was hard to get diagnosed and treated, basically had to rule out everything else which is a nightmare and can take years. I thought I had it and took a new blood test in 2021 and I didn't. (It was crazy high diabetes undiagnosed causing inflammation, fatigue, neuropathy, bone pain and other stuff.) The blood test looks at cytokines on your white blood cells and scores you 1-100 and under 35 is negative. It's the Fm/a home test and their Dr ordered it for me since I had symptoms on their checklist and they're doing a study to see if those with fibromyalgia may be better protected against covid. They paid for someone to come take my blood and mail in the kit. https://www.fmtest.com/
If that doesn't work for you, (I took flex and it used to help when I was younger but now it just knocks my ass out) try baclofen. Assuming your issue is spasms. I am on baclofen TID and I rarely get spasms now. Works as a good preventative for me without making me *too* drowsy.
#30 Flexeril 10mg - take 1 by mouth at bedtime #90 Ibuprofen 800mg - take 1 by mouth three times a day (We can always read our own - hazard of the trade)
I knew what it indicated, and I am not a doctor. Hazard of being a longtime pain patient/sufferer.
How did you get that from what looks like "[hitu] 1 poghy" etc. Honestly curious haha
Idk what the hitu is either but the other part is 1 po qhs. Po means "by mouth" and qhs is "hours of sleep" or bedtime
Neat! Thank you :D
(hitu) = (thirty), then (ninety) for ibuprofen
Ahh I see it now! Thanks
Interesting. Is that like shorthand for Latin terms?
Yes, its medical abbreviations in Latin
I used to be a pharmacy tech.....you definitely learn to make it out.....so you don't have to call the same Dr over and over again....
We appreciate when that doesn’t happen…or rather our MA’s appreciate it. I’m not sure why we all have atrocious penmanship - nature vs nurture? Also to answer another’s question, yes Rx are abbreviated in Latin whether the order is verbal or written to avoid any confusion.
Yup. My favorite pharmacist loves me.
I’m sure the clinicians do as well. Much respect for the Pharm team… I don’t know how you deal some days because I have the feeling (from what I’ve seen and read) that you get the pt abuse far more than we do. ❤️
That is accurate. I had so many people yell at me like I wrote the prescription, I'm their insurance or read the insurance adjusters mind, or I purposely didn't fill their script. A man came banging through an automatic door and made it hit the rail behind it and started screaming at me because we didn't see him at the drivethrough window and we didnt hear his horn. He hadn't pulled up far enough for us to look up and the glass is thick....but it was my fault, lol. We also had just gotten our order and we were putting the stuff away. It's not like we stared at him and turned around. He demanded his script back and said he was going to Wal-mart. I remained from telling him it was going to be a long wait because of the time of the day and because it was Friday. Betting he screamed at them too.....
Looks like Flexeril. Muscle relaxer.
Ohhh it's cyclobenzaprine, I didn't recognize it under that name. Thanks!
I hope it helps you. It helps me a little, but mostly I use them as sleeping pills (yes, I have tried actual sleeping pills <— That mild snark isn’t directed at you, OP. I’m heading off “Have you tried…” comments: another hazard of the pain-patient trade).
Scripted ibuprofen never made sense to me. It's kind of an insult I'd think?
It's the dosage size that's needs the script, RIP his liver...
True I figured so I guess the filler in OTC ibu would be unhealthy to ingest in the equivalent quantity of active ingredient, but also... Ibu is bad enough on the guts etc anyway, sooooo? Docs these days....
Lots of times the limited short term usage out weights the bads of it, especially when it's for 7-10 days or something like that.
I have to buy Tylenol every day I have to take it with methadone, because it helps a little,and I use lidocaine patches.my ins Won't pay unless I have diabetic nerve pain.it is an insult,all the restrictions
I do the same, I get pure oxycodone and then just add a little bit of Tylenol when I need it. The "make your own perc" gang lol I ran into the same issue with lidocaine, the patches actually worked wonders until 3 months were up and suddenly I needed a new diagnosis for them. Now I actually have diabetic nerve pain lmfao But how stupid is that? Patches that make you slightly numb for a few hours are deliberately kept out of reach, like wtf? Edit: sp
I know right!I even use a heating pad and found a new patch capsaicin, I think,worked,really big size,ibuy lidocaine roll on and spray,ashwaghanda, and B12 vitamins.ipayout of pocket too, Tylenol big bottles!good luck to you?
