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Is Robaxin Addicting?

by diso, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
I just detoxed off a 140-160mg a day addiction to oxycontin.  It has been 10 days since I took my last opiate.  I am still suffering from leg and shoulder cramps.  I have a bottle of Robaxin that was prescribed to me before my detox.  My question is whether Robaxin is addictive?  And would it be wise or unwise to use it for the cramps that currently bother me?
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by hellbent, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: 1DAY
Hey 1Day. I don't know anything about Robaxin. I do know that I drank TONS of fluids when I was going through OC w/d. I couldn't eat much, but I drank tons of water, juices, and that green "superfood" stuff. I never really cramped up at all.

by diso, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: hellbent
I just got a thank you.  You answer my posts everytime.  I have really appreciated the advice you have offered.  The last thing I want to do is to start taking another pill that's going to get me in trouble.  I have heard that I need to drink a ton but thanks for reiterating that.  Your comments have been greatly appreciated.  My legs and shoulders cramped so bad last night that I woke up at 3:00 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep because of it.  When you're operating on about 31/2 hrs. of sleep and you're fighting being lethargic because of the detox and the clonodine patch I'm wearing until Friday it makes for a pretty rough day.  Thanks for taking time.

by suzieneedshelp, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: hellbent
Can u e-mail me plz?

thx,

suzie

***@****

by hellbent, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: 1Day
I remember that clonodine patch. I put on two of them and walked into walls for a week or so. I'd stand up and fall right back down. It definitely does help with anxiety however.



If you are getting 3-1/2 hours a night, that's actually a good sign. I slept maybe 6 hours in the first 3 weeks, and ended up in ER. Fortunately, I wasn't working then and just grew roots on my futon and watched the history channel all day. I wouldn't leave the house at all, my girlfriend got me food. I'd walk the dog and get 10 yards and turn around. My neighbors looked at me in disbelief. They must have thought I was on LSD or something.



Sounds like you are right on schedule, right where you are supposed to be. Get out as much as you can, and surround yourself with others in recovery if you can.

by Bodymechanic, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: 1day
Robaxin is not addicting.  It is muscle relaxant like flexeril. It is not schedualed and is not fun.

by diso, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
Thank you all for the information.  Hellbent, you sound like you had it a lot worse than me.  However, I can definitely relate to trying to take the dog for a walk.  I have three that I used to exercise twice daily.  I've driven them to the park to exercise on several occassions since getting out of detox.  I can barely move.  I just kind of stick around by the car, walk in a 15 foot half circle and play retrieve games.  Damn stairs are hard.  It seemed like my first couple days out I saw real improvement.  The past 3 days however, I have seemed to have plateaued (sp?).  Kind of discouraging.  It doesn't make me want to use.  I just don't seem to be improving.  I think for the time being I will still try to avoid the Robaxin.  I just didn't like that little bit of information warning the recovering addict.  Thanks to all again.

by mrrstracy, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: Starraven
I emailed you at hotmail. I was wondering if you got it yet.



Thanks, Tracy

by LizzyM, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: mrrstacy
You can get my personal e-mail from Staraven..she has it..tell her I said it was ok to give it to you or if she see's this post she'll know

by CGTMHI, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: Starraven
Hi,



The information you posted about Robaxin appears to be copyrighted information and I had to remove it.



Cindy

Med Help International

by Thomas02, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: 1day
You'll sooner get relief from Robaxin from smoking a great dane ****. Esecially when it comes to WD! Robaxin and pseudo-placebo drugs like Paraphon forte are listed in the PDR as being "of questional, i.e., unproven value as therapeutic agents. Yet they allow them to sell them. Unless the doc is prescribing to a toddle, being written for Robaxin or Paraphon forte is your doctors way of saying, "I don't believe you're in pain and I'm not about to give you anything effective. Instead, I'll push some meds functionally no more effective than blackboard chalk on you just to get you out of my examining room. And if you call back tomorrow complaining about pain, then I'll call in a handful of Darvocets. Robaxin and Paraphon Forte are for chumps. It's the doctors way of calling you and wimp and a liar without enunciating the words. Quite honstly, I long, hot bath beats the **** out of all the Robaxin in the world. If you really need a muscle relaxant, you need a benzo like Ativan or, better, Valium. Sorry.



