Methocarbamol

[SuperAddict]

What is this?  And how many can you take?
My doc. gave it to me for the pain.  

[sparkeler]

Methocarbamol is a muscle relaxant that exerts its effect by acting on the central nervous system (ie the nerves that control the muscles) rather than on the muscles themselves.  Methocarbamol can be used in any condition where painful muscle spasms should be reduced for patient comfort.  Follow your doctor's instructions on your dosage.

[SuperAddict]

It says on the bottle to take 1 twice a day.  I've already taken 4 and i want to take more.  My back is in so much pain.  

[amythist2779]

Hi this is the first time anyone has ever brought up the drug methocarbamol. It is the generic for robaxin. I take it. As the above poster said it is a muscle relaxant. I am prescribed to take 1 4 times a day. They do not work as well as flexeril in my opinion though. I hardly felt any relief when taking the methocarbomol. I have a couple of times taken more than 4 a day, and it did not make me sick, although I would not reccommend taking a huge amount of them because I dont know if they are addicting or not. I suppose if you abuse any certain drug it could be addicting though, no matter what it is.

[rcoop9962]

is methocarbamol addictive?

[worried878]

soma....and yes it can be

[mimi1313]

I took it initally when I broke my rib and it really didn't help. I do not believe its addictive. But I guess depending on how you use it, anything can be.

[socomsent20]

soma is the muscle relaxant that converts into "meprobromate"

[theeagle]

I dont know if I ever disagreed with you - but soma is carisprodol........

[seeksolice]

Methocarbamol is not Soma... I was taking Methocarb. for pain a while back. Its not very effective, no its not addictive.

Soma is metabolized into meprobamate, which sounds similar to methocarbamol which is probably the source of confusion