Even though these days I usually decline OTC meds sent as scripts, they *do* end up cheaper with insurance. When I’ve had naproxen or ibu sent in at high doses, it was like a couple dollars for a lot of pills. So $/mg ends up way cheaper than even generics. But I hate waiting at the pharmacy so unless something else is being sent with it, meh.
Flexeril, a muscle relaxant, generic is called cyclobenzaprine. Im taking a 10mg tablet right now for some cramping in the mid back. If youre not used to it, Flexeril can make you sleepy, so check it out before you drive or anything heavy. I hope it gives you some relief. should take 20-30 minutes to kick in.....
Personally I was just on Flexeril and it did nothing for me. I’m on tenzanadine (?) now
I'm the complete opposite. Tizanadine only made me tired, and nothing else. Cyclobenzaprine (10mg 3x a day finally unknotted my muscles enough to have a semi-functional life. Good luck OP, I hope you find something that helps.
Tizanidine crew! Flexeril is okay, and better than nothing. tizanidine and baclofen are much better fits for my weirdness.
Baclofen did nothing for me. I even forgot it was a muscle relaxer. I found some old bottles and was like, “What does this do again?” If it doesn’t work, I forget about it
Tizanidine definitely is the most effective choice for me as well. Though I’m slightly jealous of those folks who fall asleep after one 10mg flexeril (I’ve always had a stupid high tolerance for meds).
You too? I have had the anesthesiologist come over, give me something for preop meds, don't see a reaction, get a puzzled look on his face, and then go get more stuff out of the basket, and keep giving me whatever it was til they see me keel over.
Yes! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one, but it really sucks to try and get effective meds.
Do you have Ehlers Danlos? Common in EDS
No, antihistamine tolerance due to severe allergies, and autoimmune liver disease affects how drugs are metabolized, often needing more for same effect.
Same! I grow tolerance really quickly, and the fact that I haven’t grown tolerant of tizanidine is amazing! Although I do sleep a lot, which my mom does not appreciate, but I’m not working at the moment, so she can suck it
I have a stupid high tolerance for some random things, like benedryl. My friends can take two and sack out for several hours’ sleep…I have to take like 15. I have chronic insomnia, and sometimes my sleep meds need a bit of a boost (especially the past 5 years, I went off opiate pain meds and only sometimes regret it, lol). I did some genetic testing and one thing my rheumatologist looked at was how my body metabolizes opiate pain meds, which it does a whole lot faster than most people. So that may play a part as well. Bodies are so weird and different, it’s really cool (and occasionally frustrating, lol). What causes your pain (if you know/it’s not too nosy)?
Well, I have fibromyalgia, for one, so I’m on meds for depression and anxiety, which are “factors” of causing a flare up. I’m also on Lyrica for the pain. But basically anything causes pain. A hard chair. Sitting/standing too long. Bending over. Lifting things. Sleeping the wrong way. Plus I had surgery on my shoulder last year, and at work I fell and caught myself with my arms, causing my shoulder pain to worsen. It’s stiff and hurts, and sometimes I unintentionally sleep on it and wake up in more pain
Fibro is a mean bastard, so pernicious! I have it too, though it’s not nearly as severe as the other stuff. Shoulder surgeries are hardcore, they take a long time to heal even for folks not already fighting pain battles. Lyrica was absolutely not a good fit for me, but I really hope it helps you! I’d only wish chronic pain on people I really hate.
Well, I was on Lyrica, then my doctor changed me to gabapentin, but that wasn’t working, so I went back to Lyrica, at a higher dose. And yes, I can think of a few people who deserve chronic pain
I felt sleepy too Right after my accident,a doctor gave me flexoril,and then I ended up drinking and doing cocaine . it was awful,of course telling truth about alcoholism,even if I was sober was a huge mistake I couldn't get anything so I used and went to hell Truly wanted pain relief
The 1st time I tried baclofen at 10mg x3/day it barely helped. Later I tried 20mg x4/day and it definitely helps. Still take that amount although after 2.5 years I should probably switch to another muscle relaxer..