Thomas

by pillhell, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
This is my first time here.I hope I am in the right spot for a question.If not everyone has my apolagies in advance.I have been getting high for 5 years.pain killers is where I started.Right now drug of choice is methadone.A friend of mine gets 60 methadone wafers a month.I buy everyone shes got.So in all actuality,I pay her mortgage every month.me,and my husband are both scared to death to quit,and scared to continue.I think If it wasn't for my kids I would of put a gun to my head a long time ago.I called docs to get help,but nobody will talk to me with no insurance.I am from the west palm beach area in florida.Does anyone have any suggestions?I wrote down the recipe.I want to detox at home.I have a 9 year old,and a 20 month old.So a rehab is not an option.Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by lisabet, Nov 20, 2002 12:00AM
To: Inhell
Hi - I'm sorry I can't help you on the methadone question, but I wanted to advise you to read all of the posts you can on this forum.  Many posters, much more experienced than I can answer your questions.  There's all kind of methadone posts here.  From what I can gather, methadone withdrawals are nothing short of hell, which is why I recommend you reading as much as you can.  Good luck, Lisabet

by theGolden1, Nov 21, 2002 12:00AM
To: Inhell
Dear Friend, I felt compelled to respond to you. It is wonderful that you are a mother. We would move mountains for our children. Please do not be afraid of getting off methadone. Although I took dolphines a few times (many years ago) I didn't continue and just "yawned" my way out of it. I have been close with a few people that were on high doses of methadone at clinics and took meth for years and years. Each one of them got off without a glitch! They tapered very, very slowly. They really didn't have

much of a withdrawl. One girl said she had some body aches and knee pains ... but that was after she stopped altogether. She took perscription motrin and hot baths and it just faded away. Don't panic. I'm sure someone on this board can give you a slow tapering schedule to follow. Start taking control. Your family means the world to you. There is help that is confidential. I just think "cold turkey" is punishing yourself. You and your husband could be treated (advised) by a doctor. As far as all the druggie behavior .... the 12 step meetings could change your life. Once you really see it for what it is ... it will not have the same power over you. But that is the "head" part that you need to work on. As far as the physical part ... please do not just "quit". You can't be in that condition with a baby. I can't remember, but I think they cut a tiny bit every 10 days. Be patient and God be with you ..... ***@****

by groovygirl, Nov 21, 2002 12:00AM
To: Inhell
Hello - I'll bet if you really searched, you could find a methadone clinic that will take you without insurance.  Some clinics have a sliding scale payment option.  Since you are taking methadone, a methadone clinic makes sense to me.  They can put you on a tapering schedule, which you can't mess up because you would have to go get your dose every day...no take homes.  



I'm curious, you've been using for five years, which means you were using when you have your youngest child?  There was a thread on here talking about methadone use while pregnant.  Were there any effects on your baby...did you manage to stop while you were pregnant?  Like mentioned in this thread I'm talking about, methadone is what is usually prescribed for pregnant women who are opiate addicts.



A tapering schedule would be the least painful way for you to quit, but you can go the cold-turkey route as well.  Try to check out some clinics in your area.  There is a clinic that uses Buprenex to detox people in the Ft. Lauderdale area too.  I don't think I'm supposed to post the address, but if you post your email address, I'll send you the info.

by Starraven, Nov 21, 2002 12:00AM
To: Cindy
Thats okay,  I understand.  Is it alright to quote reactions to meds from reasearch websites on meds?



Thanks,

Suze

by Starraven, Nov 21, 2002 12:00AM
To: Robaxin
In my post that was removed I read that people that are prone to addiction should be very careful when taking it.  I'm not the doctor,.It just said that people that have a history of drug abuse