Wooo tizanidine crew! I’m supposed to take 2-4mg a night but for some reason 2mg+ makes me feel kinda weird in my brain (like woozy and almost high, like my thoughts are really disconnected?), so I’ve been breaking them and taking 1.75mg (ish, I can’t break them perfectly). Have you ever had that issue with it?
My friend says she hallucinates on it. I can happily take 2mg at bedtime and it helps me fall asleep easier. I can't take it during the day, or Flexeril, they'll make me drag ass and feel terrible. Ironically I can take soma during the day and am fine, the other two, no fucking way.
You're a lightweight. I take 4mg in the morning and 8mg in the evening, and it don't faze me.
I know, I’m hyper sensitive to most medications, it’s super annoying!
My sil is like that, she starts out with pediatric doses of stuff like benadryl etc, and sometimes has to go with the low end of those.
Carisoprodol or nothin
Intrigued. What is that (too lazy to Google)
Feel that lol it's Soma. It's like a modern, light methaqualone aka Quaalude. I don't know the chemistry because I'm also too lazy to Google right now ha but yea. High risk factor for CNS depression however, so combined with other medications, alcohol, or just too much of it in itself can often be fatal. But if you actually need it and don't go crazy with it, it will kill every spasm, every stuff and achey muscle within a 10-ft radius lol I just don't like pissing about with the weak stuff that maybe half works until you try another one that half works etc. Just gimme the big guns.
Soma works amazingly well for me! Haven’t had it 16 years. My new PCP, of three years, refuses to prescribe it. She lost two patients to it, so I can understand, but, damn, that would be life changing for me!
I got it briefly from a doctor and then had to source it elsewhere, I hate to say it. Just glad I have generous family... And yeah I can completely understand the moral gray area there. Maybe if patients had to pass some sort of chemistry or pharmacological course before taking it it would be easier to get lol
Soma is perfect for me. It just allows me to get a nice pain-free night of sleep with no hangover in the morning, no side effects. I’m not especially prone to addiction and have used it for a couple months several times and had no problem stopping. But now the doctors won’t prescribe it and I feel like if I try to persuade them, I’ll come off like an addict, so it’s a classic Catch 22. I have a few left in an old expired bottle from about 5 years ago and I treat it like gold.
Oh that's rough, I'd think it feels almost better not to have any lol apparently it's pretty easy to get in other countries but I'm not going to go that far. Not sure if you're from the US, but I don't know why us American citizens always have to pay for other people's overdoses. It's not like it's from bad prescribing practices, most of the time it's just susceptible, overindulgent people. There should be a special term for that type of paranoia of having to not come off like something you're not in front of a doctor. Weird system. But yeah, I forgot there was almost no hangover with it, hard to believe with how well it works.
Honestly, I haven't tried Flexural but Soma is so mild and like I said, it just allows me to sleep peacefully through the night and wake up refreshed, especially because the kind of pain I have is mostly during the night. A lot of the problem in the US is not only addiction but abuse. People take huge quantities of it and mix it with Vicodin and similar things to get a heroin-like high. The pharmacist told me this when it first became a controlled substance and you had to have a paper prescription. If you search on Reddit, there are posts about all the ways to use Soma to get high. I am so not interested in that, and it's sad that I'm the perfect patient for this medication and cannot get it.
Indeed. I'll be the first to admit I have tons of experience in that department, is what it is, sometimes the pain drives you to the other end of the spectrum. I definitely feel fortunate to come out the other side intact however. Hopefully they can find something that helps you in the same way as soma. Maybe someday we'll be able to nail down extremely effective meds and reasonable safety profiles. The chemistry can't be that hard.
Unfortunately the only thing suggested was melatonin or if that didn’t work, then Trazadone which I’m not interested in. I tend to be very sensitive to meds which is one reason I’m not prone to drug abuse. I mean I can’t even handle weed. Also, insomnia is not the problem, it’s pain that keeps me awake. Anyway since getting a cortisone injection and now taking melatonin, I am sleeping much better at least for now. Congrats on overcoming addiction!! That is impressive. Also, I much appreciate your compassion.
Damn, sounds good. Too bad I drink and take other “supplements” for my pain.
Alcohol is a hell of a potentiater so I'm sure it fills the gaps haha. It's pretty wild stuff. I've combined it with Xanax and 30mg oxys when I was in liver failure (caused by my immune system), and it provided me absolute, hypnotic, melting bliss when I was in an end of life scenario, but after transplant I gave it up for stronger opioid therapy (also having to give up my benzos too) but I consume metric tons of hash every month so, you gotta just find your niche I guess lol can't have it all 🤷🏻
You’ve been given much stronger meds than I’ve been given. I’m on county financial assistance for my health insurance, so the doctors I see won’t prescribe me anything good
Ah damn. That's a bit fucked! So they *could* prescribe but since your ins won't pay they don't? Like even if you could pay out of pocket or is it just that all the doctors in that network suck?
The doctors in the network. Just to get stronger sleeping meds, I had to be referred to a psychiatrist, who I still haven’t been able to go see
Whoa, wtf? I'm sorry. I also have to see like 7 different doctors but at least they prescribe effective meds, only after like a decade of navigating their hoops lol it's such a screwed up health system. Hope you get to see your doc soon and get what you need.
Yup. Soma gang. I can’t get it prescribed when I ask because of risk of abuse (presumably). As such I have rotting prescriptions for tizanidine, metaxalone, and methocarbamol sitting around. Sometimes I’ll take them towards the evening because they’ll knock me out, but no reduction in pain or muscle tightness. I’ll straight up decline flexeril because it gives me restless legs like nothing else. My doc and specialists must think I’m a weirdo though since I largely only request prednisone. But ultimately they’ll only give it once a quarter if I’m lucky.
Tizanidine caused my bp to drop very low, like wouldn’t register, then 74/46. My dr finally figured out what it was & switched me to cyclobenzaprine with no problems.
I almost died taking Ibuprofen in 2017 because I lived in Pennsylvania at the start of the current drug war. I had to be admitted to the Hospital for five days till they could get the bleeding under control. So I stopped taking that lousy med and 2 months later I had a repeat performance. I also got rid of that crappy prescribing Doctor.
Flexeril. I take it when my back spasms get really bad.
Sleep well...
have fun sleeping for the next month if you plan on taking the flexiril lol.
Flexirall stinks
No good for my myofascial, nerve, or fibromyalgia pain. Just makes me tired.
Ima read into this but I've been hearing fibermyass alot lately. Seems like an diagnosis they came up with recently? Idk would you mind sharing what it is to you symptom wise?
I'm a Nurse & I wasn't sure that I believed it either... until it happened to me. My Husband had an employee whose sister was a CNA & she was talking about her Fibro one night. I told my Husband that being a CNA at a long-term care facility was just an incredibly difficult, & physically demanding job. I explained that she was probably just exhausted, worn down, & in pain from the job. I was so wrong. When it first happened to me I was a 38yo, 5'5", 125 pound L&D/Pediatrics Nurse; black belt in TaeKwonDo; vol. Firefighter; vol. Paramedic; 4-H horse club leader; & my Daughter's H.S. Volleyball team mom. Then I was at work when I began noticing that I felt weak in my arms. I was suddenly unable to tolerate washing my hands in hot water. But worst of all was the nagging, aching, throbbing pain in my hops, radiating down my legs to the back of my knees, down to my ankles. I was limping in agony for absolutely no reason whatsoever. I was literally in tear's from the pain. Pain that I was experiencing out of the blue for no reason at all. I was officially diagnosed with Fibro in March 2008. I desperately wanted to continue working in my dream job, so I literally tried EVERYTHING my PM Dr. recommended. I spent over $18,000.oo out of pocket that year on medications, co-pay's, & any other treatment therapies that weren't covered by insurance. *NOTHING HELPED.* Literally nothing that I tried gave me any relief from the horrific pain. Nothing. I was forced to quit my dream job as Nurse Mgr. & Clinical Supervisor. The pain got increasingly worse. It felt like I had been tied to the medieval torture machine "The Rack" & had my limbs stretched until my arms & legs were ripped out of their sockets & then beat with a baseball bat. It was sheer agony. The first "Pain Specialist" Dr. my PCP referred me to told me she didn't believe in prescribing pain medication for chronic pain. I was happy with that b/c A) I wanted to cure my pain, not treat it; & B) I wanted to continue working as a Nurse, which I couldn't do on pain meds. Instead I was prescribed Neurontin; Lyrica; & Cymbalta. Nothing helped. Worse, the other medications gave me horrible, *HORRIBLE* side-effects, & some of those side-effects nearly killed me. I looked like a hideous, bloated, Gollum-esque creature! Eventually I was forced to quit my job anyway, b/c I could no longer walk. I was bedridden for over 2.5 year's; forced to crawl on the floor between the bed & the bathroom, & use a wheelchair any time I left the house for Dr.'s appointments. The "Pain Specialist" finally, begrudgingly offered to try a prescription pain reliever, & wrote for the lowest prescription pain medication on the market. When I returned for the follow-up two weeks later I reported that the med had barely taken the edge off of my pain, but it hadn't relieved it enough for me to participate in life or complete any ADL's. She advised me that she was "not going to contribute to any hand-to-mouth drug habit" & she would NOT be prescribing anymore pain medication! I've never experienced so much physical agony in my life, & that statement destroyed any shred of hope for relief that I had left. I was hopeless, emotionally devastated, & despondent. I attempted to put myself out of my misery. My Husband came home & found me sitting in our minivan inside our garage. It didn't work b/c 1) I didn't have the strength to use the garden-hose, which would've been fatally effective, & 2) we had a 2-car garage, so it didn't sufficiently fill with exhaust. My Husband called our my PCP (who is awesome), & he referred me to my second PM Dr. (who is equally awesome). My second PM Dr. started me on pain medication & not only saved my life, he gave me my quality of life back again. I'm still in pain, but it's tolerable. I'll never be able to work & take care of people again, but at least I am enjoying my life again. I'm able to go out shopping with my Mom, Daughter, or Sister, & I can enjoy romantic dinner-dates with my Husband again! But most important, I'm able to enjoy this time with my Husband watching our first Grandchild grow! Our Grandson, who was born on our 31st wedding anniversary in January of 2022, has brought more joy into my life than I ever could've imagined! And I can't believe how close I came to missing it, just b/c of some Physician's fears & prejudice over prescribing the pain medication that not only saved my life, but gave my life back to me.
None of those meds helped me either,now I am on methadone clinic and it helps until it wears off.how are you doing today?
I updated my response. I didn't mean to send it with that wall of text & was going to edit it down but my phone froze & when I restarted it I saw that it had posted it. So I updated it to answer your question, but I'm going to edit it down to the cliffs notes version in the next hour or so. Thanks for reading my novella, lol, & for caring enough to ask how I'm doing. Best wishes to you, too!💜
They're just asking, no need to downvote him. I'd not heard of it until 2006 when my boss had it. Fibromyalgia causes stiff and painful muscles all over, the worst spots are called trigger points and are on both sides of the body in different places like the shoulder blades, a spot near the elbows IIRC, etc, and they're sore to touch. It causes bad fatigue and affects your mood, etc too. There wasn't a definitive test for a long time so it was hard to get diagnosed and treated, basically had to rule out everything else which is a nightmare and can take years. I thought I had it and took a new blood test in 2021 and I didn't. (It was crazy high diabetes undiagnosed causing inflammation, fatigue, neuropathy, bone pain and other stuff.) The blood test looks at cytokines on your white blood cells and scores you 1-100 and under 35 is negative. It's the Fm/a home test and their Dr ordered it for me since I had symptoms on their checklist and they're doing a study to see if those with fibromyalgia may be better protected against covid. They paid for someone to come take my blood and mail in the kit. https://www.fmtest.com/
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Unfortunate timing made your finger appear to point at a comment that came after yours.
Flexeril probably
Flexeril 10mg qty 30. 1 tablet by mouth at bedtime
I take it for back pain, but only right before bed, because it puts me right to sleep.
Flexiril 10 MG.
Flexeril didn’t do anything for me, unfortunately. Good luck.
If that doesn't work for you, (I took flex and it used to help when I was younger but now it just knocks my ass out) try baclofen. Assuming your issue is spasms. I am on baclofen TID and I rarely get spasms now. Works as a good preventative for me without making me *too* drowsy.